which is. an issue but a lot of programming go on there it will be a show you give you a show now with our innovations magazine for. us from every week and always looking to the future fund d w dot com science and research for. this is dave w. news live from berlin a growing pressure on the trip administration as a former national security adviser pleads guilty to lying to the f.b.i. .

michael flynn also tells investigators that he spoke to russian officials at the request of individuals close to the u.s. president also on the program. protesters gather in the german city of hanover to demonstrate against the meeting of the far right a.f.d. party as it needs to elect a new leadership. and honor for fighting and justice and investigative journalist from azerbaijan is one of four winners of the alternative nobel prize. on michelle henery welcome to the program. a dramatic turn of events in washington former u.s. national security advisor michael flynn has pled guilty to charges that he lied to the f.b.i. prosecutors say flynt. covered his contacts with russia after donald trump stick to

rape and last year's presidential election reports also suggest flynn said a senior member of trump's team directed him to talk to russian officials. michael flynn leaving court in washington d.c. to cries of lock him up from protesters those words hark back to last year when flynn led chance for then democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton to be sent to jail. flynn said a senior member of the trump transition team directed him to make contact with russian officials. when confirmed u.s. media reports say that senior member is u.s. president donald trump's son in law jarrett coercion or if true the investigation would move much closer to trump himself democratic lawmakers have reacted with renewed calls for the investigation to include more people linked to the president you know it we've got

a number of major figures like donald trump jr i want to bring back questioner particularly in light of some of the supposed comments that general flynn may have been making. we've got other individuals like michael cohen and others that we still need to come back but i we've got more facts together. for the right to come off i think would be guided her as for the president he has remained uncharacteristically silent about flynn but that may have to change michael flynn was a very close advisor to trump his guilty plea raises the question how deep will the probe get into president trump's inner circle is that. i asked our washington correspondent carson phenomena if there had been any reaction from president trouble or his administration on flynn's guilty plea. yes. for president trump has basically tried to distance the white house

from michael flynn he said that microphone worked for this administration only for a very short while and also said that microphone didn't implicate anyone by name in his plea both is technically correct but of course michael flynn was national security advisor only for a few weeks but he still was one of the most important biases of donald trump during the campaign after the complain and he was definitely part of donald trump's in a circle here and also he might not have implicated anyone by name during his plea but it seems clear that he has made a deal with the prosecutors and they are looking at the transition team prosecutors said a senior official in the transition team director michael flynn and according to media reports that seems to be jarrett cushion or the son in law and senior advisor of president trump is there any indication of how far this probe will go.

now come under the spotlight. well obviously. he is under the spotlight already off that these reports that doesn't necessarily mean he will indict or anything is probably in trouble but the question is what did he actually do directing michael flynn in this is not an offense in itself i mean this is a normal part of a transition from one government to the next to also contact and bassett us from other countries the question is did jared at some point maybe also lie about his role in this whole affair and then he could be in trouble of course question also is a very important advisor here is charged with many important fields by president trump like remodelling the american bureaucracy chinese relations or relations with china

and peace in the middle east so if he comes under pressure that means trouble for donald trump even if the president self is not implicated yet as a person thank you karsten. staying in the u.s. the senate has narrowly approved a sweeping tax overhaul which will slash payments for businesses and the rich lawmakers voted by fifty one to forty nine to back the package the vote takes president trump and republicans a step closer to their biggest legislative win of the year the bill will add nearly one and a half trillion dollars to the u.s. national debt democrats say it's a giveaway funded by the taxpayer they lack the votes to block the change. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the government in honduras has given the military more powers in an effort to deal with violent protests and unrest the government said it was suspending constitutional rights and also imposing a curfew at least one person has died in the demonstrations over last week's

presidential election. pope francis has visited a church in dhaka bangladesh on the last day of his trip to asia the tour has been overshadowed by the wreckage a crisis the pope did not name the muslim minority group while in my anwar he did use the term in neighboring bangladesh where more than half a million have taken refuge. nuclear attack warning sirens have blared across hawaii for the first time since the end of the cold war merges services have been testing warning systems in the event of a possible missile attack from north korea hawaii is one of the closest u.s. states to north korea german police are investigating a suspicious device that was found near a christmas market in the city of pos them outside berlin police evacuated the market while they examine the contents of the package security is high in the area after last year's truck attack in berlin but authorities say the device in potsdam

was probably a fake bomb. attendant booths and empty streets the vacation left this usually crowded area deserted news of a possible bomb newport's timbs popular christmas market spread fast causing disbelief and an ease among locals yes amanda moves us and i first we thought this had to be a joke maybe some kids milling around but it turned out to be rather serious you only realize that press after a while for now we're just keeping a safe distance i will see what happens next flashing blue lights and sirens in the middle of market stalls and festive decoration a haunting reminder of events in berlin last christmas. in an attack claimed by so-called islamic state tunisian asylum seekers and its i'ma be killed eleven people when he drove a truck into a crowd at a christmas market in the german capital. even though these memories are still fresh christmas market visitors in berlin this year shrugged off the idea of

a possible new threat. book proposal i've heard what happened in potsdam but it doesn't upset me too much i don't care what are we supposed to do hide at home. like it's wearing but it shouldn't stop us from what we're doing. after the two thousand and sixteen attack police in berlin and other german regions plan to increase security for this year's christmas market season in parts them however it's unclear whether authorities could have prevented major damage if the package had been a full scale bomb but. has come. to us this was an absolute surprise there were no indications of a possible attack if the package had been a real explosive device it would have been an actual threat. but for the time being we have no proof that it was actually equipped with a proper detonator. it was more like a well designed fake bomb. playing.

experts destroyed the package which contains nails and wiring but the feeling of uncertainty a german christmas markets won't be dealt with that easily the far right alternative for germany party or e.s.d. is meeting for its first party congress since entering parliament as it got underway protesters gathered outside the venue in hanover to demonstrate against what they say is the party's racist agenda if he is expected to elect new party leaders at the event observers say a power struggle between radical nationalists and more traditional conservatives is that the dominate the two day congress. correspondent michaela couldn't or isn't hand over today for us the camera how much of a shock to the political system have they if didn't in the last these last three months. well now that they joined the german parliament's the national

plan for the first time the already represents in fourteen regional parliament they've already somewhat changed the tone of many delegates so i switched from other parties are saying that they if they're sometimes we do get taken aback when the f.t. takes on some of their arguing on particular issues now we're still here at this party conference and we hear the party morten speaking right now behind me he's standing for reelection for the party leadership on this day and what we expect to see there once again is that struggle that has dominated this party pretty much from day one on how far right it really wants to shift in a bit stupid. to start this process here which is it says essentially to stephanie . mcilvain is there any sign to the team and all of the infighting going on amongst the f.t. members. was pretty much been part of the d.n.a. we don't really get a sense that a lot of deals a lot of power deals are being done much ahead of such

a party conference and we saw a video here also which also included a phrase saying we want a home we want our country back well that sounds familiar doesn't it the likes of donald trump and. and that's essentially pretty much the agenda that all sides here are pushing for certainly against the migration policy but of course there are the likes of. who wanted a turnaround from revelation of the second world war you describe the holocaust memorial and as a memorial shame that it really shouldn't be there although he said that that was misconstrued and there are radical elements here and what it looks like in the past morton who was pretty much set to be reelected again might have to do a bit of power sharing. that very might get up from his chair and claim a title for himself so it's always a bit of a shakespearean drama. chris essentially this party is still quite a way away from finding its exact cause and that's also why for pete's me who

was until very recently the co possibly to hit essential if she felt it was going to fall right. we've heard that police are bracing for potentially violent street protests against the party what's it like in hannover of this morning. well i know that what accounting have been used already when i entered here is while ago there were certainly a couple of hundred protesters sounding at anyone who was pretty much heading towards the building but that it is a very large police presence it is pretty much impossible at this point to get any way. thank you. you may have heard of the nobel prize but what about the alternative nobel prize its official name is the right livelihood award and last night at a ceremony it was given to four people for their efforts to fight injustice.

they aren't famous but the winners of the right livelihood award known as the alternative nobel prize have dedicated their lives to social justice human rights and government transparency for people were awarded it this year and environmental lawyer from the us a human rights lawyer from india a disability rights activist from ethiopia and investigative journalist from azerbaijan. and the immensely pleased that at present the twenty seventeen right livelihood award my friend. for courage and tenacity in exposing corruption of the highest levels of government to outstanding investigative journalism in the name of transparency and accountability but is my lova couldn't leave azerbaijan to accept it despite international protest her country's government has kept a travel ban against her in place she could only appear via video since the prices

founding in stockholm in one nine hundred eighty the right livelihood award has been given to one hundred seventy people or organizations from sixty nine countries . and a reminder of the top story we're following for you former u.s. national security advisor michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. that's after he was charged as part of the spec. council investigation into russian but lang and the twenty sixteen us election. that's all for now joins the going to talk of the hour and meantime check out the news dot com thanks for watching.