this is deja vu news live from berlin you were president donald trump releases a controversial man though alleging collusion between investigators and his political opponents. the democrats say the memo shows the f.b.i. has good reason to monitor our top trump during the presidential campaign also coming up. right after the. war room drama at a sentencing hearing for disgrace us dr larry nasir the father of three of his victims is tackled after lunging at the fortune that's expensive. and

jamaica is sending its first ever women's bobsled team to the winter olympics and beyond shanghai we caught up with the trio ahead of the games. thanks for joining us. a declassified memo is driving a wedge through u.s. politics republicans are calling it proof of bias against president donald trump democrats say it's misleading and intended to discredit the ongoing russia investigation this comes after trump allowed the release of the memo which accuses the f.b.i. and the justice department of abusing their power to spy on one of his aides during the twenty sixteen election campaign. donald trump has long had of truck

relationship with the f.b.i. . and special counsel robert muller's investigation into the trump campaign's possible collusion with russia has also been a constant thorn in the president's side. donald trump has accused the f.b.i. and the justice department of skewing the russia probe in favor of democrats interests and against those of republicans on twitter he said they were politicizing the investigation. and now a controversial memo is the latest salvo in this conflict drawn up by republicans and released over the objections of the f.b.i. and justice department it alleges bias at the nation's top law enforcement agencies a committee led by republican lawmaker devan newness voted to release the memo which says the f.b.i. used improper means to spy on trump campaign aide carter page. not surprisingly democrats take another view. the top democrat on the committee had voted to release

the memo says it's meant to undermine miller's investigation. the point was to selectively declassify information so that it would support a narrative favorable to the president a characterization that trump rejects he's defended his decision to allow the memos release the memo was sent to congress it was declassified congress will do whatever they're going to do but i think it's a disgrace what's happening in our country. with us in the studio is nicholas castles a political analyst at the john f. kennedy institute at the free university of berlin thank you for joining us this morning as we've just heard at the heart of the memo is the allegation that the f.b.i. used improper evidence to retain the warrant to spy on one of trump's campaign aides what exactly does this mean for relations between the white house and the f.b.i. i don't think the means anything specific or anything new that wasn't there before

the white house doesn't like the investigation that's been the point for the last twelve months we know this house committee memo compiled by representative newness. the question is as to how precise and how comprehensive it is this is in the us right now i think that the white house leps alleges on to the opportunity of casting doubt upon this investigation i think that's really what this is this nothing really new here so you say this there's nothing new here but earlier we talked with ron ha sco a former assistant director at the f.b.i. who had a thirty year career with the bureau and he also served under robert mueller he told us how spy warrants are usually handled he had let's have a look at what he had to say. much more going on here in fact when the f.b.i. goes before a phase a judge to renu it's over here or it's over his it's review authority.

they have to make the case that they got something substantial in the previous period the previous ninety day period that's all omitted from this three page summary we already have the democrats who are surprisingly in support of the f.b.i. usually it's the other way around we already have reports from the democrats that this is cherry picked information that it's false and it's inaccurate so i'd be interested to see what the democrats have to say the difficult part here is for the f.b.i. we're talking about classified information in a classified process so i don't think we're going to see the f.b.i. come out and rebut the these allegations point by point so he mentions cherry picked information he implies that there is more that means and he are going on in this now what do you make of this defeat f.b.i. act improperly i don't think so and it's not like the f.b.i.

and this is absolutely absolutely concur with the with the colleague. there is a judge presiding over these procedures he or she makes this decision the f.b.i. has made a case that at least seems to warrant such a renewal of the phase of court's decision meaning there must be more to it then the newness memo a partisan memo a partisan partisanship memo so to speak actually gives us information over that's why i'm saying there is nothing new about it the only thing this points to is that at least one part of congress has completely given up on leaving the investigatory process alone and keeping the balance of power the separation of powers intact in the united states this is a mess of attack on the system make no mistake but also this is not new to republicans or at least the republicans of this period of this legislature have

shown an amazing distain for proper procedure so what do you think could be the consequences of this will have an impact on the russian best occasions i don't think so as we have just heard the investigative work is up and running the courts are independent they do decide for themselves every bit of confidence that separation of powers is still alive and kicking kicking well in the united states. and the president saying people should be ashamed of themselves doesn't change any of that the facts are still the facts whatever the newest memo says nicholas castle's political analyst of the john f. kennedy institute at the free inversely of berlin thank you very much for joining us. staying in the u.s. where there's been more courtroom drama in the sentencing hearings for district genetics dr larry nasser a father whose three daughters were abused by nasser lunged across the courtroom in an apparent bid to attack the former dr nasser has been sentenced to hundreds of

years in prison for decades of sexual abuse the judge has said the father won't face charges for the attempted attack and more than willing to let you say something but in a courtroom we will try to you don't use fulfilling that even if the distraught father faces the man who abused his three daughters is over there you two those are the sentencing. to grant me five minutes of the water this is the one. i have but you know that they were nervous chuckles initially no sooner i could you give me one better. for grandma grace tries to take matters into his own hands all right elizabeth are. waiting to hear he got the opportunity to honor the. overpowers margrave's finally gives out. this press as he's read the way he asked

the question nobody would want to consider earth happier. not some of the other stories making news around the world stocks on wall street's are at their worst drop and more than a year amid growing worries about inflation the dow jones industrial average fell two and a half percent its biggest decline since june twenty sixth seen all thirty companies that make up the index ended in the red. then israel is ruling party has given its backing for president nicolas maduro to stand for reelection the pro-government national constituent assembly ordered early elections and allowed the socialist leader to seek another six year term in response to a new sanctions over human rights concerns. former lead singer of the motown group the temptations denis edwards has died he passed away in chicago hospital just one day force than a fifth birthday edwards sang some of the group's biggest hits including papa was

a rolling stone. and space agency has launched what it says is the smallest rocket ever to send a satellite into orbit the three stage rocket is only fifty centimeters in diameter it deployed a tiny nano satellite that will take pictures of the earth and gather other data. some sports news now and in the bundesliga dortmund have quickly forgotten about the departure of starman pierre and work a gang the striker was sold to arsenal last week a replacement loan signing to sherry made a dream debut on friday night the twenty four year old bolton striker scored twice and assisted another as dortmunder could it cologne three two victory elevate storming up to second in the bundesliga. i. have been his live action continues today with like six trips to watch england back the pick of saturday's games both teams have european places in their sights but with the field packed at the top table every point counts and not just like this

between direct rivals could be key to deciding who qualifies for europe and who misses out. the weather might be gloomy and munching bloodbath but that hasn't dampened the mood the sackings team are in the hunt for a europa league spot. yet nothing is done until the last match day is over them only then can you say hail season's goals it's hard to say how they're doing right now a run of two wins from seven has hacking vexed. to so to show it's difficult we're missing players like rafael. and yan's on the field and that's just the start of back injury list they're missing five more players hardly the perfect preparation for their match against leipsic where the sun is shining but the frosty temperatures are fitting to the all around mood at the club after just one win in

the last eight games last season's runners up a miles away from the form that saw them take the bundesliga by storm in their debut season and they know the falls will make life tough decision if they're a fantastic team with lots of attacking options will be rivaling out of the champions league places so this couldn't be a harder task for us films with lights. last away when coming all the way back in october it's time for them to rise to the challenge and get this season back on track with three points. jamaica samus for its reggae whiteman quick sprinters and it's bob slayer's the caribbean island first sent a box like team to the winter olympics in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight so iconic that a film was made about them now jamaicans are again in the limelight they're sending their first women's team to the winter olympics and beyond sharing. it obama of germany at the finishing touches of the pilot jasmine candy to victrola hand and

push to carry lasso on meticulously preparing they don't want to be mia participants at the games we are what we call the underdogs no one really expected us to qualify for the olympics and we did no one expects us to perform well and we will goal is to be very competitive. and i think that will give us the greatest result very well jasmine carey and audra had a brief but successful stints in athletics. coach sandra candyass was those ideal requirements the form of the limpid gold medalist even thinks the jamaican trio are one of the favorites at the games just minutes and is there jasmine is a very good pilot she's also great at implementing things we have created our own language and we understand each other for shane and sarah. to make qualified with these and the timing couldn't have been more perfect. exactly thirty years ago the country sent their first bobsled team to the wind take games they even made

a hollywood movie out of it the stokes was part of that epic team and continues to play a key role. i try to give them what they need to know what their. experience which is. good for them is for the first. i'm with usually i've seen it before. that is called cuckold and you guessed it after jamaican sprinter usain bolt coach he asked his hopes he'll be just as fast as he but i'm holding my breath this is worse than when i was a pop's not a. team to make cop pomp and already have a battle cry. feel good feel there is always. does anyone else feel like dusting off a copy of that old film and watching it this weekend that's our news wrap for this hour but don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download our app from google play or the apple store that will

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