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that was trump's response to allegations of russian meddling and the presidential election also coming up. germany in turkey pledged to cut off their damage relationship the two countries top diplomats let's discuss a long list of stormy issues from migration to terror to the disputed arrests of german citizens. and is soaring to success after dominating the four hills toward that speech uppercuts kamil school was looking for historic final stage which could the polish ace make it a clean sweep we'll bring you the action. plan. played. by michelle henery good to have you with us. a day after an explosive book about donald trump's presence presidency hit bookstores he stepped up his attacks on the books. claims trump said the book

called fire and fury was a work of fiction and that its author had never stepped foot inside the oval office trump was speaking from the presidential country or treat camp david after meetings with republican congressional leaders the book that questions donald trump's fitness for office seems to be doubling in its impact and largely things to the us president himself triumphal out of his series of early morning tweets defending his mental capacities as not just smart but genius and a very stable genius at that. later at this hastily called press conference at camp david the republicans hope to talk party priorities instead came questions on those tweets and a bit of everyone in washington is talking about i consider it a work of fiction. i think it's a disgrace it's going to. have something to do so they want to do a lot of all was a very descriptive that was. very helpful and you could have things like that

happen where you can say whatever comes to your head which is. within the white house it is never in the oval office we do have an interview the book is speaking on n.b.c. the book's also michael wolff said he'd had far reaching access inside the u.s. center of power and white house reporters have supported his account interview or questions over trump's mental stability and nothing new has been mounting over the course of his first year in office now it's emerged a professor of psychiatry at yale university briefed some members of congress on the president's mental health late last year she told the w y. o what work thank you for that matter in the office of the presidency is a danger to national and international security we're trying to educate the public about the finding of instability our doubts about that and the need

for us to be evaluation as more copies of foyer inferi cell trump is said to be frustrated that the issue of his mental fitness is gaining traction. for more now i'm joined by detailed discussion 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 of what really happened and he's 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 troubled 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 the didn't seem to be a clio order 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 fire back with a tweet saying that he thought he would qualify not as smart but he. how is that tweet going down in 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 at 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 so will 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 tween 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 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 in 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 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 to discuss george korea's possible participation at the winter olympics is mark corrigan from our sports desk hi mark what kind of delegation could we see from north korea at the games well it's going to be a small one despite all the headlines that this is made that it's been a big story we're actually just talking about two athletes here heading to north korean figure skaters are the only north korean athletes that qualify so they'll become in their own they won't be much need for a team bus like a team car i think it at this point but yet the presence of these two athletes

could completely change 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 house for it can bring people together as in a slow. 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 this concern about security and they can a point to this and say ok look instead of this obvious fear 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 us president donald trump so we had heard a little bit from him earlier i hope it works out i very much want to see it work out between the two countries i'd like to see them getting involved in the olympics and maybe things go from there so i'm behind that one hundred percent mark how

important would it be for the olympic movement or for north korea to take part i think hugely important i think it's a shot in the arm for them if we customize bites or twenty fourteen the sochi winter olympics i 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. to change the not of all not a little bit and have something positive to say but elin picks and they can say ok this is a sign that it's all about togetherness is about taking part other than the winning and they'll certainly be be pushing not hard i think especially after what happened four years ago mark thanks so much for joining us. relations between germany and turkey have been strained since the failed coup against turkey's president rates a tape or to one but now they look like they could finally be thawing the nato allies have pledged to improve ties after germany's foreign ministers if my gabriele invited his turkish counterpart met let's show the to his hometown 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 cordell takis foreign minister emphasizing a hope for progress. yes there are differences. there have been problems even tensions and escalations. but we all agree and have the shared desire to overcome these tensions and differences through dialogue. touring 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 live in germany those citizens as well as mutual economic interests forming some of the incentives to

thaw relations. fun for i believe we have the responsibility to find a way to get along. that's jude 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 i 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 german and german tactician nationals in detention in turkey for what beilin calls political reasons reports suggest gabble had made his release a precondition for restarting arms sales to turkey gobbler now denies this though he did say the case came up in talks. to sports now and for sloan to have made the biggest deal of football's current transfer window by signing

liverpool midfielder felipe. the deal to bring the brazilian to cut a loan is reportedly worth one hundred sixty million euros continue spent just under five years at liverpool scoring fifty four goals for your going club scene has long been billed as a replacement for his countryman neymar who left barcelona last summer. ski jumping superstitious for his tournament has come to a close in austria with one name on everybody's lips can use talk was untouchable of the first three stages and with the overall victory almost in the back he had a record in his sights at bishop often he was hoping to become just the second man after germany's stand one of all to win all four events let's find out if he managed it. head and shoulders above the competition reigning champion and olympic gold medalist kamlesh doc was king of the four hills again after winning the first three stages the pole was equally impressive in bishops' often he

said the longest distance in the first round and held his nerve on his final jump to ensure victory again. that gave him the grand slam and kept one of the most dominant for his performances in e.a.'s. it was a really good competition for me the chance wasn't perfect today but i did my best and can i say thank you for a while team team colleagues team coaches because they they've been working so hard and i'm really operation. after germany's best type of take out crashed out of the tournament in the third stage is countryman and there's bellinger stepped up with a strong performance to claim second place for the tournament. he was followed in third by no wise and does fine and the. u.s. space pioneer john young has died at the age of eighty seven as commander of the

apollo sixteen mission he became the ninth person to walk on the moon he also commanded the first space shuttle mission when none were tired in two thousand and four he had visited space six times and was the only astronaut to taken part in nasa as gemini apollo and space shuttle programs more news coming up here on the w. at the top of the hour you can always get the latest news on our web site w dot com i'm michelle henery in berlin thanks for joining us and see you soon. i shall back has no children which makes her feel worthless and incomplete.

in a society that expects them to be her children.