this as you know we news line from berlin a worrying message for the german chancellor a new survey shows most voters don't want a nother coalition of ugly americans conservatives and her social democrat partners it makes for uncomfortable reading right ahead of talks between the parties also coming up michael wolff bombshell book fire and fury gets an early release today

despite attempts by president trump's lawyers to block its publication the book paints an unflattering behind the scenes portrait of the trumpet ministration and a deep freeze the east coast of the united states is in the grip of a massive winter storm fresh snow since the mercury plummeting to record lows. on little rock it's great to have you along germany this still waiting for a new government more than three months after elections took place and according to a new poll that weight is weighing on the public mood a new survey pollsters in for a test a dream up makes grim reading for chance on america it shows only forty five percent of germans want a repeat of her coalition with the social democrats this just says the two sides

are preparing for talks. i'm going to america desperately needs to deliver more than one hundred days after the federal elections she still has no government the last coalition talks fell apart and new polls showed germans have no stomach for her next proposed solution another grand coalition. only five percent view a new grand coalition as very good and forty percent as good thirty four percent view a grand coalition as less good and eighteen percent view it as bad. further entangling merkel's predicament her popularity has slipped in the meantime. and the longer coalition talks take the worse it gets only fifty three percent support uncle americal staying in office in october it was sixty one percent forty five percent are against her staying in office. germans have the following attitudes about america america stands for political stability seventy percent

agree best days as chancellor are over sixty seven percent agree and merkel's c.d.u. neglects concerns over refugees according to fifty nine percent. of the german government's most important task by far is still the refugee issue even though it's less politically charged than it was a year ago. when asked if families of war refugees should be allowed to join them here in germany forty one percent said yes forty eight percent said no and if new elections were held this sunday germans would not vote much differently than a month ago the c.d.u. c.s.u. would receive thirty three percent of the vote the s.p.d. twenty one percent the f.t. would get thirteen percent of the vote and the f.d.p. nine percent the left party would also get nine percent and the green party eleven percent subtle variations only with the conservatives and the left party.

well the findings of the survey come just as chancellor merkel sister party the c.s.u. has is gathering in bavaria for their annual winter meeting and stefan meyer is a member of the c.s.u. and spokesman for the c.d.u. c.s.u. home affairs committee in the german parliament thank you so much for spending at time with us mr meyer these polls aren't very encouraging for the chancellor many don't welcome the prospect of a grand coalition how confident are you that the leaders trying to hammer out a deal will be able to change people's minds. personally i'm very confident that all three parties are willing to conduct this negotiations a proper constructive way and all three parties and all three party leaders have the same object if to form a crown cushion certainly. a new crown coalition isn't very popular in our country

but on the other hand you have to see we have three alternatives we have with the first tentative drawn coalition the second alternative a minority government and the third alternative would be new elections and it was just said the outcome wouldn't be very different from the outcome of the twenty the twenty fourth of september so. clearly in favor of the first alternative germany needs a stable. government and we don't have much time now to do so i think we all are very ambitious too to contact them to let these negotiations you know constructive and enough last week all right mr my that's very clear you want to get out of this impasse excuse me just like the other parties that brings me to the c.i.s. use the guest of honor prime minister viktor orban he will address the c.s.u.

conference later today you know he's a very outspoken critic of merkel's refugee policy he's a very controversial person is it wise to provide him with this platform right now before chancellor merkel makes another attempt to form a government. this invitation off to oregon isn't. checked into. a refugee policy. hungary is a very important part the for chairman ian specially for bavaria and we need to find a common solution especially on the old topics of migration and refugee crisis and i think the best way to find common solutions is to talk to each other and to conduct a dialogue and not to ignore each other so i think it's important specially for germany to have good relationships to all the smaller e.u.

member countries and as i said time greece a very important pillar in eastern europe and so i'm personally personally quite open for this discussion with a week to open which doesn't mean that we agree on every point and no i mean. mr meyer sorry for interrupting you he is a very controversial leader and he has said some choice things about the chancellor's policies but moving on to some critics say that your party already torpedo the first coalition talks due to infighting within your own party how interested is the c.s.u. in ensuring that these talks and in a new coalition for germany. we as a c.s.u. are very ambitious too to conduct this negotiation you know proposed we we we want the success and we have to see as you we want to continue

the grand coalition as i said it's not the best alternative but it's the best of the three maintaining. the turn of tips and certainly the refugee and so migration policy plays a very important role in peace and they can she ations and we will have a very open and i'm quite sure every constructive discussion this often room with viktor orban stephanie meyer member of the c.s.c. u.n. spokesperson for the c.d.u. c.s.u. home affairs committee in the german parliament thank you for spending time with us we appreciate it on north and south korea now have agreed to hold their first formal talks in more than two years the discussion set for tuesday will pave the way for north korean athletes to attend the upcoming winter olympics in south korea they now cement came hours after the u.s. agreed to delay joint military exercises with south korea until after the olympic games the meeting is expected to be held on january ninth in the demilitarized zone

it has been the site of past talks all right and we can go straight to seoul now to workers senior correspondent josh smith just josh what can we expect from this meeting on tuesday. so first on the agenda. possible participation of north korean athletes and you know upcoming winter olympics it's something that the south korean government has been seeking for some months now because they are very keen obviously for the conflict not to overshadow the upcoming games and they seen they have seen north korea's participation as key to making sure that this goes off well both sides however have also said that they're open to discussing other issues that may affect tensions on the korean peninsula key of course among those maybe. north's nuclear weapons program which

has come under increasing international condemnation which north korean government has said is out of reality that they are not going to negotiate over if the north korean team is at the winter olympic games and how far with that go into fusing tensions. well many observers. say that it's important to remember that their participation in the games there won't likely solve any problems on its own. however many people even the most cynical observers now say that you know this may provide some kind of opening that could lead to more talks down the road if for example the north is not testing more weapons between now and then and if the south koreans and the united states refrain

from some of these controversial military drills on the peninsula there and many are hoping that this may be to just the kind of opening that could lead to further talks and negotiations down the road right now critics say that the north star really sent a abrupt push to improve ties may be a tactic to divide so and washington do you think they're trying to drive a wedge between these two allies that is something that many people have expressed a worry over it so worried that it has been increased somewhat given some of the comments from the u.s. president don't trump who in the past has cast doubts on the relationship between south korea and the united states that being said. top military leaders here and others have said that it's very important for all sides at this point to. retain a united front as they begin to think oh sheesh and with north korea where it is

senior correspondent josh smith in seoul thank you i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. in egypt a sightseeing hot air balloon carrying foreign tourists has crashed in the southern city of looks or at least one person has died and seven other people are injured officials say strong winds forced the balloon off its course above the city's temples and tombs form a peruvian president alberto fujimori has been discharged from the hospital week after receiving a pardon from the current president kwasniewski the pardon for the seven the nine year old has led to nationwide protests he was convicted for human rights abuses scientists in australia say a major outbreak of a coral eating starfish has been damaging the country's great barrier reef researchers discovered the predator crown of thorns starfish in pleiku proportions

at the reef southern edge last month the government has begun calling the spiky marine animals the new tell all book that exposes the growing pains of dol trans presidency will be released today on this despite efforts by trump's lawyers to block the book going on sale in the first place the president has also ripped into the work of its author michael wolff after extracts from his work for trade a white house steeped in intrigue and betrayal. it's all but certain to be a bestseller just days into the new year the spork put trang the u.s. president and unprepared for office has throwing the white house into a frenzy some of the harshest commentary in the book has come from steve bannon a right wing firebrand and donald trump's form a strategy chief ban and has attacked a donald trump jr for twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians in the book by michael wolff bannon is quoted as saying even if

you thought that this was not treasonous or run patriotic or bad and i happen to think it's all of that you should have called the f.b.i. immediately to which the president hit back steve benen has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. it's a spectacular fall out between the two former allies bannon was the one who helped carve out trump's nationalist agenda that helped him win the oval office despite the furor over his quotes bannon called the president a great man on his right to go. in the present state is a great man you know i supporting day in and day out. about the betrayal has enraged. anyone who has even have their voice for me a great man less obvious he changes to pretty quick thank you all very much have. they tried to i don't know. the white house is trying to cast doubt on the book's

accuracy again this book is mistake after mistake after mistake as for the bombshell book the publishers have brought forward its release to friday despite cease and desist threats from donald trump's lawyers. all right well a lot of people are safe to say will be lining up today to get their hands on this explosive book and here to discuss the possible fallout is boris foreman a professor of political science at bard college right here in berlin thank you for spending time with us so much for cs and assist yeah i mean. it's the debate is ongoing it's it's a deep rift between the ultra right faction in the republican party and the establishment something we've seen before but it's certainly a clash trump hasn't been able to stop michael from publishing the book right now let's talk about steve bannon because we're going to talk about this apparent

schism that is being put out there in the public some of his backers have since said that there are they don't want to support him anymore do you see that being a fall a fall out as a consequence of what he said to what he told michael wolff sure some of the some of his supporters of said bennett is a strategic thinker but this is going to for some of the things he said to michael wolff apparently. have been so outrageous for some of the supporters of balance that they have now pulled out most notably the mercer family that has backed him before as so it seems that his coalition his power coalition is also crumbling what does it say about his influence because he has been able as a firebrand direct president trump or at least limit what president trump does or doesn't do do you see that diminishing at all that's a group that's i think the most important point because steve benen is one thing his influence on the on the president has been very important at the beginning of the first year of the administration but what's important now is that he represents

a movement within the republican party he has picked up some of the momentum of the tea party he was able to mobilize it for the election and to trump depends on it for reelection or for the congressional elections which are just up and i think it's going to have some impact right now let's talk about the book's author my. well wolf extraordinary access that fire on the fly on the wall accounts is extraordinary how do you gain that type of access well he had a he had ties to ben and at the time and to trump you met him once he was working in washington d.c. he had very close access to some of these. political staff in the inner circle and it's it's a rare account because we know from trump that depends on a very loyal circle loyal in the inner circle it's hard to get in there this is why . the book by wolf is such a spectacle you know the infighting and it has been at per trade how does it match

some of the accounts that have come out what we've seen is a lot of chaos some people have said trump's governing strategy is management by chaos that's one thing but what we've also seen from the start is a very strong tension between what is the ultra rights india administration or the representation of the ultra right and the establishment and that's the tension that was represented in brains priebus and steve benen who were supposed to be divided and conquered that was part of the strategy by trump both are no no longer part of the white house and i think we're seeing the consequences of this now all right well thank you so much force foreman professor of political science at bard college right here in berlin thank you spend time with us thinking. it's only been seven and a half years since the deepwater horizon disaster the explosion of the b.p. oil platform killed eleven workers and the eight hundred million liters of oil spilled into the gulf of mexico cost environment will havoc the region is still

struggling to cope with today however u.s. president donald trump feels that energy independence is a priority now has administration plans to open nearly all u.s. coast lines to offshore drilling. the five year plan calls for forty seven new offshore leases opening waters that have been off limits for decades including areas off the california and florida coasts is a move that the u.s. interior department says is in the nation's interest but it is a clear difference between. you we. and the president we're going to have a stronger energy policy and become a stronger are we certainly. do that the proposal follows last week's announcement of plans to roll back or even repeal safety regulations adopted under the obama administration environmental groups have vowed to oppose the move

and they're organizing protests offshore drilling is is inherently dirty it's inevitable that there will be an oil spill such as was the case off the coast of santa barbara in two thousand and fifteen where our hundred thousand gallons of oil spilled into the ocean killing fish marine mammals and other wildlife. and you can go as far back as two thousand and ten to the b.p. departed horizon spill which spilled millions of barrels into the gulf of mexico the plan has already drawn heavy criticism from several coastal states among them the carolinas and california also in florida where memories of the deepwater horizon spill remain fresh the two thousand and ten oil platform explosion claimed the lives of eleven oil workers and devastated the gulf coast. apple now says its i phones and computers are affected by the security flaw disclosed in intel processors earlier this week billions of devices around the world could be

vulnerable to hackers and there's more disturbing news intel knew about the flaws well before they were disclosed to the public and the behavior of the company's chief executive officer before the revelation raises questions as well. intel c.e.o. brian cresent sold thirty nine million dollars in company stocks and options in november months after learning about the flaw and well before the problem was reported publicly intel says the stock sale was unrelated to the chip problem it said it planned on going public with the flaw soon and it was working in the meantime to find a fix the bug is a nightmare for the u.s. tech giant but also for consumers millions of computers and devices are affected and one basic fix for the issue the so-called kaiser patch comes with the caveat as one of its developers explains. it might have economic impact. for cloud providers because now they with the kaiser patches they might

have higher energy costs. also. for regular customers and they will also have higher energy costs because of these patches daniel groups was among those who informed intel of the design flaw in its chips he thinks intel was right not to disclose the problem immediately. i think it's a good idea to not publicly disclose this from the start because these are very c.v. attacks and non sophisticated attacker could immediately use this attack to leak sensitive data from you know mary now the whole world knows but because the kaiser patch uses more energy it slows down devices hardly an incentive to get the fix that's why some researchers would rather change how computer chips are designed but that won't happen overnight and inspect the leyla now and a record cold snap in the united states you can say that again the u.s.

east coast is in the grip of a deep freeze that's after a massive winter storm brought fresh snow hurricane force winds and flooding to several regions well elsewhere it was a rare opportunity to see snow and ice in places like santa georgia only known for its sunshine. sunny getaways transformed into winter wonderland water fountains morphed into ice sculptures as an op normal cold snap hits the south something too hot and bark and for. doing the snow yeah yeah she likes the snow so but we didn't bring our snow suit because we thought. we saw did lizards in the states of florida. thirty to green and the hornets in florida and the trees and then again. the record lows have frozen egg wanna stay if this pair are partly survived and later walked off their chills.

but the effects of this monster storm grow more extreme the farther north you go. in philadelphia the city's famous steps were turned into slopes. and a playground for the off road adventure those. paths the dangerous conditions put many in harm's way one woman was killed when her costs led into a rail crossing. twenty centimeters of snow was dumped on new york city shutting schools and groundings thousands of flights. leaving the parks to fill up with families. and to feel this. brave brave soul there next to africa which has a new footballer of the year in a ceremony in ghana on thursday night egypt's mahomet's is the continent's top

player the liverpool forward beat out some stiff competition his team mates aside any endorsements he had a mistake obama young were the other two finalists up for the award we're going to . go home. a big moment for mohamed salah the egyptian winger has scooped up several awards already following a fantastic year and he's still hungry for more i think this one is because you know what i want to win you for second time for third going for fourth and if you can win it twenty times that would be i mean. that's what the book and i think you . saw a played a leading role in helping egypt to qualify for the world cup after a twenty eight year absence. but it's not just his quality at the national level that's attracted attention in june salamu from roma to liverpool for a fee of forty two million euros so far he scored twenty three goals for the

english side making him one of the standout players in the premier league this season. all right some time in this tennis news now serena williams wrong be competing at this month's australia open tennis star was due to make her comeback just four months after giving birth to her first child well you had planned to defend her title having won and melbourne park last year but she has now pulled out after losing exhibit in the match in abu dhabi last weekend saying she needs more time to prepare. you're watching the news live from berlin i'll have more news for you at the top of the hour and don't forget in the meantime you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com i want to leave you now it's impressions from the last preparations for the world famous ice sculpture festival and harbin china starting today enjoy.

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