i pity tony going to get a book i don't think he. tells them to and. i'm telling the famous potato. this is the deal the induced life for berlin growing pressure on the truck the ministration as a former national security advisor 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 at hanover to demonstrate against the meeting of the far right a s d party as it needs to elect a new beer sheva. and honored for fighting and justice and the good of journalist to azerbaijan as one of four winners of the alternative nobel prize. i'm still henery thanks for joining us. 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 fled covered up his contacts with russia after dollar terms that

during 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 have. had . michael slinn 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 has a number of major figures like donald trump jr i want to bring back your question

or 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 record coming off i think we're going to her house 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 instead of being thankful to the united states and. i asked our washing correspondent christopher naaman if there had been any reaction from president trump 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 michael

finn 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 the prosecutor said that 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 after 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 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 so 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 nuclear attack warning sirens have blared across hawaii for the first time since the end of the cold war emergency services have been testing warning systems in the event of a possible missile attack from north korea why as one of the closest u.s. states to north korea. the government in honduras has given the military more

powers in an effort to deal with violent protests and on rest 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 and. german police are investigating a suspicious device that was found near christmas market in the city of potts them outside berlin officers 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. the former right alternative for germany party or a.f.p. is meeting for its first party congress since entering parliament groups of protesters gathered outside the venue in hanover to demonstrate police to use water cannons to clear the protesters who tried to block the streets to the facility if he is expected to elect a new party leaders at the event observers say a power struggle between radical nationalists and more traditional conservatives is

that to dominate the two day congress. correspondent mike helicopter is in hanover today for us the camera how much of a shock to the political system have they if didn't been in the last these last three months. well now that they joined the german parliament's the national plan the first time the already represents in fourteen regional parliaments. somewhat change the tone of many delegates i switched from other parties are saying that they if they're sometimes really bit taken aback when the f.t. takes on some of their arguing on particular issues now 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 to put a stop to talk to you which is it says essentially to stephanie.

mcilvain is there any sign to that one 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 us 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 cleverish of the second world war who just scribe the holocaust memorial and balin as a memorial of shame that it really shouldn't be there although he said that that was misconstrued in the end there are radical elements here and it looks like in

the past morton who was pretty much set to be relaxed 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. pres essentially this party is still quite a way away from finding its exact course 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 water cannon 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 in sweden 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 four 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 that is my lover couldn't leave azerbaijan to accept it despite international protest her country's government has kept a travel ban against her in place she can only appear the 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 . sports news now and the bonus like this rock bottom club cologne had an awful start to the season collecting just two points from thirteen games still there's been little talk of making a coaching change until now pettish tucker is rumored to be honest last legs and heading into saturday night's match against hi-fi shaka the coach is beginning to feel the pressure. slim pickings for cologne coach payton sterger at friday's final

training session eleven players are out injured the billy goats are down a man and the coaching staff to after the club demoted their fitness coach stoner wants an assurance he's not the next to go. at them and show them to or from diseases as a couple just want to clear decision to being tasered that's often jobs it's important for the guys to know who is leading them into the rest of the season it's important for our day to day work here. and when team is going through a tough stretch and they don't know who's going to be in charge it's not ideal. tonight it isn't up to mars. cologne could have wished for an easier opponent on saturday night as well. because battling comeback draw against dortmund last week felt almost like a win the team hasn't lost since september and are brimming with confidence before things on his that's why he pulls the signs leading up to this game are not all that positive but maybe that kind of situation where it looks like we don't have

any chances it looks could be helpful sean's and maybe we'll have less pressure maybe we'll play with a bit more predicament that he doesn't only for the moment on the sri lankan can. that's a lot of maybes but one thing seems certain this is a do or die match for. another bad loss and the austrians time it cologne is surely up. staying with soccer in the draw for world cup twenty eight team group stage has taken place in moscow all the need to participating teams now know who they'll face next summer and russia the draw which went down inside the kremlin palace was a glitzy affair featuring musical and dance performances before getting down to business hosts russia were drawn first to group a along with egypt earth wide and their opponents in the opening match saudi arabia. let's take a look at a couple of the groups that have been drawn among the toughest group strong was group b. or reigning european champs portugal will line up against next door neighbor spain

as well as morocco and talk to an asian side iran meanwhile defending champs germany were handed a tricky draw they'll take on mexico in their group effort before facing sweden and former semifinalist south korea. and a reminder of the top stories 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 special counsel investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election. that's all for now join us again the top of the hour in the meantime you can visit our website or follow us on twitter thanks for watching t w news. where i come from we had to fight for a free press and was born and raised in.