darkness city's after war. starting march tenth. business news live from berlin germany's social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservative ahead of today's vote count party leaders have said they're optimistic members will approve the deal so will germany finally get a new government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. time's up for italy's election

campaigners political parties have made their final appeals to voters who cast their ballots tomorrow but with no clear front runner who'll italians choose to navigate their country's turbulent political landscape. and it's being called a bomb site the winter storm pummeling the eastern united states at least five people have been killed as rain snow and hurricane force winds batter the country's east coast the fierce weather has knocked out power in almost two million homes. plus an international rulemaking board approves the use of video replays and this summer's football world cup video assistant referees are already using it in the bundesliga but today's decision is expected to have a profound global effect on the beautiful game we'll tell you all about it.

and welcome to the program five months after elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with anglo american conservatives and the result will be announced on sunday. interim party leader olaf schultz and parliamentary party leader has made a statement before vote counting gets underway later this afternoon. is that you know whatever happens the outcome will be a result that contributes to the espy's continued unity because there will be a lot of people who took part in it through their vote and there have been an unbelievable number of people who have joined in the discussion within the s.p.d. this really brings us together and i think you can already feel that. there's knowledge if there is a negative result tomorrow or we have a political crisis hopefully there will be no negative result and i don't speculate

about that at all on such a nice sunny day we should only expect good news. out of this vote has pitted the social democrats old guard who are pushing for that grand coalition against its strong youth wing were adamant that working with merkel's conservatives is a big mistake for the party if as v.t. members block the coalition deal now merkel will have to go back to the drawing board or germans will end up back at the polls. at the social democrats headquarters there's only one topic on everyone's minds the s.p.d. members vote the future of germany's next government now lies with this on saturday evening a truck when they arrive here carrying what must surely be germany's most important mail delivery hundreds of thousands of answers to the question should the social democrats join a coalition with mackie's conservatives they will be counted here overnight with the result of the count far from clear. germans have been patient for weeks

exploratory talks coalition negotiations party congress has for some the suspense is now reaching its climax of those they've had enough and just wanted to be over. i hope that the s.p.d. you vote yes we have to wait and see if they had to make avenged i wish they'd have hurried up and finished all they soon but it is like it is. i don't care they have to figure it out amongst themselves i assume there is vote yes oh i don't so find it exciting to see what happens if they don't agree i wouldn't worry too much about the impact. had. never before has there not been a government in germany so long after the election put an end to this insight. burdens politicians and politics watches holding their breath one hundred sixty days after the election they will find out whether germany will be governed but

another grand coalition if the answer is no the most likely alternative is something that has not happened here before a minority government led by anglo-american. now another european nation italy is actually heading to the polls tomorrow in an unpredictable election where migration has been the biggest driving issue that's focusing on voters' the vote pits a right wing coalition led by former prime minister silvio berlusconi against a center left alliance led by another former prime minister a tale renzi the other main player is the anti and stablish meant five star movement and with polls pointing to no clear winner most observers expect a hung parliament. with less than a day to go until elections almost one in three italians still don't know who don't vote for polls show that no party has a clear majority and have not decided and so can feel as if i go home.

and i'm able to but they don't always which is their right to vote for free money it's the first election under italy's complicated new electoral law which has increased the chances of a hung parliament across the country parties held rallies to make their final pitches to voters former prime minister matteo renzi is pushing his track record he says his democratic party took italy out of economic crisis and helped desperate migrants. we are proud of having saved hundreds of thousands of human lives and not to have played on the fears of others but his party is trailing behind those who have put fear of migrants at the heart of the campaign the extreme far right falls and way of all marched in rome raising their hands in nazi style salutes and demanding an end to immigration and other far right party leader formally the northern league has increased its support across the country they're in a coalition with the party of former prime minister silvio berlusconi the eighty

one year old is barred from office but he may end up playing kingmaker. in the populist five star movement could gain the most votes though not enough to govern alone now being on it i just read one poll and i can say that we are just one step away from victory. one step or a few days the results of this most unpredictable election may not be known until early next week. now after some of the other stories making news around the world families of passengers from malaysia airlines flight three seventy have marked the fourth anniversary of the plane's disappearance they're still hoping the world's biggest aviation mystery can be solved and each three seventy vanished in march of two thousand and fourteen while flying from kuala lumpur to beijing with two hundred thirty nine people on board malaysia has offered a u.s. search firm up to seventy million dollars if it locates the aircraft

slovak police have reportedly released the suspects detained over the murder of journalist. he and his girlfriend were shot dead last weekend who'd snacked was working on a story about the influence of the italian mafia in the country tens of thousands of people have gathered cross lavaca to protest his murder. in sydney hundreds of thousands have gathered in the streets to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the city's gay and lesbian mardi gras parade it's the first time the parade has taken place since australia legalized same sex marriage a parade started forty years ago as a protest against police violence against the community. the international monetary fund has joined the chorus of criticism aimed at u.s. president donald trump's plan to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports the i.m.f. says trump risks not only harming global economies but the u.s.

economy itself canada brazil and japan have all threatened economic reprisals but that hasn't stopped the u.s. president from wrapping up his rhetoric. it's donald against the world at a meeting with american steel companies the u.s. president defied global concerns deciding to impose punitive tariffs on imported steel and aluminum propping up his own country's industry. fairly treated by bad policy trade deals by other countries horribly treated by trees trump is confident he could win a trade war he defended the tariffs citing national security european union leaders have been taken aback by the move you can't treat as as. that's a threat to national security when we are. nato and the problem on the steel is

related to the production in other countries than in the e.u. . europe is concerned that cheap chinese steel will no longer be sold to the u.s. and could increasingly flood the european market that's why brussels is thinking about countermeasures. jobs in europe will be lost due to the american measures and you cannot simply look on without doing anything we need to take measures from our side this is all highly regrettable we never set out to stacia tried wards. the e.u. is expected to hit america where it hurts there could possibly be tariffs on harley davidsons from wisconsin whiskey from tennessee and bourbon from kentucky all three states are home to influential republican politicians and trump supporters. the international football association board has given the green light to use the video technology at the upcoming world cup in russia the v.a.

our video assistant referee is the instant replay system that helps officials in the bundesliga and other top root leagues review key rulings it was rolled out rather on a trial basis and has proven controversial on many occasions but the president has wanted to use for top competitions worldwide. joining me now is a lima taki from the sports desk to tell us more about this this is going to have a profound effect on not just german football but football around the world and i think it's a step in the right direction i mean it means that white ball is keeping up with the times and sometimes you know i as a football fan i have to admit football compared to a lot of other sports we all sometimes in the stone ages and this is of course also the first time that we have russia would become the first world cup to use the technology they tested at the country to ration some of and we all know anybody who has been following the the world cup knows that it's often

a place of very controversial to shit decisions and i think any time when you can avoid something like the hand of god by donna in one thousand nine hundred six it is you know it's a positive step i think you know this is great but something that i also need to point out is that the decision is not mandatory so it's not like no week now is forced to follow through with it normally cast to implement be a all we know the been to see i was using it we know siri are using it that lead i just said that they would start using it next next season but for example the premier league they are not in favor of it and the champions league of course where the president said back last month saying that i don't care despite this decision we know so too confusing for us we will not implement it any time soon or is obviously a controversial decision with various leagues having various opinions but we know that in pro sports. in america for example the n.h.l. in the n.b.a. begun using this for years why is it such a big issue for soccer here in europe saga very traditional in that sense and they

don't like change and but at the same time soccer is a sport that's very different it has a lot of its beauty and its uniqueness lies in the fact in its in in slow sawka has a flow and anything that disrupts that flow that few would see it slows down the game doesn't make it is as interesting it makes the game a lot more choppy and some also believe this is in fact players have come out saying that it has in a way taken out the emotion and the passion because sometimes when play a score they don't even to show went to celebrate just because it was not a goal was that all to go with that go on the reviews or it does make it a bit tricky it's tricky and we've seen in the bundesliga that there have been moments where this confusion has caused great controversy how will russia and the world cup organizers ensure that there's a seamless transition when they use it in the world cup yeah that right now is the most difficult the most difficult problem because the world cup we just have a few months to go and trying to now educate also a lot of the refs like will they now get refs from certain leaks that all

experienced with v.a. all will they just get. different refs from different leagues so that would be really tricky but i think this not just not just for the world cup but i think for every league that uses v.a.r. i think one of the biggest concerns is they need to cut down on the time if every time you have a replay and it takes anywhere from one to two minutes that's way too long range is somehow cut down the time not more than thirty seconds perhaps and also something that fans have been very unhappy with it's the transparency especially when you're inside the stadium so when a ref makes the signal that square box ok now we have here our decision will be reviewed the problem is that the the screens in the stadium all blank so the fans have no idea what's happening and i think it would be great if they introduce something with a actually see the replay and then they also hear the ref kind of explaining his or her do. you mention that it's taking a long time but has actually improved accuracy in these games even has caused controversy can it has in some asked it has yes and no but i think this is where it

comes also down to that a lot of decisions in football a subjective to up to interpretation especially when it comes to a red card or hand so desk thank you very much for watching the w. news live from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour join us if you can't thanks for watching. earth. or saving global india's tell stories of creative people and know they just projects around the world like to use that protect the climate and boost green energy solutions to inspire people to take action global ideas on d w. it's on a global scale. it's all about the.