from the german marshall fund in berlin is here to talk with us about this potentially historic day in belarus marina tell us more how real is the pressure that is facing this opposition candidate. oh this pressure is very real this is an extraordinary situation that this election takes place basically in this and it's not that much about the intensity or the simple is atlantic and also it was men who was mentioned in their post. who basically is and thesis is the current president and she is a she is very open very mild and told him in very ordinance and all anything that comes from hat is only peace and love well we have an election happening today but without international observers president to moderate how can we be assured that it's going to be free and fair. what can be assured that it's not going to be free and they have not a single election since $99.00 to full in the question has been elected was you can i say as and election is not only the day of the next what we saw preceding to potential candidates in jail. electoral can meet is that there are pools and no international

and i never actually from the german marshall fund thank you so much. france is sending teams and equipment to help deal with an oil spill that environmentalists fear could become a major ecological disaster government of the indian ocean island nation has declared an environmental emergency after tons of fuel started leaking from a cargo ship grounded on a wreath. the beaches are already covered in oil which is threatening an entire lagoon and fuel is still pouring into the sea from the grounded ship. locals are relying on the ingenuity to fight the pollution the stuff in sugarcane leaves into plastic sheets to make improvised booms that just isn't enough professional equipment volunteers are working with the authorities to scoop up the oil and pump it out of the ships tanks. the government has declared an environmental emergency. we're appealing to france and renewing for help the united nations and other countries. we don't have the know how to deal with a catastrophe like this. francis promised aid and the sending experts and the naval vessel the em

arena replay from the german marshall fund thanks for those insights the afghan government says it is quote on the verge of peace talks in its war with the taliban after tribal leaders agreed to the release of 400 of the islamist groups prisoners lawyers erica a traditional meeting that brings together the country's many communities agreed to the release in hopes of moving forward on talks taliban has made that a pre-condition intra afghan truce to the nearly 2 decades conflict follows a separate agreement the us made but the taliban in february. and football now and byron munich have sealed their passage into the champions league quarter finals after easily eliminating chelsea biron will face barcelona in a one legged game in the last 8 next friday in lisbon that's after the spanish side defeated napoli irons the rubble of a dusty converted in early penalty and netted late on in a 41 home when behind closed doors. was also among the scores as biron wrapped up a 71 aggregate victory having won the 1st leg way back in february before the coronavirus suspension. you're watching t w news

for more on this let's bring in marina rock eastern europe analyst at the german marshall fund in berlin were you know what do you make of the election results being reported by bill routes. these that official results fortunately what did we have expected all the signs who are lections to. indicate that it's going to be. another if you can see 3 is the. however there's not much we know for sure what happened last night. and that and move connection. can only reach people who buy and landline and just basically continue and what happens next electoral campaign looks very different i guess. protests have erupted around the country do you think these protests pose a real challenge to lucas shankar's grip on power. i think i do. the question if it is if they're going to continue to date what we've seen yes it was extraordinary. these wacky through protests the more than 70 towns across the country. excessive force was used on part of the police it was not just tear gas and what the cannons and rubber bullets these were also standard mates they have then you to have belittles human contact i

story now we have like with us he's the director for central and eastern europe at the german marshall fund he joins us from right here in berlin i want to get your take on what's happening in ballarat steve think president bush echoes time and power is finally running out. yes absolutely i think he has reached his due by the 8 i don't see any chance for him to dial back this development to retain power the big question really for the next couple of days is whether the transition away from alex on the strength of will be peaceful or if even more blood will be piled on top of the violence that we have seen in the last couple of days i do not see how or elects on the question of can stay in power at this stage we see strikes in the country we see a mass movement that basically has one central demand that this plane should go we see defections from within the operatic as journalists diplomats people in the security forces so i do think that the end is nigh while it's on the power if the pressure protestors are keeping up the pressure as you said meanwhile i want to ask you about the internatio

we'll have to leave it there rachel house and find from the german marshall fund thank you for sharing your insights with us today thank you. as beirut digs out from the deadly explosion that devastated the city earlier this month we're sure were markable stories of heroism of amish behind me shows a nurse outside a hospital holding 3 newborn baby rescued from the blast after rushing into their ward amid the confusion you had the chance to talk to her. this is the inside of beirut st george's hospital now it seems miraculous it's still standing at all. when the blast happened it was a very normandy. about to finish i would shift at 7 so at $630.00 we heard a very loud noise and the floor just shook underneath us and everything came crumbling down. i was able to remove myself from underneath that dress to see the babies i saw my 2 nesting could exist leading and they had guts everywhere they would interest bonding to me i was screaming at them and each here i couldn't find the babies the incubator is where it misplaced and the and everything was on the fluid the metal shelves that on th

will have to leave it there rachel house and fine from the german marshall fund thank you for sharing your insights with us today. let's take a look now at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic in beijing authorities have lifted the requirement that people wear masks outdoors the chinese capital has gone 13 days without any new cases australia's hot spot the state of victoria with its capital melbourne has reported the lowest number of new infections in more than a month the national government is discussing ways to manage internal borders between states and ireland's agriculture minister has resigned after he attended a large dinner event that might have violated coronavirus regulations his decision sparked public anger a day after nationwide rules were tightened. as they were 2 digs out from the deadly explosion that devastated the city earlier this month we're hearing remarkable stories of heroism behind me shows a nurse outside a hospital holding 3 newborn babies that she rescued from the blast after rushing into their ward amid the confusion you had the cha

biggest oil field last lebanon's economic paralysis and the devastating explosion is it time for a marshall fund plus weaponized they say this information to manipulate elections. counting the costs of al-jazeera an image change the way we see the womb if we had not seen this week with me telling me about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created this longing for a full opportunity that can obscure the truth he says i think it's a new story but this play and talking points are pretty intense because it can forge narratives right through the listening post gives you the full picture. hi i'm steve clements and i have a question about america's elections what would lincoln do let's get to the bottom line. u.s. president donald trump set off alarm bells in america last week when he talked about delaying the upcoming election after the corona virus pandemic public health officials recommended that people avoid long lines at polling stations and mail their ballots and instead the trumpeters juggernaut media machine have been relentless in discounting the credibility

foreign ministers later on weigh in today as well york for a break there from the german marshall fund great to get your insights here on out of there thank you for being with us here thanks for having me. well moving on now or thirty's in afghanistan have started releasing 400 taliban prisoners paving the way for a long delay in talks with the armed group 80 of them were freed on thursday the release of the so-called hardcore prisoners was approved last weekend by afghanistan's grand assembly or noir it's seen as the final hurdle to launching negotiations and murders and then. i was detained here for kidnapping and served almost 8 years of my prison sentence i call on my leaders in the president to embrace permanent cease fire and stop the bloodshed so that we all have peaceful lives the lives of our youth who have been miserable due to war and the future looks bleak to let them study and make a good life but there is plenty more ahead here this news hour including as research has raced to find a coronavirus vaccine we ask if safety is being compromised. a ceremony in south korea puts

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i been speaking with jonathan katz, senior fellow with the german marshall fund of the united states,re seeing in belarus a change, a change how russians see themselves, democracy, and they want change after 26 years of authoritarian rule with alexander lu kashenko, so we don't know exactly how this will pay out, it's clear that mr lukashenko fears for his leadership, his power. there are reports that his family has left to go to turkey so we can't confirm everything that is happening right now, but what we do know is that this change is for real, so it's particularly important for those partners of belarus to take this seriously and to be able to support the people of belarus. and i think that's what's happening now, you are seeing within the eu, you saw secretary pompeo today speaking about the need to ensure that human rights are protected and that the will of the belarusians is put first. so we are at this moment right now, really dangerous moment, hoping for an end to the violence, of political transition, but we've also seen, when dictators want to stay in power, they would do a

david a will is deputy director of the berlin office of the transatlantic think tank the german marshall fund and she says american elections are always full of dirty campaign tricks but this year the rhetoric will be harsher than ever. and it's a pleasure to welcome ralph frind he is a political lobbyist with republicans overseas and his opinion the track record of both counter dates doesn't wash and in the long run. quality always succeeds therefore trump will prevail. and great to have with us once again. she is the program director of the english speaking radio station k c r w berlin and she says the republican national convention this week shows how damaged the trump presidency is many prominent republicans didn't even take part. so let me ask you souter you say american election campaigns are always dirty so was there anything about these 2 party conventions that actually surprised you know i think it's to be expected given the you know how strong polarization is in the united states at the moment certainly there's always dirty campaign tricks over you know in u.s. election history but

sudha david is deputy director of the berlin office of the transatlantic think tank the german marshall fund and she says american elections are always full of dirty campaign tricks but this year the rhetoric will be harsher than ever. and it's a pleasure to welcome ralph frind he is a political lobbyist with republicans over seas and his opinion the track record of both counter dates doesn't wash and in the long run quality always succeeds therefore trump will prevail. and great to have with us once again soraya sarhaddi nelson she is. program director of the english speaking radio station k c r w berlin and she says the republican national convention this week shows how damaged the trump presidency is many prominent republicans didn't even take part. so let me ask you suter you say american election campaigns are always dirty so was there anything about these 2 party conventions that actually surprised you know i think it's to be expected given the you know how strong polarization is in the united states at the moment certainly there's always dirty campaign tricks over you know in u.s. ele

david will is deputy director of the berlin office of the transatlantic think tank the german marshall fund and she says american elections are always full of dirty campaign tricks but this year the rhetoric will be harsher than ever. and it's a pleasure to welcome growth and he is a political lobbyist with republicans overseas and his opinion the track record of both candidates doesn't lie and in the long run. and quality always succeeds therefore trump will prevail. and great to have with us once again soraya sarhaddi nelson she is the program director of the english speaking radio station t.c. r w berlin and she says the republican national convention this week shows how damaged the presidency is many prominent republicans didn't even take part. so let me ask you souter you say american election campaigns are always dirty so was there anything about these 2 party conventions that actually surprised you know i think it's to be expected given the you know how strong polarization is in the united states at the moment certainly there's always dirty campaign tricks over you know in u.s. elect

david will is deputy director of the berlin office of the transatlantic think tank the german marshall fund and she says american elections are always full of dirty campaign tricks but this year the rhetoric will be harsher than ever. and it's a pleasure to welcome ground for he is a political lobbyist with republicans overseas and his opinion the track record of both candidates doesn't lie and in the long run quote. always succeeds therefore trump will prevail. and great to have with us once again soraya sarhaddi nelson she is the program director of the english speaking radio station t.c. r. w. berlin and she says the republican national convention this week shows how damaged the trump presidency is many prominent republicans didn't even take part. so let me ask you souter you say american election campaigns are always dirty so was there anything about these 2 party conventions that actually surprised you know i think it's to be expected given the you know how strong polarization is in the united states at the moment certainly there's always dirty campaign tricks over you know in u.s. ele

lets speak with jonathan katz, senior fellow with the german marshall fund of the united states and directorank you for your time. how do you think this is all going to go? first, ijust want to say that our heart goes to the belarusian ‘s who are out protesting, seeking change. we are seeing the fourth day, into the night of real protest that will not end, and don't look like they will end anytime soon, and what we're seeing in belarus a change, a change how russians see themselves, democracy, and they want change after 26 years of authoritarian rule with alexander lukashenko so we rule with alexander lukashenko so we don't know exactly how this will pay out, but it's clear that mr lukashenko fears for his leadership and power, there are reports that his family has left to go to turkey so we family has left to go to turkey so we can't confirm everything thatis so we can't confirm everything that is happening right now but what we do know is that this change is real so it's important for those partners of belarus to take this seriously and to be able to support the people of belarus and i thi

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i'm the election integrity fellow, a bipartisan transatlantic initiative housed within the marshal fund of the united states. the 2020 primary election season has been unique with a global pandemic, nationwide protests and a global threat of ongoing interference. state a local election officials with help from their partners must continually evaluate their infrastructure to ensure it's as secure as possible. testing, auditing existing systems is essential. at a recent meeting of secretaries of state matt masterson an advisor with homeland security told officials with testing of state and local election systems found a number of concerning vulnerabilities. these included one sharing passwords and other credentials and using default passwords commonly known to outsiders and, two, continuing to fall for phishing attacks that allowed hackers to install malware and ransomware. the bad news is that many local election offices are unable to make these fixes quickly because they lack the necessary resources or i.t. support. the coronavirus has exacerbated the problem. as the election infrastruc

and what, if any, the marshall fund has soon regarding is the international ;?=dinterference, which is predicted to be extensive in 2020? >> congresswoman, thank you for that important question, i'll make a couple point to your question that i think are worth noting. i think election need plan a and plan b. for almost are cybercomponent of our election infrastructure, there can be an alog piece that can be available to use so that in the event of any kind of cyberevent, right? we have something to fall back on if there's a technical glitch or in fact a nefarious act, we know if people have paper poll books, they can continue that voting process, right? we know that, with regarding to election night reporting web sites, we know that if a website is to go down, for example because of an attack. folks can have redujdant web sites to help ensure there's voter defend, so making sure that folks have things like additional ballots, paper poll books, redundant web sites, making sure, as we look down we're probably seeing an increase in folks who are requesting absentee

is the director of central and eastern europe or the german marshall fund uses people were already angry the president missed a look at the election. thinks he's clearly overdone it in the past he typically claimed results for around 80 percent those where there were credible the elections were never deemed free and fair but this time around the problem is that the mood had been build in the country built in the country for several months for a number of reasons that turned against him so people on election night were angered by this drastic lie that they were being presented with because they all felt that the result clearly was different the mood in society was clearly against . and yet he claimed an overwhelming victory so he has overdone it in the past that may have worked but this society has changed and does not accept these these lies and fortifications anymore i do think that there is a tipping point that has been reached certainly the government is now trying to peddle back a little bit show a softer face to some extent there's been a mass release of many of those arrested earli

guests pseudo david is deputy director of the berlin office of the transatlantic think tank german marshall fundand she says american elections are always full of dirty campaign tricks but this year the rhetoric will be harsher than ever. and it's a pleasure to welcome grow from he is a political lobbyist with republicans overseas and his opinion the track record of both county dates doesn't lie and in the long run quality always succeeds therefore trump will prevail. and great to have with us once again soraya sarhaddi nelson she is the program director of the english speaking radio station. and she says the republican national convention this week shows how damaged the presidency is many prominent republicans didn't even take part. so let me ask you souter you say american election campaigns are always dirty so was there anything about these 2 party conventions that actually surprised you know i think it's to be expected given the you know how strong polarization is in the united states at the moment certainly there's always dirty campaign tricks over you know in u.s. election history but i th

she isn't the director of the alliance for security democracy and a senior fellow at the german marshall fund of the united states. previously she was a foreign policy advisor for hillary for america where she coordinated the clinton campaign to national security policy. prior to that laura served in aa range of positions in the state department and the white house at the national security council. cecilia kang is here to interview, and she covers technology policy and politics for the "new york times." many of you will know her from her hard-hitting interviews pictures present senior tech reporter at the "washington post" and began her career in journalism as the pure chief of dow jones newswire in seoul north korea so we're very happy to have her here with us. also have renee derosa, who is the technical research manager at the stanford internet observatory where she and i teach together, and renee has been an amazing amount of work on how different actors exert influence online, under baptist activists promoting health disinformation in conspiracy there's all the way to state actors. renee

. >> schifrin: joerg forbig is the german marshall fund's director for central and eastern europe. he says the ntotests will ue, even without an opposition leader, because the resistance is born of lukashenko's authoritarianism: years of stifling diss arbitrary arrests, and manipulated elections. >> barussians by now are because they are following svetlana tsikhanouskaya or they they're defending their rights to deterhe leadership of that country, which was taken away from them clearly on sunday. >> schifrin:oday the european union blamed lukashenko's government for the unrest. >> the incble harassment and repression against the candidates, again, against their teams, against the journalists, >> schifrin: tsikhanouskaya's forced departure, d to a second, emotionally raw video. >> ( translated ): i thought this whopaign toughened me a lot and gave me so much strength that i can endure anything. but perhaps i am still a weak woman. people, please be careful, no life is a worthwhile price for what is happening now. >> schifrin: lukashenko seems to be willing to exact any price, and ac

capital minsk many thanks indeed for bric is director for central and eastern europe at the german marshall fund the director of the fund for bail reuss democracy he joins us now live via skype from berlin is there any doubt in your mind that these elections were massively rigged does it does it even matter in the we always expected them to be rigged given what's going on now with the protests on the streets. well the elections were clearly rates for select on the look at trying to have a history of manipulating it since 1900 or since it was elected for us there has been no single election that was considered pretty and fair but it was a european election monitors or 2nd we do have some evidence from a number of polling stations yes. there are local election commissions this fight it for free and fair count of the off the ballots and about 40 stations diametrically opposed results to the official results most of the stations alexander lukashenko didn't get more than in or 15 percent of the votes there is the official results with him at $88.00 so there is clear evidence there's a history of mani

joining us as the director for central and eastern europe of the german marshall fund of the united states. let me first ask you about what you think merkel is going to say to stoltenberg about, you know, vladimir putin in terms of backing belarus and in terms of the alleged assassination attempts around the continent? well, i think she will make it very clear to him that it is --pletely unacceptable operation or incidents. i think she will also remind him hashe fact that russia denounced critics in the past, including here in berlin. thisam pretty sure that will be a point that she makes very clear to him, that it is completely unacceptable that critics of putin in russia and even beyond the borders of russia cannot feel safe. and we are looking for chancellor angela merkel and stoltenberg to start speaking, and we will bring you images of that as we at. let me ask you what russia wants to see in belarus. do you think it is time for lukashenko to step aside, or is russia convinced it can't assist lukashenko to stay in post? joerg: well, frankly, i do not think we know. i think the kremlin

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unnecessary barriers and delays, not by cutting corners, but my marshaling the full power of the federal government. we provided $48 million to fund the mayo clinic study that tested the efficacy of convalescent plasma to patients with the virus. through this study, over 100,000 americans have already enrolled to receive this treatment, and it is proven to reduce mortality by 35%. it's a tremendous number. the fda, m.i.t., harvard, and mount sinai hospital have also found convalescent plasma to be a very effective method of fighting this horrible disease. based on the science and the data, the fda has made the independent determination that the treatment is safe and very effective. recently, we provided up to $270 million to the american red cross and america's blood centers to support the collection of up to 360,000 units of plasma. in late july, we launched a nationwide campaign to ask patients who have recovered, and these are patients who have been incredible the way they have donated, but these are people recovered from the virus to donate plaza. since then, weekly plasma donations have doubled. today, i once again urge all a

removing unnecessary barriers and delays, not by cutting corners, but by marshaling the full power of the federal government. we funded mayo stuffy, through this study over 100,000 americans have already enrolled, and it's proven to reduce mortality. that's a tremendous number. several have also found convalescent plasma to be a very effective method of fighting this horrible disease. based on the science and the data the fda has made the independent determination that the treatment is safe and very effective. recently we provided up to $270 million to the american red cross and america's blood centers to support the collection of up to 360,000 units of plasma. in late july we launched a nationwide campaign to ask patients, who have recovered d. and these are paitious who have been incredible. today i once again urge all americans who have recovered to -- and sign up for plasma today, please. it's been ahn incredible i'll go over the numbers. but the united states has experienced the lowest case of fatality rate of any major country in the world. you don't hear that. the european union's case fatality rate is estimate

so what i'm doing is i'm marshalling the resources of the nea and allocating additional funding so thatteachers cannot only do whatever they need to keep their students safe but they can also focus on ensuring that our students are getting a quality education. >> i wanted to ask you about the inequality issue. there are kids who are going to be learning from home who don't have computers whose parents might be working and they have to try to figure things out for themselves. is there a plan to try to help those students? >> that is a great question. and we've learned a lot over these five months. one of the things we've learned is that in our systems that had community schools where they had already the processes and the systems and structures in place to bring to bear the support of the entire community where the school, not the building, but the school was the hub of that community, they surrounded those students and the families with what they needed from health care to addressing the food insecurity that so many of them were facing. and so, as we head back to school, it's one of the

the stable funding from the financial sector, single party marshal resources. we do see them during an enormous stimulus this year. and a deficit that will be north of 15 percent of gdp. i would just say that i agree it's a bubble that never pops. but the else entered the the rest of the world would also pop. china is .4 percent off of global growth in as much as one - one in the commodity in the emerging markets in latin america. the important thing that i would say is what we are looking at is something more in the range of 40 percent at the end of the decade. something of a collapse. we also have local growth coming down just off of this crisis. and on average, the public sector is rising across the globe. around 15 - 20 percentage points present china has a debt problem with the rest of the world hopefully will come out of will come out of this with a lot of debt. self-sufficiency is the second issue. they're very well-placed to be self-sufficient . and global leaders from certain areas. and i will say that we think that china has already obtained self-suff

associate director of council of the naacp legal defense and educational fund with the policy teams and served of the thurgood marshall institute. and as associate dean for scholarship and associate director for civil rights and economic development at st. john's where she was a professor of law. the founding president and ceo and any nominating contributor to msnbc. she has become a defect or to register over one quarter million voters to influence through viral celebrity campaigns. with the most creative minds in business worldwide and i'm grateful to be a friend. next we have the senior advisor for legal strategy at the most - - d mls at the campaign finance reform redistricting. she has argued two cases before the united states supreme court and i am hoping if this idea ever becomes a reality we will be there to defend it before the justices. a professor of the practice of nonprofit organizations and public leadership in social justice at harvard kennedy school is a wonderful title. as a visiting professor also at the harvard divinity school former president and ceo and also as an ordained minister so he will pron