the, the, this is cdw news live for land super tuesday, motors make a match between donald trump and president joe biden seemed more inevitable. as trump celebrates his sweep of nearly all the states that had been called one north, eastern states gives his loan republican challenger and vicky tell lisa not also coming up. jordan and the united states air dropped more aides and gaza with the situation on the ground growing even more desperate. critics say that the supplies are just a fraction of what is needed. plus, well, these cute puppies put you out of a job, will talk to an expert who explains how

a new form of artificial intelligence is pushing the envelope and performing tasks that make us laugh and question our future. the sarah kelly. welcome to the program. we begin in the united states where super tuesday has made a november re match between donald trump and joe biden, almost inevitable. voters cast ballots, and 16 states, and one overseas territory, with no substantial opposition in his democratic party by the string of victories was a virtual certainty. trumps wins help cement his over whelming dominance over his one remaining republican challenger. the super tuesday, this time did not come with big surprises. as donald trump cemented his hold on the

republican presidential nomination. said this is one of the finest run campaigns that anybody has ever seen. that's pretty good, right. as for the real estate and we have no choice because november 5th, right around the corner, november 5th is going to go down as the single most important day in the history of our country. donald trump lead technically means an end to nikki hailey's campaign . hailey is one to primary so far, making her the 1st republican woman to do so. but it won't be enough to win. in a statement her spokesperson said, today in state after state, there remains a large block of republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about donald trump. that is not the unity our party needs for success. addressing those

voters concerns will make the republican party and america better for the democratic nomination. president biden is the leading contender, and he has no substantial primary challenge. so the trump bite and re match in november looks quite likely. many american voters say they would have preferred new options this year, rather than a rematch from the last general elections. oh, i'm terribly frustrated with this country. i mean, the fact that we have biden and trump to choose from. it's disgraceful. it's just disgraceful. we don't need to octogenarians in office running for office. there's plenty of other people who were earlier in their careers who could run and do a better job than those to me. a lot of my friends would be voting um like you, my girlfriend has and bother voting and cheese hasn't missed a single one. how, from our best choice as job i didn't, he's a candidate. he hasn't done anything yours and held up any of his promises. so no,

i'm just, i'm just not happy with the, the, the to binary choice isn't. there was super tuesday behind all eyes will be on the election in november where americans will pick their 47th president. and with trump dominating super tuesday, is the fight for the republican nomination basically over now i put this question to dw reporter william blue croft. oh sarah, you and i are here just i think you know, less than 24 hours ago discussing that very question. the, the writings but on the proverbial wall for quite a while now. but now we're really coming and seeing the results. let's not forget or be distracted by all the performative aspects of the primary season that it's hard. primaries are a mathematical game. 1215 delegates is what the, the republican candidate needs to become the nominate. that's what of donald trump and nikki haley and previously and still some other smaller candidates are fighting for. but because it's a mass game,

donald trump is way out ahead. and although he didn't clinch that tonight, he is very much on track to coaching that and again, barring something unforeseen, nikki haley just won't have the numbers to be able to take down donald trump. so what happens i see drop out now as well. nikki haley has been or her campaigns are very silent, are mostly silent. after super tuesday, they just put out of statements, she didn't have any kind of public appearance. just the statements thinking the millions of americans who did vote for her, and of course, pointing out the vermont when nikki haley is basically pitched to the republican party. as you can get rid of me, i can lose, i can drop out and she may very well we don't know yet. but that does not put that does not put to bed the disquiet among many republicans who just don't want to look for donald trump again. and that could be vulnerable going into november. and when we look on the democratic side, as expected, president joe biden has also had

a strong showing. but i mean, you're, you were mentioning kind of warning signs about the general election. there wasn't warning signs. might there have been on the democratic side? right. joe mining faces similar issues as donald trump. people just aren't that enthusiastic about either. i mean, we're seeing massive people coming out for both of them because that's how america work. you have kind of to be candidates and voters of various of the 2 parties vote for them. but do you mean i'd say, as we've seen over the last many election cycles, it doesn't really matter about how popular you, you are. it's more important about how slightly unpopular you are. those views 1000 votes in certain key counties. a certain key states is what really decides elections. it doesn't really matter of about the 10s of millions of americans. we might get voting for you. it matters the 10000 or 20000 that might not vote for you . and both joe biden and donald trump faced not risk going into november. and that is what the selection light previous elections is probably going to be decided on.

polls have shown a majority of americans don't really want either bite and or trump again, as you've highlighted there. so, i mean, what does this mean now, as we head towards november? so, you know, for every story i see or hear about a trump supporters who now isn't a trump supporter. i see another story about a bite in supporter who now isn't a biting supporter. and both of those stories are true, right? both the campaigns can spin that any way they want. you can look at that positively saying, well, look at the other side. there's no, it's easy. as many other side. people are willing to vote for me because they, they want to stop the other side. both sides of the trump campaign, the binding campaign to use the same rhetoric, the same, talking points to make their case, and vice versa. supposed to be very interesting as we do go into the full general election and towards november, which of those narratives. and they're all true narrative, i don't want to say that one is more true than the other. it's going to be,

which is, which turns out to be the one that breaks in cruise favor. like i said, it's going to come down to the margins because that is how us politics currently structured william blue cross as always thank you. and with another set of trump primary victories, the likelihood of a 2nd, trump presidency looms large that has made european leaders nervous and vigilant. the possibility of a return to an america 1st policy in washington and even the lack of support for nato has forced officials on the continent to prep for a future without their most powerful ally. when he was previously president of the united states, donalds, trump describe the u. r p in the unit as a folk, and threatens to make you a p and pay for u. s. protects. now his america 1st policy good. once again, we shape transatlantic relations for many european politicians. the possibility of donald trump's return to the white house is a nightmare scenario. even though they don't like to speak about it in front of

a camera, surely i'm not inviting me to interfere and the internal affairs of a biggest ally. it's um the people in, in america who, who had the right to choose the president in private. however, one diplomats describe the apple sphere to us as a mixture of desperation and resignation. and it seems pretty clear that's behind closed doors. officials in your opinion kept a post a working on contingency plans. should there be a 2nd donald trump presidency? i'm sure that there are contingency plans. i'm not going to wait until the last moment. the advantage that they have is some trump is not anymore unlike what was the case in 2000. 162017. is not an unknown person any more of the present during his 1st term in office, trump impose terence on trade with you members. he pulled out of the paris climate

agreements and in what was the biggest shock he repeatedly question, do you ask commitments to the nato alliance now he's delivering the same messages on that companion trail. one of the presidents of a big country stood up said, well sir, uh if we don't pay and were attacked by russia, will you protect us? i said, no, i would not protect you. in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. you got to say, so could a 2nd, trump presidency mean the end of nato. it's not just about whether the united states is in or out. i mean, almost certainly the united states would stay in, but there are, there are levels of being in and other allies on occasion have, have salt, lower levels of involvement with nato, withdrawing from the integrated military command, for example. or simply is simply focusing on areas outside of the european security orbit, which would leave europe in a position of having to sort of somehow fill that gap. could you fill that gap?

not into short term experts say, nate to without us would be weak. you ups, nuclear deterrence, without american nuclear weapons, inconceivable, at least for now and supporting ukraine without money and arms from washington would be much more difficult. so what can either do, no matter what will happen in us. europe has to be able to do more on our own and in cooperation with our allies. this is a wake of code for, for everybody in europe to do more for, for european own defense, doing more for you a p and secuity could help, but it will take time for countries to be able to do that. and you are p and the union army 1st discussed decades ago is still a distant endeavor. and in the meantime, if one looks at the experience of the trumpet administration that we had, clearly he views the world, not just through nation states, but through individual leaderships, individual leaders. i can say not so much alliances, not so much. agreements,

sometimes not even states but, but individuals. and so those individual relationships matter. building relationships, stepping up on defense, europeans bracing foot from $2.00. and they know that a new face and a transatlantic relationship might be link anyway, regardless of who will win the race to the white house. how are your opinion leaders looking at these elections? is it a hope for the best prepare for the worst scenario or the w as brussels bureau chief, alexandra phenomena who you just saw there has more as well. so i think that describes the best and most most european capital host, with only few exceptions. we are here on the assignment in poland and the depaula as president. i'm sure you do that when he was asked about donald trump's claim, he, if we elect his could add to the war in ukraine in just 24 hours. he said,

well, don't know, trump always has always kept his words to me. so that was quite a sense statement, but he did. but his prime minister was much more critical as our most your p and leaders who are watching very closely what is happening in the u. s. are hoping for a 2nd fight and presidency, because they know that's jo bite and really values the transatlantic relationship. but they also, they are also reaching out to people is could be on the potential donalds, trump, teen, should she be elected again? because of course they want to learn, what is campaign talk and what would be then? we'll policy or we uphold a see what possible effect could be outcome of the election have on europe. well, it depends what are you are an optimist or a pastor most according to one thing. think under donald trump, do you asked with a band and climate action to wage wars would harden and need to would be at the

best adornment? and i think this is the biggest problem that the, your p as a worry about that donald trump, if we elect to, would pull out, or at least we can need to. and this is of course, a quickbook key questions for the question for the you are p and because it is about there are security and there are different scenarios and, and then your opinions are really worried that the return of america 1st policy could mean europe on its own as about belgium prime and as to the crop put its talking to his lawmakers. what are the steps that the you could take now to enhance and protect their own position in the world? well, i think that's the europeans are now talking a lot about what they can do that they need to do more for the own defense. some of the european allies, members of nato,

a have already increased the defense spending yesterday that you were p and commission announced a new of an initiative for europe and defense industrial strategy. so they wants to invest more money to produce more weapons. but all of that of course, needs time. and as for now, i would say that your opinions are very carefully watching. what is happening in dw is alexandra phenomena joining us. thank you so much. all these have to be appreciated. the united states meantime elsewhere in the world has toughened its stance on the dire conditions in the gaza strip. according to news agencies is real. staunchest ally is for the 1st time backing calls for an immediate cease fire and a un security council resolution. the drop language also calls for the release of all hostages, still held by a moss. the shift comes as the us and jordan have air dropped more aid packages

into the palestinian territory.