it's a big sense of. pride in the box office i work at the government. this is the w. news live from but it can germany and turkey a damaged relationship the two countries top diplomats hold talks as a long list of sticking points new stream migration to terra to disputed arrests of german citizens all correspond that house the details also coming up the tell all

book that u.s. president donald trump did not want to publish trump it's back accusations and that he's not fit to tick up at describing himself as a quote very stable genius. and deadly winter weather blasts the northeastern united states we'll take you to massachusetts where the coldest current izing community gets along the east coast. five hundred free thanks for joining me well let's go live now to camp david in the u.s. where present donald trump is that a retreat with republican leaders and is just now speaking to the press literally and or old types of military situations an application just goes general mattis is here general kelly has lot of a lot of good millet. very important very important and it discussed the funding

for the military which is so important we also obviously wanted to budget so we went to dhaka and how we're going to do and we hope that we're going to be able to work out an arrangement with the democrats i think it's something that they'd like to see happen it's something certainly that i'd like to see happen so. we are very well prepared for the coming year we finished very strong one of the things we are discussing and discussing very powerfully is drugs pouring into this country and how to stop it because it's at a point over the last number of years it's never been like this we've never had a problem with drugs like we do whether it's opioid or drugs in the traditional sense it's never been like it is and we are going to do everything we can it's a very difficult situation difficult for many countries not so difficult for some believe it or not they take it very seriously and they're very harsh and those are

the ones that have much less difficulty but we are going to be working on that very very hard this year and i think we're going to make a big dent into the drug problem and with that i think of what i'll do is ask a majority leader mitch mcconnell say a few words that i have paul ryan and will perhaps you have some questions for some of the folks we have a great group of talent and i will tell you the meetings again were really perhaps transformative in certain ways of doing things that we have things planned for next year one of things mitch said and he said it very well was it's going to be tough to beat the year we just left because what we had last year was something very special especially to cap it off with. where you were just listening that to us president donald trump statement at camp david at the united states in which he claimed that the military was well prepared for the year ahead and that the u.s. administer. ation would be fighting drugs which he said were increasingly coming in

to the country but in other news u.s. president donald trump has rejected claims made in a new tell all book about his presidency in response to questions raised in a book about his fitness for office trump said that he would not just qualify as smart but genius and a very stable genius that now u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson also disputed claims in the book saying he has never questioned the president's mental fitness but in the meantime the book titled foreign fury has become an instant besa the book the us president could not stop from hitting the shelves sold out within minutes and many straws deeply critical it depicts a chaotic white house and questions donald trump's fitness for office its author michael wolff appeared on u.s. television to back up his claims i will tell you the one description that that everyone gave everyone has in common they all say he is like

a child's. and what they mean by that is he has a need for in media gratification it's all about him they say he's. a moron in. there is a competition to sort of get to the bottom line here of who this man is let's remember this man does not read does not listen so he's he's like the. it's like the pinball just to shooting off the side this is the man wolf can thank for helping the title soar to number one on amazon donald trump's former chief strategist and former ally steve bannon his disparaging remarks about the u.s. president released in early excerpts triggered trump's public attempts to block the book's release and sent him on soaring. trump has threatened to sue bannon and wolf

and on twitter who described the book as full of lies i authorized zero access to white house actually turned him down many times for author a phony book i never spoke to him for the book full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don't exist look at this guy's past and watch what happens to him and stop you steve we have a message from us for those doubts about wolf's credibility have been echoed by some of trump's allies and by others including former british prime minister tony blair he called a claim made about him a complete fabrication. wolf says he stands by everything in the book though he does acknowledge he could not resolve certain discrepancies between some accounts very little presents the truth may not be clear in fire and fury but that's not stopping people from lining up to buy it. germany and turkey have pledged to take steps to calm tensions between the two countries german foreign minister as it mug

up and his turkish counterpart moved to one meeting to discuss recent disputes including over a wave of arrests in turkey following the failed coup in twenty sixteen at least nine german citizens were among those arrested including dead is you joe a correspondent for germany's devote newspaper he's been in a turkish prison for more than ten months without formal indictment well here's what the chief harmonises had to say about the outcome of today's talks. we have set ourselves the task of doing everything possible to overcome the difficulties and the german tarkus relationship. remembering what unites us to find more common ground for the future. that of the yes there are differences. there have been problems even tensions and escalations. but we only agree and have the shared desire to overcome these tensions and differences through

dialogue. one joined in this year by. who has reported extensively from turkey great to have you with us here in the studio yeah hi i'm now the german foreign minister and his turkish counterpart have met in capitals hometown of eight germany what was the mood like well the atmosphere during that press conference was not exactly relaxed i'd say but it was friendly and it was respectful and there seems to be and that's important the necessary willingness to overcome the current crisis both minister has said they will do everything they can to improve relations because after all germany is turkey's biggest trading partner and they are important nato allies and there are more than three million people with turkish origin living here in germany but of course appeasement a workable appeasement is only one side there needs to be action actually it is

only one side you and i both scenarios that talk can be cheap in diplomatic circumstances what will the main challenges now be well there are still disagreements over. post-coup crackdown on opposition members and people suspected of being supporters of that twenty sixteen coup attempt and the arrest of server old german nationals including journalist didn't is you joe and the german government clearly says here. until. then israel is not being released and doesn't get his fair trial there cannot be a normalization in the relations whereas turkey on the other hand always claims that that germany doesn't show enough understanding for the trauma that this coup attempt has caused in turkey and that germany is also helping suspected terrorists to hide on on german ground and in germany and they certainly don't

agree over turkey's prospects for a human person well let's just touch on that case of the imprisoned german journalist an issue jail in a turkish prison because according to media reports germany is ready to restart arms sales to turkey does this boil down to to you show his release in exchange for weaponry well ahead of today's meeting there was an interview that german foreign minister got a gave to a dish and apparently there he suggested that many arms of military equipment sales to turkey are currently on hold because of the strained relations and this will not change until there is a solution to the case of din is your chill he now denied having said that but of course the debate is going on for example members of the green party and of the political left in germany in germany are heavily criticizing this now saying that of course you're jill needs to be released but this should be a separate thing it shouldn't be on the condition

a condition for arms sales and arms sales should be blocked until there are real improvements in the general human rights situation in turkey now covering that story for us thank you very much indeed. recent winter weather is gripping the northeastern u.s. again this weekend threatening a fresh round of record breaking most parts of the u.s. and canada seeing wind chills at around minus thirty degrees celsius in massachusetts city streets all turning into frozen fields of ice and snow. the biggest storm surges in massachusetts in three decades and that minus twenty nine degrees celsius water is literally freezing in the streets here. traffic is frozen to those hoping to get into their cars will just have to wait until the ice thaws. to keeping an eye on all of those different floodings

and if anyone wants a question global warming just to see what a flood flood zones are those zones didn't flood thirty years ago weather agencies are calling it a bombsite clone where cold and warm air masses collide triggering a rapid drop in bear metric pressure many people need help to get to safety several u.s. states have declared a state of emergency the national guard is out in force and coming up with creative ways to help the rescue effort it was scary and i want to get out they came up to the front door and they. like he put me over their shoulders and put me in their car and new york's central park the extreme weather isn't putting everyone off but their weekend might put even the bravest to the test because believe it or not it's going to get colder. now some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of government supporters have held rallies across iran for a fourth day state of vision showed protesters waving

a radian flags and chanting slogans against the u.s. and israel the rowdies errors phones to a wave of anti-government protests that broke out at the end of december. in syria at least seventeen civilians have been killed and sixty injured in as strikes on the rebel held area near damascus that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights the region is one of the last remaining opposition strongholds in the country and it's the target of almost daily air raids by the syrian government and russia. scuffles broke out in bethlehem as the greek orthodox patriarch for the holy land arrived to celebrate christmas protesters clashed with police and churchgoers as the openness the third made his way to the church of the nativity palestinians accuse the greek patriarch of selling land to israelis in favorable deals. will north korean athletes take part in the winter

olympics next month in south korea both countries have agreed to hold their first formal talks and over two years next choose day that could pave the way for north korean athletes to attend the upcoming games the host city for the winter olympics is just eighty kilometers from the de-militarized zone that separates the two countries. on the ninth of january officials from both sides will meet at the village of parliament and twenty fourteen the two nations were able to reach an agreement ahead of the asian games in incheon with north korean athletes crossing the border to take part. and it looks as though another deal could be on the cards according to the country's delegate speaking at beijing airport said that north korean participation will probably happen there's even a possibility of the two countries marching under the same flag as they did at the two thousand and three university summer games in south korea while some experts and officials have gone as far as to suggest that they could even compete as

a single nation. on thursday the presidents of south korea and the united states agreed to postpone their joint military exercises during the olympics paving the way for north korean participation by next week north and south korea may well have settled on a deal that could see sport replaced military tensions at least for a short while we'll have the top of the hour. on our web site. thanks for joining.