the waves the wind have to give something back to me and i can apply an inch to miss him to many of the others. point where you see the surfers fighting against unseen pollution the sea starting january seventh on g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin a day after a new book questions president obama chimes ability to govern the u.s. leader hits back and a wide ranging press conference at camp david but everything that i've done is one hundred percent proper first what i do is reduce the instructor trisha's so you

know it relieves the southwest chump response to allegations of russian meddling in the presidential election also coming up on the show. can germany and turkey catch up and damage to a ship the two country's top diplomats hold talks on a long list of thorny issues from migration to terror to the disputed arrests of german citizens. and deadly winter weather blasted northeastern united states we'll take you to massachusetts where the cold is paralyzing communities along the east coast. i'm michelle henery good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump says he sees progress in the conflict with north korea speaking at a press conference after a meeting with republican congressional leaders. trumps at the discussions between

north and south korea about the upcoming winter olympics are quote a big start and he said he hopes talks will live beyond the games he also talked about fire and fury the tell all bestseller about his presidency let's listen to exactly what president trump said. 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. earlier trump rejected claims made in the new book in response to questions

raised about his fitness for office trump tweeted that he would not just qualify as smart but genius and a very stable genius at that so trump calls himself a stable genius but there are many that would dispute that on the line now from new haven connecticut in the us is dr bandy professor of psychiatry at yale university she's editor of the book the dangerous case of donald trump and last month she proved a group of congress members on trump's mental health dr lee you said in recent months that donald trump state of instability put the world at extreme risk how can you assess him without having met him. hello first of all thanks for having me i would like to make clear that i do not represent the views of yale university all of them are my own. yes in terms of. instability

i was mainly referring to. the effects on public health that his mental state into. effect and. i'm actually an expert on violence as well as a forensic psychiatrist and having studied. studied predicted and prevented violence as. the focus of my career i have watched him display many signs of danger. now assessing dangerousness is different from making a diagnosis to make a diagnosis you have to have all the information including in my view a personal interview. but in order to assess dangerousness you only need to have enough information to raise alarms. and dangerousness is

more about the situation than the person a diagnosis follows the person so what we're saying is that you come in the office of the presidency is the danger to national and international security you're calling for an emergency evaluation of the president's mental capacity how likely is this to happen do you think. i don't know i can't really comment on the likelihood but i am concerned that it may not happen here schedule per se because on jan twelfth. the normal. physical exam. may not pick up on a lot of the signs. some of the most mentally impaired individuals can hold themselves together for the short duration of

a physical exam. so ordinarily family members and close contacts worked or were position about their concerns but of course none of us. and so what we're doing is we're trying to educate the public about the signs of instability are about. to be evaluation dr ben dealey thank you for taking the time to talk with us. thank you so north korean oscillates take part in the winter olympics next month and south korea both countries have agreed to discuss the question next tuesday it could pave the way for north korean athletes to attend the upcoming games the first formal talks between the north and south in over two years. the host city for the winter olympics beyond 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 four team the two nations were able to reach an agreement here head 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 countries you see 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 agree 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 replace military tensions at least for

a short while. joining me in the studio discussed north korea's possible participation at the winter olympics is mark organ from our sports desk and mark what kind of delegation could we see from north korea at the upcoming caves well it's going to be a small one. is funny because the furor in the headlines this is made of being big ones but we're actually talking about just two awfully there's only two athletes that qualified from north korea to figure skaters so we may not be looking at a team bus more like a team car for this one coming but amazingly the presence of just these two people could completely change the atmosphere of the games from one of mutual suspicion over the developed into one of togetherness which is what the ives i.o.c. will be hoping for and yes just to move on with that you know what does this say about the way that sport can bring people together is a good line this one the i.o.c. will definitely be be using i mean there's an argument to be made this for can be

quite divisive as well in this case i think with for a month from a marketing perspective is going to be a big coup for the for the i would see ticket sales have been poor especially with and south korea because of security concerns as one of the one of the one of the reasons for that so if this can can change the atmosphere to make it more more relaxed then that can have a big effect on the games there how important would it be for the olympic movement for north korea to take part and for north korea to take part in the games i think it would be huge coup to say i think since sochi. the debacle that was there in twenty four team with the russian doping scandal and all that kind of thing that's still making headlines and not really hurt elin pick movement very badly so i think with that in mind that's something that they can change they change the attitude towards the olympics make it make it more positive and make it more about fish in the line of taking part is still more important than winning of the what happened four years ago mark for sports that's thanks very much.

relations between germany and turkey have been strained since the failed coup against turkey's president. won but now they look like they could finally be following the nato allies have pledged to improve ties after germany's foreign minister said more gabriele invited his turkish counterpart shovel shoulder to his home town of goslar here's more germany in taki scene trip struck a new year's resolution to improve ties after years of escalating tensions the mood here was called takis foreign minister emphasizing a hope for progress. that yes there are differences. there have been problems even tensions and as collations. but we all agree and have the shared desire to overcome these tensions and differences through dialogue. notable news. touring players hometown

the two men discussed how to steer relations onto a better course in these historic streets they focused on their country's shared experiences and common ties the flag waving crowds a reminder that some three million people of turkish origin event germany their citizens as well as mutual economic interests forming some of the incentives to thaw relations. from for i believe we have the responsibility to find a way to get along. that's g.-u. to our historical legacy and the wishes of our citizens. we must not forget that. we've both made it our business to do everything we can to overcome the difficulties that have been in german turkish relations. about as both men have conceded key differences remain particularly over the case of denis usual he's one of several gemini and german tactician nationals in

detention in turkey for what but then cool as political reasons reports suggest god had made his release a precondition for restarting alms sales to taki top player now denies this though he did say the case came up in talks. not to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of government supporters have held rallies across around for a fourth day state television show protesters wave an iranian flag and chanting slogans against the u.s. and israel the rallies are a response to a wave of anti-government protests broke out at the end of december. in syria at least seventeen civilians have been killed and sixty injured in airstrikes on a rebel held area near damascus that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights the region one of the last remaining opposition strongholds in the country is the target of almost daily air raids by the syrian government and russia

. bitter winter weather is gripping the northeastern u.s. again this weekend threatening a fresh round of record breaking lows parts of the u.s. and canada are seeing wind chill 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 at 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 dawgs. we keeping an eye on all of those different floodings and if anyone wants a question global warming just to see what the flood flood zones are those zones didn't flood thirty years ago whether agencies are calling it a bomb site 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 are 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 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 at a toronto airport on friday said in the tail of one aircraft ablaze an eyewitness onboard captured the moment when part of the plane exploded no injuries have been reported and an investigation into the incident is underway.

the prestigious for hill sketch of the tournament has finished with polish astley tamil still completing a comprehensive victory stock won the first three events and after another dominant performance his score of two seven five point six was enough to give him first place again at the shops often in austria and secure a glance grand slam it struck second for his title in a row. i. got more news coming up here and at the top of the hour you can always get the latest on our website d.w. dot com i'm still henry in berlin thanks for joining me and see you soon. freedom of expression. a value that always has to be defended and new. all over the world. of freedom freedom of art. a multimedia project about artists and their right to express their views freely.