because their life does start with me. and it could end without me. this is d.w. news live a from but a day off to anywhere questions president donald trump's ability to govern the us media gives a wide ranging press conference at camp david but everything is one hundred percent

it's what it was a huge gracious and i. that was trump's response to allegations of russian meddling in the presidential election also coming out. of the can germany and turkey patch up a damaged relationship the two country's top diplomats hold talks as a long list of sticking points nukes from migration to terra to disputed arrests of german citizens. and deadly winter weather blasts the northeastern united states we'll take you to massachusetts where the coldest paralyzing communities along the east coast. are having a home for good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump says he sees progress with a conflict with north korea speaking at a press conference often meeting with republican congressional leaders trump said

the discussions between north and south korea about the upcoming winter olympics all quote a big star and he said he hopes talks will move beyond the games. well you also talked about fire and fury the tell all bestseller about his presidency let's listen to exactly what president trump had to say. i consider it a work of fiction and i think it's a disgrace that somebody is able to have something do something like that the libel laws are very weak in this country if they were strong you it would be very helpful you wouldn't have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes to your head but just so you know i never interviewed with him in the white house at all he was never in the oval office we didn't have an interview. and i did a quick interview with him a long time ago having to do with an article but i don't know this man i guess sloppy steve brought him into the white house quite a bit and it was one of those things that's why sloppy steve is now looking for

a job. or only a trump rejects he can a made in that new book in response to questions raised about his fitness for office trump tweeted that he would not qualify as smart but genius and a very stable genius at that. 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 entitled foreign fury has become an instant bestseller the book the u.s. 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. and what they mean by that is he has a and 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. he's like a pinball or just to shooting off the side this is the man wolf can factor helping the title sorta 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 he 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. so will north korean athletes take part in the winter olympics next month in south korea five countries have agreed to discuss the question next tuesday and it could pave the way the north korean athletes to attend the upcoming games there will be the first formal talks between

the no one south in over two years. the host city for the winter olympics jiang chang 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 truce village of parliament and twenty fourteen the two nations were able to reach an agreement here 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 i.o.c. delegate speaking at beijing airport china 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 to police military tensions at least for a short while. germany and turkey have pledged to take steps to con tensions between the two countries german foreign minister has turkish counterpart miffed at one meeting to discuss recent disputes including over a wave of arrests in turkey following the failed coup in twenty sixteen and these nine german citizens were among those arrested including then is huge show of course one of the germany's devote newspaper he's been in a turkish prison for more than ten months without formal indictment. well here's what the two foreign ministers 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 are 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. the more i'm 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 and warble 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 even membership well let's just touch on that case over 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 god 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. 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 television showed protest is waving a rainy and flags and chanting slogans against the u.s. and israel the rallies are response to a wave of anti-government protests that broke out at the end of december. and syria at least seventeen civilians have been killed and sixty injured in as strikes on

a 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 is 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 orthodox christmas protest as a clash with police and church go is as follows the third made his way to the church of the nativity palestinians accuse the greek patriarch of selling land to his ratings in favorable deals. now bits of winter weather is gripping the northeastern u.s. again this weekend threatening a fresh round of record breaking lows also the us in canada seeing wind chills at around minus thirty degrees celsius in massachusetts city streets are 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 falls. we keeping an eye on all of those different floodings and if anyone wants a question global warming just to see what a flight 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 and parametric 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. to jets collided on the ground i'd hate to enter airports on friday setting the tail of one of the aircraft ablaze . and eyewitness onboard kept at the moment when part of the plane exploded no injuries have been reported and an investigation into the incident is underway. now the prestigious for hill ski jumping to limit has finished with polish athlete . completing a comprehensive victory star while in the first three events and after another dominant performance to score of two hundred seventy five point six was enough to give him first place again hopefully in austria and secure a grand slam it's to host second for his title in

a row. now let's take a look at a rather unconventional take on when to sports top ski is teamed up with motorcyclist in the italian alps for the first ever i can ski night race first of ski is hurdle down the slope in a race against time but it's when i got to the bottom of things get on usual want to scare arrives the motorcycle teammate fires up the engine and drive straight back up the runway to cope in the over all time joints which italian team took first place at the event attend about most four thousand spectators it's. more news coming up here at the top of the hour thanks for watching and see you again see. those values in germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something him to resign.