this is a burden many married to just childless women in niger suffer from. a wife is only fully accepted upon. a very personal film about the suffering of childless women in. the fruitless tree starting january fourteenth on d. w. . this is d. w. news live from berlin a day after a new book questions president obama trumps ability to govern the us leader hits back at a wide ranging press conference at camp david but everything the killer done is one

hundred percent growth that's what i do is i do things properly stray showers that was trumps response to allegations of russian meddling in the presidential election also coming up on the show. can germany and turkey patch up a damaged relationship the two country's top diplomats hold talks on a long list of thorny issues from my kitchen to terror to the disputed arrests of german citizens honest. and deadly winter weather blasts the 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 trump said the discussions between

north and south korea about the upcoming winter olympics are quote a big start and he said he hopes talks will move 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. for more now i'm joined by did obvious carson phenomena at our washington

studio carson many trump critics are lauding this book by michael wolff but just how much substance is there to it. well i would be careful to believe everything that is written in the book because michael wolff himself says. a lot of times there are conflicting versions off what really happened and he sometimes given them both or sometimes he settling on one version but there is a lot of hearsay involved it would be particularly careful when it comes to donald trump's family and private conversations because then very often it is someone who was there talks to a friend who then talks to michael wolf having said that when it comes to the part where he describes in the workings of the early trump ministration and the chaos and dysfunction in the white house that seems pretty accurate or at least credible because it goes along with

a lot of other reports from colleagues from what we have heard so that seems pretty credible and let's not forget that he really had a lot of access michael was at least in the beginning of the white house that didn't seem to be a clio alter or it wasn't clear who had the authority to say who is there and who is not so he was sitting there like a fly on the wall and he could watch what was going on and trunk fired back with a tweet saying that he thought he would qualify not as smart but he. how is that tweet going john and the u.s. and our people there taking it seriously. well there will be those people who say well there's this just donald trump being donald trump and many of his supporters probably was saying anyway that this book is a fabrication and just another attempt to take him down but the fact that we are discussing this right now and that these tweets are coming is confirmation for many

of his opponents obviously how insecure and on hinge this president really is in their view and my bottom line is this is really not good for the political system and for democracy in the u.s. because they have always been people coming forward every now and then saying going to trump is. he's crazy unfit for office but these were more individual tax and now we have a broad discussion over the question of whether this president is really dangerous and that's bad for the office of the president in general. carsten phenomena in washington d.c. thank you very much similar north korean athletes take part in the winter olympics next month in 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 will be the first formal talks between the north and south in over two years. 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 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 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 put the atmosphere of the games from one of mutual

suspicion two to one of togetherness and that's certainly what the i.o.c. will be hoping for and in terms of togetherness what does this say about how sport can bring people together it's a nice line it's one that certainly the marketing guys that the i.o.c. will really really enjoy they've been struggling to sell tickets for the games especially within south korea and one of the reasons for that is this the concern about security and they can point to this and say ok. instead of this atmosphere of mutual suspicion we've got this one of togetherness we can all celebrate together at least for now. one person who certainly was delighted by the news was u.s. president donald trump so we had heard a little bit from him earlier. i do want. to see. mark how important would it be for the the olympic movement for north korea to take

part i think hugely important i think it's a shot in the arm for them if we cast our minds back to twenty fourteen the sochi winter olympics that was really a day buckle and terrible terrible for the olympic brand because of the open scandal that really is still making headlines today so they need really to. change the narrative a little bit and have something posted to say a bit lympics and they can say ok this is a sign that it's about togetherness it's about taking part other than the winning and they'll certainly be be pushing hard i think especially after what happened four years ago mark thanks so much for joining us on q. relations between germany and turkey have been strained since the failed coup against turkey's president. or one but now they look like they could be finally thawing the nato allies have pledged to improve ties after germany's foreign ministers ignore gabrielle invited his turkish counterpart member that ship to show

that to his hometown of here's more germany in taki seen trip struck a new year's resolution to improve ties after years of escalating tensions the. testes foreign minister emphasizing i hope the progress. that yes there are differences. there have been problems even tensions and as collations. but we only agree and have the shared desire to overcome these tensions and differences through dialogue. during gap 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. 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. but as both men have conceded key differences remain particularly over the case of denis huge though he's one of several gemini and german tactician nationals in detention in turkey for what beilin cool's political reasons reports suggest god had made his release a precondition for restarting alms sales to tacky top player now denies this though he did say the case came up in talks. now 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 showed protesters waving a red in flags and chanting slogans against the u.s. and israel the rallies are 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 rate 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 protesters clashed with police and churchgoers as the lot the awfulness the third made his way to the church of the nativity palestinians accuse the group patriarch of selling land to israelis in favorable deals. 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 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 and 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're keeping an eye on all of those different floodings and if anyone wants to question global warming just to see what a flood flood zones are those loans didn't flood thirty years ago weather agencies are calling it a bomb psych loan 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 the 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 setting the tail of one aircraft ablaze. and i witness on board captured the moment when part of the plane exploded no injuries have been reported and an investigation into the incident is underway. barcelona has made the biggest signing of football skirt transfer window by signing liverpool midfielder fielder philippe coutinho the deal to bring the brazilian to

catalonia is reportedly worth one hundred sixty million euro has spent just under five years at liverpool scoring fifty four goals for your going clubs team has long been billed as a replacement for his countryman neymar who left barcelona last summer. the prestigious for healthy german tournament has finished with polish athlete kamil stalk 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 get him first place again at the shops often in austria and secure a grand slam it's stuck second for his title in a row. more news coming up here on d w at the top of the hour you can always get the latest on our website dot com i'm michelle henery in berlin thanks for joining me and see you soon. my

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