who will do when is be on to the losers and why is it so important as tag germany decides the german election september twenty fourth starting at fifteen hundred u.g.c. right here on the dover. this is the w. news live from berlin germany prepares for an election that could change the country's political landscape tuns their uncle or merkel is still leading in the polls in the run up to sunday's vote but the far right alternative for germany

party looks on course to enter parliament what does this mean for germany we'll have special coverage also coming up. puerto rico's emergency deepens in the wake of hurricane maria there's not enough fuel clean water or electricity and now thousands are evacuating from near a failing dam. a stunning bundesliga result at byron munich underdogs wolfsburg surprise the champions. league. hello and welcome i'm michel henery it's good to have you with us. with germans set to vote on sunday the leading candidates for the post of chancellor have been waiting their case to voters on glimmer girl and her challenger martin schulz both held election rallies on friday the latest polls give merkel's christian democrats a double digit lead over martin schultz

a social democrats but that didn't devon showed his enthusiasm at his rally in berlin. martin schultz meeting his supporters two days before polling he's determined to fight on despite being given almost no chance of beating merkel tomorrow some say his main campaign issue social justice has failed to energize voters yet this is the issue to which he returns at a rally in berlin remember the learn of. when we talk about fair wages about collective wage agreement the jobs with permanent contract should be the norm in germany which is the basis for a good future for the next generation. the passion of schulz's speech left many supporters frustrated by his low standings in the polls. i just don't get it because i think these are the issues that should be important in germany i

still hope he will win. you shouldn't always listen to what the polls say whether they're representative or not is another question but after what he talked about today i don't understand it. hundreds of kilometers further south in munich the scene is very different crowds cheering the whistle of the rally but chancellor merkel it isn't don't survive is not highly literate but we can agree on one thing we definitely won't shape germany's future by whistling and screaming his style to . the critics are angry about the way she handled the refugee crisis in twenty fifteen she says that will never happen again. that was planted those who voted for saddam what happened in two thousand and fifteen must not and will not be repeated at least if you don't let us either those are welcome words for the leader of michael's bavarian c.s.u. allies horst zehava they too are now almost certainly looking forward to another

term in office. joining us for more is political correspondent hans front. hons really does post continue to give merkel c.d.u. a double digit lead why has it been so hard for any candidate to really break through and pose a serious challenge to merkel merkel spoke of personal standing is not restricted only to voters of her own party the c.d.u. there are in fact voters also in other parties stretches as far as the environmentalists greens and also of course in the. social democrats they are people who respect her for her political achievements in the last twelve years and there is also a sense that medical is a. guarantor of stability that in difficult times worldwide she. stands for continuity and allows people to live their lives without being too strongly affected by what goes on in

the world these same polls place the far right populist party a.f.d. in third place what with their election mean for poland parliament what it means for germany you can say that in a sense it's a kind of normalize ation if you look at all neighboring countries of germany here in europe there are far right wing parties in all of those countries in france we know about the fullness in all and even beyond that in britain the brics the decision was based on voters who had similar sorts of convictions and that also goes for the election of donald trump in the united states so you could say that here in germany this kind of party has been lacking in the sense so far and it has now come to the fore of course it will change the german has already changed the german political discussion has made it a lot more vociferous and the debate in parliament i'm sure will be quite raucous sometimes quite vicious and there is some doubt about whether all proponents of

this party all probably all members of this right wing party actually are convinced of the dramatic democratic process or. really willing to participate in that so it will be a challenge for german democracy i day to go before voting begins what is the mood in the country for a long time in this election campaign it was said that it was basically boring the two leading candidates. and his challenger from the social democrats it was clear that macro would be the winner it seemed very clear seems very clear that schultz will come in second place and the political differences between those two parties will in fact have been governing together for the last four years the political differences have not been that great but in these last final week or two it's become clear how important the race for third place is amongst the smaller parties the alternative for germany the right wing populace are likely to come for good then there are three other smaller parties the far far left wing left party

environmentalists greens and a market liberal free democrats who are also in contention for third place so that's really where the interesting part of the election of the last few days has landed. correspondent hans bryant thank you very much for being with us. so as the campaigning draws to a close ahead of sunday's elections why not join our conversation online you can get all our coverage on our website dot com there's also plenty of content on our facebook page and on twitter just look for a hash tag germany decides don't hesitate to get involved and tell us what you think. here in berlin voters heading to polling stations will have to compete with tens of thousands of athletes taking part in the berlin marathon city officials say they've made of arrangements to make sure that everything goes

smoothly for both runners and voters. the forty fourth britain marathon meets the german elections. forty four thousand competitors will be running through the german capital on sunday. plans had to be made to ensure that berlin voters could reach their polling stations without problems. since. all together there are thirty polling stations affected that is when the voters have to cross the marathon route to reach their polling station. the voters were already informed of this when they received their polling card. and they also received another card that shows them how to reach their polling station. crossing points have been set up to help people get to the polls on time. we have staggered starts around fifteen thousand runners at

a time take off and we've spread out the groups a bit more so that they'll be more space on the route to allow voters going to the polls to be able to cross. security is also a concern more than fifteen hundred police will be on duty for the marathon and election on sunday authorities say they have no indications of any possible terror attacks the marathon should be able to retain its usual festive character. this is the first time both vents are happening at the same time but we think we're well prepared. it all sounds like a pretty normal marathon clearing the finisher's hanging out on the lawn in front of the german parliament. iran claims to have tested a new medium range missile in defiance of warnings from the u.s. state television broadcast footage of the launch as well as in-flight video taken from the nose of the rocket the missile is said to be capable of carrying several

warheads over does. since that up to two thousand kilometers earlier this week u.s. presidents from has criticized iran at the u.n. general assembly washington says iran's missile tests violate the spirit of a twenty fifteen nuclear deal between tehran and world powers. at least seventy thousand residents on puerto rico have been ordered to evacuate their homes after authorities warned a dam could collapse authorities said a drain pipe and the nearly one hundred year old well talk a dam had already failed and let the flash flooding downstream heavy rain brought on by hurricane maria cost the dam to swell up with water. meanwhile at least thirteen people are reported to have been killed after the hurricane hit the island . stranded at sea with two children this woman's vessel was damaged when hurricane maria swept over puerto rico leaving

them cowering in the ship's home amid six metre high waves but thankfully rescuers were able to return them to dry land. back on the mainland residents of the caribbean islands struggle through the extreme flooding maria left in its wake several rivers have swollen to record highs and many areas like here in the capital san juan are still underwater the government says it was the worst hurricane to hit the island in ninety years. i would say it is an experience that one does not want to have you see my god please take this weather system so it doesn't hit us but unfortunately it was our turn and. the storm knocked out power to the entire country at last count the government had lost contact with around half of puerto rico's communities with no

official word on when basic services will be restored. residents have been left to fend for themselves. because we didn't know we could get water here because it was banned before but now the tap is open to the public. cleanup efforts have already begun. but with damages estimated in the tens of billions of euros there's no sign when life here will return to normal. legal football now and a shocker in munich last night byron we're hosting low that will spark an all seemed on schedule after oregon robin shot was deflected into the net but poor goalkeeping helped bring wolfsburg back that mistake plus a beautiful header by daniel darby in the eighty second minute meant a stunning two two draw for second place by.

the draw in munich is good news for top of the lead jordan and they play got back later today and hope to benefit further from at least one unsung player newry shine hasn't just been vital to the change that dortmund he's also profited from them the most coach peter boss has made him a leader on the pitch and shot paid him back by scoring his first goal in two and a half years. despite the euphoria surrounding him he's keeping his feet firmly on the ground. we've only played five been does league a game so far that's as much we have to try and win our game on saturday and that won't be easy we have to be on top of our game. dortmund love to play the namesake said the resume and. dorgan have lost just one of the last ten encounters pierre emerick about me and has a knack of scoring against grabbing three in his last two home games against the foles something he and the team will want to continue.

the feeling within the team is good you can see that the team trusts its abilities for playing well and working well as a team all of that's important to win a game. unbeaten on the road this season during both of those games they'll be asking new signing but it's about all three points this time around he was a dormant for the past three seasons but willis was in office of course we know it will be tough and daughter. will have to be a little in front of goal and make sure we convert the few chances that we have if we want to get a result. and then bringing points back from dortmund that's what glasgow's d.j. hacking will be expecting from his players. and just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you germany heads to the polls on sunday to elect a new parliament glimmer goal is tipped to win

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