the government in havana says it's being forced to shut down the local operation of western union dueto new u.s. sanctions. washington is banning anyone on u.s. soil from sending money to cuba via the company because its local partner is a military controlled firm the u.s. accuses cuba of profiting from the transfer business to oppress its people and fund interference in venezuela so more people who got him to go look we're the ones who were harmed the people there are people who can't work here for one reason or another and live off their children their mother their brother and now this who's being harmed the ones at the bottom not those top our president or don't they i'm flying president donald trump to live here in cuba for one day without family remittances received from western union just one day living in them and independently of all the politics i asked the u.s. to think about the people and we need the situations resolved no matter which party wins the election. analysts say donald trump is ratcheting up sanctions on cuba in a bid to secure votes from cuban americans who fle

the government in havana says it's being forced to shut down the local operation of western union dueto new u.s. sanctions. washington is banning anyone on u.s. soil from sending money to cuba via the company because its local partner is a military controlled firm the u.s. accuses cuba of profiting from the transfer business to oppress its people and fund interference in venezuela so more people the gullible and the well of we're the ones who are harmed the people there are people who can't work here for one reason or another and live off their children their mother their brother and now this who's being harmed the ones at the bottom not those the top of our president that they don't they i'm fly president donald trump to live here in cuba for one day without family remittances received from western union just one day and they're bringing them in independently of all the politics i asked the u.s. to think about the people and we need the situations resolved no matter which party wins the election. analysts say donald trump is ratcheting up sanctions on cuba in a bid to secure votes fr

received news that everything was very normal until further notice it's not yet clear whether western union will be able to keep its 400 offices across cuba open beyond november 27th raising fears among many that they'll be out of pocket if they can't get health from abroad and they sue. votes are being counted in terms of area where president john mica fully is hoping to secure a 2nd term the opposition claims the vote was unfair following a campaign that was marred by a crackdown on dissent after an sawyer reports. arran samwell came early to cast his ballot in the capitol dome he's one of 29000000 times in the end who registered to vote and hopes his voice will count. i have to vote and exercise my constitutional duty to elect their leaders that i feel is best suited to bring development my province and maybe change. is in the semi autonomous region of zanzibar here they get to vote for their own president he says he wants a better life regardless of who he will be people who they want to world peace secondly they want improvement for those who aren't employed there they want things to b

sanctions forced western union to close operations in cuba and a big blow to those depending on money sent from abroad. heads one week to election day in the u.s. and the candidates are hitting the battleground states polls indicate democratic party contender joe biden holds the lead nationally but it's a close race in a number of must win swing states mike hanna reports. a final frenetic week of campaigning before election day president trying doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate he is neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brask. attempting to remove one issue from the agenda at the beginning of the day tweeting fake news media is going full on. we are rounding the turn 99.9 percent. and he's attempting to reset the conversation around an economy he claims to have provided it's trouble believe the number one reason that i'm standing here because of trade and how we turn that around thanks 7 days from now we're going to win the great state. we're going to win 4 more years in the war. but joe biden kept the discussion sent to done what he describe

impose new sanctions and prevent western union from dealing with the military run company that controls remittances into the country. not with all the headlines are back with another news update after coronavirus lessons from asia. one day when the covered 19 pandemic is history much time will be spent on retracing its origins and evolution and measuring its long time the facts but for now the corona virus is still a matter of life and death with many already mourning the loss of loved ones others fear they might be next billions of people around the world are in lockdown their lives on hold their jobs on the line economies are imploding health services a buckling under the strain and governments are struggling to find solutions to the biggest global challenge in decades. so one question is uppermost what's the best route out of this crisis and on seclude lie in east asia where covert 901st a pit and west states with varying degrees of success have tried different ways of defeating it. as witnessed by correspondents and for nations those distinct approaches might have something to teach

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money transfer service western union it's closing hundreds of offices in cuba are off the u.s. employees new sanctions sanctions announced on friday prevent western union from dealing with the military one company that controls remittances into the country will then $400.00 officers will be stopped which will affect many cubans who rely on money from relatives abroad. as vice president of the council of the americas he says it's not just the military they will be affected by these sanctions the people who most likely be affected in addition of the cuban military of course will be the recipients of the remittances which is the common people in cuba and they're not just in the major metropolitan cities like atlanta but they're also spread out around the country and rural areas which are already hurting because of economic slowdown cope with pandemic and the like so the people who will be the hurt of the ones who rely on remittances really to meet their basic daily and weekly needs are trying to target the cuban military which does have its hand in the. remittance transactions in

money transfer service western union is closing hundreds of offices in cuba after the u.s. impose new sanctions and prevent western union from dealing with the military run company that controls remittances into the country more than $400.00 offices will be shopped. those are your headlines more news on. the list. when covert 19 1st struck china and began to spread. some in the west criticized counter-measures as too hot or too weak. but have the different experiences before asian nations in front. of the root out of this group endemic. coronavirus lessons from asia. to. the people who take. a. chance on. the lower richard burton you're watching the listening post working from here are some of the media stories we're covering this week. a brutal murder on the streets of france and charlie hebdo is back in the news freedom of expression gets put to the test once again the nigerian army says it did not shoot at protesters there's a problem with that story though the evidence is all over the internet malta and the journalistic legacy of the late daphne cata want to believe tha

money transfer service western union is closing hundreds of offices in cuba and the u.s. has imposed new sanctions sanctions announced on friday prevent western union from dealing with the military one company that controls remittances into the country more than $400.00 offices will be shut which will affect many cubans who rely on misses from relatives abroad. in the u.s. 2 big wildfires are raging through parts of southern california powerful winds of fanning the flames in orange county more than 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes a local electricity company says it's put meant may have accidentally started one of the fire as well brunell has been following developments from los angeles. well these are 2 major fires that are burning in the. areas south of los angeles orange county which is mostly a quite affluent area 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes under mandatory evacuation orders and the fires have burned a considerable amount of of land now the 1st one the largest one is a wind driven fire that local officials are calling the sil

money transfers as western union is closing hundreds of offices in cuba after the u.s. impose new sanctions sanctions announced on friday prevent western union from dealing with the military one company that controls remittances into the country more than $400.00 offices will be shot you have to take that with all the headlines and back with more news on al-jazeera that's off to a stream. the oldies there. is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that when we meet with global news makers and the stories that matter to 0. high for me ok and you're watching the stream today are people in pakistan for weeks people have been taking to the streets to protest an economic crisis mass unemployment high end of rising food costs the opposition say they want prime minister imran khan out but it doesn't look like he's going anywhere there is a lot to get in team if you're watching or you tube you can join the chat a big part of today's conversation

imposed new sanctions they prevent western union from dealing with the military run company that controls remittances into the country more than $400.00 officers will be shut which will affect many cubans who rely on money from relatives abroad. now mexico's government has a message that many more people have died from the corona virus and officially recognized 90000 is the record in total but it is thought that 50000 others have also succumbed to the disease the northern state of chihuahua is particularly hard hit for the 2nd wave of infections and that alas john hollinger reports from mexico city. even by the standards of mexico's problems with cope with 19 there's a deeply worrying situation developing in chihuahua state on the border with the us borders of things are threatening to get out of control says adult speaking on condition of anonymity because he's scared of reprisals. we are to 100 percent capacity and we're taking patients basically out of humanity they're just sitting in chairs because there's no beds and instead of putting them on ventilators as they need we just have to

impose new sanctions they prevent western union from dealing with a military run company that controls remittances into the country more than $400.00 officers will be shot which will affect many cuban so rely on money from relatives abroad eric trans warthe is vice president of the council of the americas he says it's not just the military that we affected by the sanctions. the people who most likely be affected in addition to the cuban military of course will be the recipients of the remittances which is the common people in cuba and they're not just in the major metropolitan cities like atlanta but they're also spread out around the country and rural areas which are already hurting because of economic slowdown cope with pandemic and the like so the people who will be the hurt are the ones who rely on remittances really to meet their basic daily and weekly needs and i'm trying to target the cuban military which does have its hand in the. remittance transactions in fact it runs the remittances on the island of cuba and so in trying to get at the military to squeeze the sources of incom

in western union but it's very important to clarify these ok then what have you been talking about this issue that has been politicized and for a reason now in opposing and you have in a way micron on the other hand you have done in turkey who seems to be leading the they the the push by many muslim countries to denounce and condemn the statements made by my count do you think that both leaders have been amply flying this particular issue for pure political ambitions. thus past. issues issues between turkey and thrives have started from from the side of the league. which again shows that the problem which. is trying to to portray as problem. actually. problems in which. many allies but their own kind of like mr nice house in this yes is allied with 'd the syringes and they matter to. hers allied. is playing in mean that this would be just. discotheque conflicts of interest also to the fight between greece and cyprus and turkey which are all about resources about about regional power and i think. actually show was right this is not this

money transfer service western union will close hundreds of offices in cuba following new sanctions imposed by the us government and sanctions prevent the firm from dealing with a military run company that controls remittances into the country more than 400 offices were closed many cubans rely on payments from relatives abroad those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after all hail the algorithm good buy. trust is fundamental to all our relationships not just with our family and friends we trust banks with money we trust doctors without really personal information. but what happens to trust in a world driven by algorithms as more and more decisions are made for us by these complex pieces of code the question that comes up is inevitable can we trust algorithms. from google searches to g.p.s. navigation algorithms are everywhere we don't really think too much about them but increasingly governments cooper ations and various institutions are using them to make decisions about who gets public services who gets to nod how people. monitored and policed how insurance is charge

. >> when people talk about western union and christopher columbus they like to put it within the context of exporting slavery but they fail to also talk about this idea of spreading the good news that martin luther king senior and junior spend their lives dedicating to and you in your own life with your grandfather had an interesting spiritual walk yourself which you talk about in the book and i thought was personal and interesting. one of the books you want your kids to read, would it include the bible? >> it would definitely include the bible. it became a part of our habit. eating breakfast and read the bible. i was led astray and became a horrible narcissistic individual in my college career believing it's all about me and feminism and then i had an awakening. people need to understand making the right decision is freedom and we are having the left push against that and asking for no rules, regulation, law enforcement, nothing and that leads to chaos and unhappiness. >> is there anybody that would be characterized from the left, the democratic party you would consider a hero? >> hilla

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communications monopoly in the government said no, you cannot get into that telegraph business present at western union come in some government help they established a monopoly. and in the telegraph business. bent ulysses s grant was going to nationalize it so we were restrained when it came to telephone business. and you had at&t of course which operated under a . massive constraints from the government and the government prevented them from getting into the radio business and so on. and i think that is really where we need ultimately to the government to do in the biggest picture which is to for the next set of innovators to come around and produce technology that they've had better securities than working now. but a more responsible way of curating the public square in the facebook model. so what a great and i will tell you that if i have to work with all the people who work with the tech companies whether they like it or not, they respond common sense. as a difference in leadership of some of the companies for example. google, obviously one of the massive companies here. i would say leadership at g

sectors and that became the very front line of the cold war in 1948 angered by the western currency reform the soviet union cut off the western zones from their land supply routes. try to ease barges and no transport church to. be autistics pretty frocks were responsible for 2 and a half 1000000 people in berlin all their food and fuel for their homes and factories could no longer be brought to them overlap. in a spectacular action planes landed and took off around the clock bringing in around $2100000.00 tons of freight above all food and coal the berlin airlift as it became known ensured the survival of west berlin within a year the communists capitulated and reopened the land routes 1949 saw the founding of the 2 german states the democratic west and the communist east the division of germany was sealed. through failure you know. that someday you support. them and. what follows. were decades of hostility between east and west as they vied for military supremacy. at 1st the americans believed they had the upper hand because they had the atomic bomb. after they were used on the japanese cities of hiroshim

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found out, when he got a cable saying you have been nominated for vice president he thought the western unionroke. so he had been paid 50,000 a year. forced out on grounds of corruption. never held any office, never run for any and then is running for vice president. garfield is the youngest man to run for he is in great physical shape. he has a wonderful family who cares about who will be vice president, is irrelevant. they name another individual at the time to run for president. for the popular vote. kbar field wins by only 7,000 votes nationwide. in the electoral vote, he wins 214 to 225. so we have president garfield, this is the official picture of him as president, the only man ever elected to the presidency directly from the house of represe representatives. he was a sitting member of the house, the leader of the party in the house, and then a senator elect, and a president elect all at the same time. car field is worn in, here is garfield with creek. so he gets a used up rig. there is a lot of snow in washington at the time. thousands of people come to see the youngest person ever to

the fall of 1940, wendell willkie did a whistle stop tour through florida and i happened to be a western union trainee at melbourne, florida. he came through melbourne and was on the rear platform of the train and a crowd of 50 or 60 people and i had the opportunity to shake hands with wendell willkie, that was either september or october of 1940. just a comment i wanted to add. it was very interesting that have happened. >> do you remember, as you saw him on that whistle stop tour, what you saw when you saw him campaign? >> i was a kid of 18 years old and i was just in a here's the guy who could be president of the united states. i looked up to him. i'm 89, i was 18 years old there. i was just a kid and was really visibly impressed with him. he made a majestic appearance on the back of that train. it was really something very special. >> thanks for the call. these are some of the images the audience is looking at as the crowds swarmed around wendell willkie. he also used the media, couple of points that nbc radio carried three hours of the republican convention in philadelphia. television was

out, when he got a cable saying you've been nominated for vice president, he thought that the western union broke. he says, what do you mean? i'm not a candidate. well, yes, he was. so arthur had been paid $50,000 a year as port collector which is enormous in those days. forced out on grounds of corruption. never had any office. never run for any office and is suddenly running for vice president and everyone said, it doesn't matter. garfield is the youngest man to run for president in american history to that point. he becomes the youngest president to date to be elected. he's in good health. he's 6'2". he's in great physical shape. he has a wonderful family who cares about who is going to be vice president. it's irrelevant. he's another campaign poster of garfield and arthur. the democrats name another civil war hero at the time, win field scott hancock to run for president. in the popular vote, out of close to 9 million cast, 8.9 million votes cast, garfield wins by 7,000 votes nationwide. suddenly we have president garfield, this is the official picture of garfield as president, the only

and i happened to be western union trainee at melbourne, florida, he came through and he was on the rear platform of the train and there were about a crowd of 50 or 60 people and i had the opportunity to shake hands with wendell willkie. that was either september or october of 1940. just a comment i wanted to add. very interesting. >> jim, do you remember, as you saw him on that whistle stop tour, what you thought when you saw him campaigning? any impressions? >> i was a kid of 18 years old. and i just was in awe of, here's a guy who could be president of the united states. i really looked up to him. i'm 89. then i was 18 years old, just a kid. i was really visibly impressed with him. he made a majestic appearance on the back of that train. it was really something, very, very special. >> james, thanks for the call. jim madison, these are some of the images the audience is looking at as the crowds swarmed around wendell willkie. he also used the media, a couple of points that nbc radio carrying almost 30 hours of the republican convention in philadelphia, television was introduced at the

the fall of 1940 wendell willkie did a whistle stop tour through florida, and i happened to be a western union trainee in melbourne, florida and he came through melbourn,e and he was on the rear platform of the train. about a crowd of 50 or 60 people. i had an opportunity to shake hands with wendell willkie. that was either september or october of 1940. just a comment i wanted to add. that was very interesting. >> do you remember as you saw him on that whistlestop tour what you thought when you saw him campaign? >> caller: i was a kid of 18 years old. and i just was in awe of here's a guy that could be president of the united states. i really looked up to him. i'm 89, and i was 18 years old. i was just a kid. so i was very, very visibly impressed and he made a majestic appearance in the back of that train. it was something, and to me it was very special. >> james, thanks for the call. jim madison, these are some of the images that the audience is looking at as the crowds swarmed around wendell willkie. he also used the media. a couple of points, nbc radio carrying almost 30 hours of the republ

nato decided to take a major step westerners announced that the soviet union and the warsaw pact military alliance would no longer be enemies of the west but friends a promise made by nato secretary general montra drawn up. the cold war a long story a story. our alliance is moving from confrontation to corporations we have extended the hand of friendship to the warsaw pact and gorbachev said to call that he had seen this as a very important as an important message if you bought. gorbachev needed this message from the west to appease his opponents within the party the 28th congress of the soviet union's communist party took place in what was then known as the palace of congress's inside the kremlin gorbachev defended his policies in other shots i was worried that he would survive the party congress it gorbachev was hounded by both sides during the 10 day congress conservative delegates warned him that his actions would lead to the collapse of the u.s.s.r. and socialism on the other side radical reformers like boris yeltsin were calling for a multi-party system and new democratic structures

nato decided to take a major step westerners announced that the soviet union and the warsaw pact military alliance would no longer be enemies of the west but friends a promise made by nato secretary general montra drawn up. the cold war. our alliance is moving from confrontation to corporations relations we extended the hand of friendship to the warsaw pact and gorbachev said that he had seen this as a very important as an important message boards of gorbachev needed this message from the west to appease his opponents within the party the 28th congress of the soviet union's communist party took place in what was then known as the palace of congress's inside the kremlin gorbachev defended his policies. i wish i was worried that he would survive the party congress it gorbachev was hounded by both sides during the 10 day congress conservative delegates warned him that his actions would lead to the collapse of the u.s.s.r. and socialism on the other side radical reformers like boris yeltsin were calling for a multi-party system and new democratic structures gorbachev spoke openly about the di

nato decided to take a major step westerners announced that the soviet union and the warsaw pact military alliance would no longer be enemies of the west but friends a promise made by nato secretary general montra drawn up. the cold war. our alliance is moving from confrontation to corporations we extended the hand of friendship to the warsaw pact and gorbachev said that he had seen this as a very important and an important message if you're bored of gorbachev needed this message from the west to appease his opponents within the party of the 28th congress of the soviet union's communist party took place in what was then known as the palace of congress's inside the kremlin gorbachev defended his policies. other shows i was worried that he would survive the party congress it gorbachev was hounded by both sides during the 10 day congress conservative delegates warned him that his actions would lead to the collapse of the u.s.s.r. and socialism on the other side radical reformers like boris yeltsin were calling for a multi-party system and new democratic structures gorbachev spoke openly abou

nato decided to take a major step westerners announced that the soviet union and the warsaw pact military alliance would no longer be enemies of the west but friends a promise made by nato secretary general manfredi ground up. the cold war a long story a story. our alliance is moving from confrontation to corporations we have extended the hand of friendship to the warsaw pact and gorbachev said just that he had seen this as a very important as an important message if you bought. gorbachev needed this message from the west to appease his opponents within the party the 28th congress of the soviet union's communist party took place in what was then known as the palace of congress's inside the kremlin gorbachev defended his policies. i was worried that he would survive the party congress. gorbachev was hounded by both sides during the 10 day congress conservative delegates warned him that his actions would lead to the collapse of the u.s.s.r. and socialism on the other side radical reformers like boris yeltsin were calling for a multi-party system and new democratic structures gorbachev spoke

nato decided to take a major step westerners announced that the soviet union and the warsaw pact military alliance would no longer be enemies of the west but friends a promise made by nato secretary general manfredi ground up. the cold war. our alliance is moving from confrontation to corporations reiterations we extended the hand of friendship to the warsaw pact and gorbachev said that he had seen this as a very important as an important message if you bought. gorbachev needed this message from the west to appease his opponents within the party the 28th congress of the soviet union's communist party took place in what was then known as the palace of congress's inside the kremlin gorbachev defended his policies. of the shots i was worried that he would survive the party congress it gorbachev was hounded by both sides during the 10 day congress conservative delegates warned him that his actions would lead to the collapse of the u.s.s.r. and socialism on the other side radical reformers like boris yeltsin were calling for a multi-party system and new democratic structures gorbachev spoke op

what baker said here would be assured time and time again by western politicians to the soviet union there would be no eastward expansion of nato there was no intention to change the current military power balance in europe a claim that would come back to haunt baker. within 2 days the united states' position changed on that we told the soviet our position that's not our position they never said anything it's still a bone of contention today did baker and other western politicians make promises about nato that their successors didn't keep music so what's it like if it was a mistake not to treat these assurances the need to would not expand east in writings they use that was a very big mistake now we're left to face the music and live with the consequences of that mistake basically if they're secure then effect i think that was clear that without those assurances it would have been much harder for gorbachev to . agree. to the 2 plus 4 grew much. the day after baker's meeting chancellor cowen german foreign minister genscher arrive in moscow the soviets were clearly happy with america'

missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. is reported to. during the cuban crisis we too were only seconds away from a nuclear war. that. one of our submarines which had nuclear missiles on board was attacked by the americans with depth charges. he lined with his orders the captain was ready to press the button and fire his missiles. could see no good to secret service officer stopped him and told him to wait for a confirmation signal. what would have happened had he launched those bombs through . the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war people everywhere prepared for the worst. thing. that i am sure remember of what bert the turtle just did ben's because every one of us must remember to do the same thing and cover and cover just as you do in your school so if you hadn't. we were all terrified that a nuclear war would start tomorrow oh so soon after all there were purely psychological things that we had had to learn like hiding under our school dismiss the shelter bombs started dropping outside i was

nato decided to take a major step westerners announced that the soviet union and the warsaw pact military alliance would no longer be enemies of the west but friends a promise made by nato secretary general mon print run out. the cold war the long story is through. our alliance is moving from confrontation to corporations we have extended the hand of friendship to the warsaw pact and gorbachev said to call that he had seen this as a very important as an important message if you're bored. gorbachev needed this message from the west to appease his opponents within the party the 28th congress of the soviet union's communist party took place in what was then known as the palace of congress's inside the kremlin gorbachev defended his policies. other shows i was worried that he would survive the party congress it gorbachev was hounded by both sides during the 10 day congress conservative delegates warned him that his actions would lead to the collapse of the u.s.s.r. and socialism on the other side radical reformers like boris yeltsin were calling for a multi-party system and new democratic str

there is a bit of a pursuit on the part of the union army as the union army fans out across western maryland to try to block all the different forwards to make sure lee does not get back into maryland. the campaign is going to come to an end. just two days later you have one of the most important lyrical actions of the entire war and perhaps of all of american history and that is the emancipation proclamation. president abraham lincoln is going to announce the preliminary emancipation proclamation, a war changing measure which signals to both the confederacy and citizens of the united states just how the war has changed already and how it's going to continue to change and forever change the united states as we know it. so there's a lot of political background and political pressure to what's going to happen to loudoun valley. this picture very well known, very famous, taken in early october of that year during abraham lincoln's visit to the potomac and camps around sharpsburg really underscores the growing divide between abraham lincoln and the army of the potomac commander, who you see on t

advantage with the resource it does have, oil and natural gas, in the space of the former soviet union, western europe in the middle east and respecting us. and i think these two broad strategic threats are going to be critical for the next administration. i think china is the existential threat of the 21st century. but even though those are important and significant at the strategic level i don't think you can dismiss the more immediate threats, the threats of nuclear proliferation from north korea and iran which continue to grow worse and the continuing threat of terrorism. i think the problem the u.s. faces is that we are seeing threats across a broad spectrum which requires a broad spectrum of capabilities and response and i just say one thing -- i just think is going to be critical over the next four years, whomever is president, this is not a time to be reducing t defense department budget. we need to expand our capabilities in light of this broad range of threats that we're facing. >> ambassador bolton -- general jones i was going to elaborate based on what ambassador bolton said for you

his opponent joe biden attacking his response at a rally for union workers in western pennsylvania. >we lose anywhere from 700 to a thousand people a day, dead. the president was told a little while ago when he was told 100,000 people a day were dying, do you know what he said? he said it is what it is. >> reporter: the rally is amid two "new york times" reports, one claiming the president, instead of, quote, draining the swamp, reinvented it by allegedly using his hotels and resorts for public and private business as well as special interests. the other, the white house blocked the cdc from requiring masks on public transportation nationwide. abc news has not independently confirmed those reports but has reached out to the trump campaign and house. >>> a new poll this morning finds americans trust joe biden more than president trump to handle the coronavirus pandemic. this is from the new abc news/"washington post" poll that found biden had a 17-point lead over the president. two-thirds of voters say that trump failed to take appropriate precautions against the virus. only 21% of vot

his opponent, joe biden, attacking his response at a rally for union workers in western pennsylvania.> we lose anywhere from 700 to 1,000 people a day, dead. the president was told a little while ago, when he was told 100,000 people a day were dying, do you know what he said? he says it is what it is. >> reporter: the rallies amid two "new york times" reports. one claiming the president instead of, quote, draining the swamp, reinvented it by allegedly using his hotels and resorts for public and private business as well as special interests. the other, the white house blocked the cdc from requiring masks on public transportation nationwide. as not i confirmed those reports but haa and the abc news, new york. >>> and a new poll finds americans trust joe biden more than president trump to handle the coronavirus pandemic. the abc news/"washington post" poll found that biden had a 17-point lead over the president in the aftermath of his diagnosis. two-thirds of registered voters said the president failed to take appropriate precautions against the virus. only 21% of the voters say the pand

his opponent, joe biden, attacking his response at a rally for union workers in western pennsylvania.e anywhere from 700 to 1,000 people a day, dead. the president was told a little while ago, when he was told 100,000 people a day were dying, do you know what he said? he says it is what it is. >> reporter: the rallies amid two "new york times" reports. one claiming the president instead of, quote, draining the swamp, reinvented it by allegedly using his hotels and resorts for public and private business as well as special interests. the other, the white house blocked the cdc from requiring masks on public transportation nationwide. abc news has not independently confirmed those reports but has reached out to the white house and the trump campaign. abc news, new york. >>> and coming up on "this week," chief white house correspondent jonathan karl with a one-on-one exclusive and "the new york times'" latest reporting on the ties between the president's business empire and administration priorities. you can watch the full interview on "this week" at 8:00 a.m. on abc7. >>> confirmation he

having an impact on position of the by the recent leadership is the fact that the european union and other western countries the western bloc are showing solidarity in not recognizing the legitimacy of ministration following this disputed election so it's forced by pressures from within his country abut the protests but also the pressure from outside of his country the lack of legitimacy to actually start talking to the opposition right so he's spoken to the opposition but what makes you think that he will do anything about it. i don't know my honest answer and of course you know the preferred scenario would be to offer very cosmetic changes to the constitution which would keep most of his power still very much intact and which would leads to him keeping his power he clearly doesn't want to step down he has demonstrated its multiple times in the past 2 months and what he wants is to offer something some concessions which would be sufficient in order to reduce the protest movement which has been damaging to domestic political stability and ultimately also economic stability because at the face of t

the last head of state of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev is considered a hero in the western world but of russia he's highly controversial now his life has been brought to the stage in moscow. with a very i remember everything. memories of the life of one of history's greats michelle gorbachev from a balcony seat the 89 year old watched his own life play out on stage at the moscow theater of nations the play that was supposed to be a love story between michelle your garbage child and his wife raisa became much more it's the story of an entire country and the era during which gorbachev was in charge. of what he took with the show he's a visionary politicians none of us can come close to that one day his name will be written in gold lettering. 2 actors wigs and dozens of anecdotes from an eventful life together if getting near enough in church on comma tova play a couple who from early on dream of a better for your future everything seems to go according to plan the young party official hopeful from the countryside is given a post in moscow he rises to the ranks to become head of the

their dependence upon the soviet union, where the soviet union has acted irresponsibly, especially in poland, i believe we ought to assist that western credit extended to the soviet union bear the market rate. make the soviets pay for their irresponsibility. that is a very important objective, to make certain we continue to look forward to progress towards greater independence by these nations and work with each of them separately. edwin: mr. president, your rebuttal. i will not respond to the repetitions of falsehoods -- respondagan: i will not to the repetitions of falsehoods and already stated. i know mr. mondale has a commercial where he is on the deck of the nimitz watching f-14's takeoff, yet if he had had his way when the nimitz was being planned he would been deep in the water because there were not have been any nimitz to stand on. he was against it. he was against the f-14, he was against the m-1 tank, he was against the b-1 bomber, he wanted to bring home half of the american forces in europe. he has a record of weakness with regard to our national defense that is second to none. he was on that side throughout all these ye

where the soviet union has acted irresponsibly, as they have in many of those countries, especially recently in poland, i believe we should insist that western credits assisted to the soviet union, make the soviets pay for their irresponsibility. that is a very important objective to make certain that we continue to look forward to progress toward greater independence by these nations and work with each of them separately. >> mr. president, your rebuttal? >> yes. i am not going to continue trying to respond to these repetitions of the falsehoods that have already been stated here, but with regard to whether mr. mondale would be strong as he said he would be, i know that he has a commercial out where he's appearing on the deck of the nimitz and watching the s-14s take off, and that's an image of strength. except if he had had his way when the nimitz was being planned, he would have been deep in the water out there because there wouldn't have been any nimitz to stand on. he was against it. he was against the f-14 fighter, he was against the m-1 tanks, he was against the b-1 bomber. he wanted to cut the salary of all the military, he wanted to