this is d w news live from berkeley u.s. president donald trump fires attorney general jeff sessions and names a critic of the russia probe to replace him sessions was one of trump's earliest backers now has another cabinet casualty with the future of an investigation into russian election meddling at stake how will the newly elected democratic house react. we'll have more from washington and we'll be also coming up fresh doubt over the fate of a christian woman guilty of blasphemy in pakistan b.d.

is out of jail but after narrowly escaping a death sentence her life is still in jeopardy and years after their traumatic flight from war a group of refugees are determined to integrate into german society and you are project is helping them come to terms with their past as adjust to their new lives . i'm sara kelly welcome to the program we begin in washington with a cabinet shakeup that has created a political firestorm president trump has fired jeff sessions as attorney general sessions was one of the first to endorse trump during his twenty sixteen campaign but the president has long expressed frustration with sessions after he recused himself from the russia probe. jeff sessions now the former.

u.s. attorney general fired by donald trump applauded by his staff as he leaves the justice department the attorney general oversees the department and it's the department that's in charge of special counsel robert miller's investigation into russia's possible role in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election an election that put trump into office. thank you very much believes u.s. intelligence agencies believe russia try to sway the election in favor of trump and special counsel miller is investigating with a trump and his aides colluded let's stay away let's stay away u.s. politicians worried that trump is trying to hold the investigation putting someone in charge who's willing to stop the russia probe protecting. and his investigation is paramount it would create a constitutional crisis if this were pretty lewd to ending or greatly limiting the mauler investigation because jeff sessions was involved in trump's presidential

campaign he formally stepped aside from overseeing miller giving miller the freedom he required to fully investigate. sections replacement is matthew whitaker he's openly critical of the investigation and he may have the power to end it you're going to get it with the hiring and firing attorney generals is commonplace in american politics but rarely has it been so controversial. for more let's bring in scott lucas professor of international politics and american studies at the university of birmingham scott what is likely to happen to the mall or investigation now. well it depends on who wins the battle of what donald trump confirmed yesterday although we want fact of this is that he and his inner circle are not going to stop until they can significantly limit and probably shut down the investigation we had expected that just sessions would be removed after the election what surprised me and

a lot of others is how quickly donald trump moved yesterday he clearly was rattled that on tuesday the democrats took the lower house of congress in the u.s. midterm elections he knows that those democrats can support them or investigation and so he's acted this quickly by putting in a man as you would occur who has already said that the investigation should be significantly restricted i expect that the immediate stuff will be that matthew will occur as acting attorney general will veto any subpoena by robert mueller to question donald trump and then supported by allies in the process donald trump and his group are going to try to say that robert mueller is illegitimate and set up for his dismissal now will that sixty two questions one is there enough resistance in congress not just from democrats but some republicans to try to check this into how does robert moore move legally with this process when is he ready to present the evidence not only against allies of donald trump the doctrine of solve that's

probably going to be in the spring so that gives donald trump in his inner circle let's say four months to get him out to fire them before they have to face the music. so and that's actually not the only news that we have coming from washington because also yesterday during the president's press conference there was a dispute between the president and a c.n.n. reporter jim acosta asked the president about the migrant caravan headed north and things really heated up i'd like to play this video and then get your reaction there after that it is there we go well if you want as president that this caravan was an invasion as you know i despise your sitter to be that as you know this president karen was not an invasion it's a it's a group of migrants moving up from central america towards the border with the u.s. thank you for to know what why did you why did you characterize it as such. i consider it an invasion you and i have a difference of opinion do you think that you demonized immigrants now there's

a lecture known as or i want them i want them to come into the country but they have to come in legally you know they have to come in jim through a process i wanted to be a process and i want people to come in and we need the people here who can paint your campaign wait you know why we need the people because we have hundreds of companies moving in we need people there are hundreds of miles away that there are hundreds and hundreds of model a way that's not evade and honestly way that's not an evasion honestly i think you should let me run the country you run c.n.n. and if you did it well your ratings let me ask you if i may ask one of the harshness present that's an ask one of the other folks that's a tough for me ma'am a mystery that's enough the president had one of the dumbest that i may ask you on on the russian best occasion are you concerned that that you may have not did i heard about anything with you may have missed both think because it's a hoax or you that's enough put down the mike is what c.n.n. should be ashamed of itself having you working for them you are a rude terrible person you shouldn't be working for c.n.n.

. so that is the video scott the battle between the president and the press is of course not new what was special though about this particular situation. well part of this is personal donald trump despises any journalist who questions down and because he was so upset on tuesday over the elections he lashed out at someone he especially despises jim acosta and c.n.n. but part of it is linked to the russian bust occasion because the tactics of trumpeters team are going to be trouble for russia destination state news supported by fake media so our our closes in and as they become war concerned about trying to get rid of him they're going to use the cover of these attacks on the process to say this is not a legitimate investigation anyone who questions us is not legitimate so this is just the start there will be more jim acosta's who will feel the wrath of the president because it isn't just crunch ego now is trying to battle for survival as part of a campaign to get away from russia and to get away from robert moore and the white

house is very much going on the offense here i'd just like to walk us through some details that have actually emerged there after because i'm reacting to that standoff the white house has decided to actually revoke c.n.n. reporter jim acosta so-called hard pass that's restricting the seasoned journalists access to the white house defending the decision press secretary sara sanders accused acosta of the following quote placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a white house in turn it released this edited video dramatizing the moment that the interne tried to rest at the microphone from a cost as hands. now c.n.n. and jim acosta have vehemently denied that the white house's accusation in a strongly worded statement c.n.n. called the press secretary's accusation quote fraudulent it went on to call the decision to revoke the casas hard pass quote unprecedented and to quote a threat to democracy well there you have it i mean the fact is what are we to

make of this cause. that is if this is not a quest for the truth as to what happened four times jim acosta tried to ask this question four times. the white house in turn tried to take the microphone away from him ok fine the white house can put their version out that jim acosta did touch her but in fact they actually cut and manipulated the video to make it look like he assaulted or now does pretty much that the white house will not stop at anything to try to turn this around and start reflecting what is happening it's the media that's the enemy it's the media in the words of donald trump which is the enemy of the people and this is a man and donald trump who last months praised a republican congressman who assaulted committed a criminal assault against a reporter this doesn't get any easier because the fact of the matter is within six months you probably have a question about present united states facing resignation possibly impeachment

possibly criminal charges and the only way they're going to counter that is not by stepping back not by going away like richard nixon did during watergate but by making you and not just c.n.n. they'll make anyone do a chevelle all any other international out of the questions them you can become the enemy because in politics it's a valve for survival and they're down to their last offenses thank you so much for joining us to share that view scott lucas professor of international politics and american studies at the university of birmingham we appreciate it. thank you. well now staying in the united states where there is an active shooting at a bar in southern california authorities now saying that eleven people have been shocked a sheriff's deputy responding to the incident is among the wounded no deaths have been confirmed and local law enforcement officials say that hundreds of people were inside the borderline bar and grill on thousand oaks which is about forty miles

west of los angeles shots were still being fired when deputies arrived. let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world kind of as prime minister justin trudeau has apologized in parliament for his country's one nine hundred thirty nine refusal to accept a ship carrying over nine hundred german jews fleeing nazi persecution trudeau said that the apology was long overdue the ship the st louis was forced to return to europe where hundreds of those on board later died in nazi concentration camps. rwanda's leading political dissidents has gone on trial diana we ghara is a vocal critic of president paul kagame in and he's human rights record last year she was barred from running against him in elections which he won with more than ninety eight percent of the vote prosecutors are seeking a twenty two year jail sentence she was dismissed has dismissed excuse me the exact

is ancient. the indian capital delhi was covered in a thick blanket of smog a day after diwali celebrations local reports say that the air quality deteriorated to very poor after many people ignored a fire cracker curbed set by the country's supreme court. dutch authorities have offered temporary shelter to the pakistani christian woman who saw her death penalty overturned last week and initial reports suggest that aasia bibi had been flown out of the country but the government says that she's still in pakistan bibi spent eight years in jail for blasphemy. she's been accused of insulting the prophet muhammad her acquittal treason and violent protests by islamist groups called for her immediate execution her lawyer has been granted asylum in the netherlands he had fled because there was danger put on his life he told the daily news that he's actually asked the dutch government to help out his client. let's bring in journalist harun dunja who is in pakistan covering this

story we knew where aussie o.b.d. could be. she was removed on treason and had been deported didn't leave last night and she stayed to islamabad. in the protective custody is already four days and that is the point where things got some complications and got complicated about the slowing of fleeing the country and there are some controversial reports in the media by the foreign office in islamabad had denied that she had not left the country and she is still in pockets by now the atmosphere in the country as we have heard is very tense at the moment her lawyer has fled how serious are the threats against us to be. i can detect relief here because we know that there are two senior politicians have been good at this he added with these kids who supported the one that was because.

he was connected by his own god into that you know what subjects are great c.d.'s and the mom used to call the street last weekend and have blocked the life in the park is the new fifty year old andy. was here b.p. and each of these who had to learn the word again through these copies how likely is it that the government could allow or possibly even help relieve pakistan. are going to go much deeper into tremendous pressure right now after finding the perfect. to have are you pretty sure. no flight leaves are you who are required to drink or are under pressure right now. with the latest from pakistan thank you so much. well the united nations is on the verge of ratifying and historic migration pact two years

in the making it could become the first international protocol for managing mass migration but the united states australia and several countries have already said that they won't sign it the move to draft such an ambitious plan came in two thousand and fifteen when migrants began arriving in europe at a rate not seen since world war two the pact now on the table sets out guidelines for protecting migrants integrating them into society overturning them to their homeland it also addresses the causes of migration and seeks to reduce such displacements. u.n. member states are expected to sign that document in december at a summit in america the german government has praised the pact and intends to sign it but the right wing populists of the alternative for germany the a.f.d. have demanded a debate in parliament on the issue mahela fifteen or our chief political editor is standing by what's the disagreement about well it's basically about the very intention of this the f.t.

argues that there could be a potential loss of several sovereignty pointing towards all the commitments in that the government says that it's not legally binding at the same time we also just heard. alexander galant here mapping out what he thinks the intention of this agreement is. millions of people from crisis stricken regions around the world are being encouraged to get on the road this dream as a global want to secretly turn our country from a nation state into a settlement. ok so that's one voice there but it's not only the f.t. we have to mention criticizing the compact there's also some members with an angle america c.d.u. y. yes there well there is criticism that this is a migration compact it basically doesn't differentiate between refugees those fleeing from conflict and general migration that would also mean people fleeing

from economic hardship but also just normal migration so this whole debate being brought up by the far right now raise question marks it threatens to be a bone of contention within the c.d.u. coalition with the social democrats a lot of criticism for the social democrat foreign minister heikal mass basically arguing that he simply didn't explain this compact very well that really it was in the german interest to lay down common standards because those already being fulfilled here in germany like access to the health services and no differentiation between. own nationals and those people who come as migrants for whatever reason that is the fault line here in there was no debate really intended this was supposed to be something that is treated as a normal government proceeding there that really doesn't require any kind of vote

even in the parliament because it is not legally binding that's the bottom line the f.t. is crying foul and raising question marks and and another argument of migration within the governing coalition. in berlin thank you so much. and the migration compact also aims to provide care and assistance to refugees in their new countries many migrants still bear psychological scars from their traumatic voyage to safety thousands of migrants have died trying to cross the mediterranean to europe here in germany in the western town of munster an art project is helping them confront a painful past and adjust to their new lives. the nightmare of their escape across the sea still haunts the survivors. in front of an audience refugees assemble wooden pallets the same as those found in

many ships together with. thomas from iraq and hubbert from syria try to process their experiences of escape the name of the installation human see fright the journey was harrowing for days habit feared for the lives of his wife and two daughters thomas' father died during the crossing here he remembers him. i'm very very sad. and i can't forget. what i see images of the sea on television it all comes back it was very hard i can't explain any further. now for the past year and tama have been taking german lessons there a good to integrate into german society the humanitarian relief agency mounties a is using the art project to recruit integration pilots people who help refugees navigate everyday challenges the principle is clear. on one hand can't clap alone

they have to work together. and as a group the multis of workers and refugees put together their project. the life jackets a symbol for emergency aid and survival crosses and gravestones meanwhile symbolize the many who have lost their lives flame war and depression curator enos says the work has struck a nerve with many visitors especially those with foreign roots. the reactions have gone from being impressed to deeply touched visitors walk around and say yes this is another object that helps me understand it's something three dimensional it's different than the images we see on television those that are much easier to distance yourself from. the refugees are encouraged to take part in german traditions for example festive season activities integration through inclusion

habit has enjoyed such events so much he's since joined the maltese organization. if you learn german you can easily find a job. and money. xenophobic forces are often heard to disagree with such statements but the aid agency holds its ground. we believe that with projects like these we can reach people who want to get involved in helping refugees these projects have a special quality that can really speak to people who otherwise made up the courage or a certain inhibitions and it's through practical work such as this that we can win people over how to share our wide come on mention given and have its wife and his children survive their flight across the mediterranean they now all looking forward to experiencing christmas in germany. one german tech giant demon's is out with its fourth quarter report and first has the breakdown. thank you very much and

a profit for the fiscal year remained at just over six billion euros a slight increase on the previous year the companies said recently and securing new orders is vying for a multi-billion euro audit to build the power grid in iraq a job the company might have lost to us competitor g.e. after the white house intervene there's also problems in saudi arabia siemens was very late to counsel their tenants as recently on investment for most companies have dropped out of the murder of saudi journalist jamal. meanwhile of homes demons saw their shares drop twenty nearly twenty percent over the course of this year. and earlier today i spoke to zeeman c.e.o. joe kazan now asked him first of his decision to pull out of this at best a conference in saudi arabia did indeed cost siemens a twenty billion dollars deal with the saudis the fact is that we did not sign a significant deal which was worth north of twenty billion that's true but

obviously you know. things go as they go and i've always made it clear we had a very vibrant partner competent partner of both the kingdom oh so you're a view you have more than thirty million people mostly young people in the kingdom there has been a lot of reforms which have been initiated so i think we need to look at all factors the things which really really are a bit well in the cayman going to be shunted this thirty is a very very promising. mission and strategic concept going forward so there is a lot of cool things but there also have been dark themes and i mean let's face it with the way what we have seen and heard about what happened in turkey is just not something we just move on. do ordinary course of business with a parent see the scallop the trust is this is what what the kingdom has promised to

do it will see how it goes. staying in in the in the regions even it was also in the running for thirteen billion dollars infrastructure project to electrify iraq again there are reports you lost that deal all part of it at least to general electric after don't trump intervened can you confirm that. a lot of stories being written about this topic the fact of the matter is that siemens has had a very very comprehensive compelling concept not just about rebuilding iraq in terms of electrification but also help the country in training in education with the dual apprenticeship program of the german industry we also promised to help the people in the freed up so for basic healthcare so there was a very comprehensive concept which reached the government that the customer liked a lot and overstated has been. unusual special forces

have been intervening maybe out of good reasons that's not my churchmen to make on the other hand look i mean serious is in the united states there was almost sixty thousand people creating another one hundred fifty thousand indirect jobs so we are a massive economic force in the country we are training people there to revenues of more than twenty billion dollars so we are first and foremost also an american company which i believe deserves respect and a level playing field we are actually asking for it we're going to also you know mr k.'s are talking about the u.s. and the e.u. being very strong there how much money will the iran sanctions cost you've already won down some of your business there haven't you. well. the after the after the implementation dave years ago we have been studying opus li

our contacts and. with our customers in iran now it's a unilateral move from the united states through to pale out of. the agreement we obviously need to see what that is you know respecting the sanctions we are very very very clear on that matter and that's exactly what we do i mean obviously this unfortunate that there was a unilateral bail out of the agreement but it is what it is we need to deal with it and we are going to deal with it. that's exactly what we do and look at the economic impact is not really relevant to siemens as far as the money goes a much more concerned about a further let's say escalation on the on the conflict in the middle east which is the last place we see to it another conflict even c.e.o. joe case i thank you very much for joining us. and that's all your business here's

a reminder of the top stories we're following for you here u.s. president donald trump is fine it's only general just sessions trump expressed frustration with sessions after he moved to some salt from a probe into alleged ties between presidential campaign and russia sessions firing places to show business to get into office. pakistan's foreign ministry says the christian woman freed from death row is still in the country asia bibi was released from prison late on wednesday some were both suggest that she'd been flown i'll just talks to whistle blasphemy challenges triggered violent protests by islamist groups. message you're up to date you're watching the news live from berlin as more news coming up the top of the thank you very much for watching my.

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