this is deja vu news live from berlin uncertainty grows over america's plans to withdrawal from syria u.s. security adviser john bolton is in ankara today to lay down conditions for any pullout by u.s. forces but kurds in syria fear they will be attacked by turkey if the u.s. goes also coming up north korea's leader makes a surprise visit to china the trip comes as piece of verse between john yang and washington appear to be faltering but there are reports that kim jong un will be

discussing plans for a second round of talks with president. bush and actor kevin spacey appears in court to face sexual assault charges a man says spacey groped him two years ago when he was eighteen. and born to be wired germany's b.m.w. hopes self driving motorcycles could end traffic jams just one of the innovations of this year's consumer electronics show in las vegas. brian thomas thanks for being with us u.s. national security advisor john bolton could be facing a difficult day of diplomacy in turkey he's there to discuss the withdrawal of american troops from syria turkish president juan has hailed plans for a pullout as the right call and said turkey is the only country that can stabilize

syria after america was drawn but kurds inside syria fear they will be attacked by turkey. syrian kurds here in communally northeastern syria are angry in december donald trump surprised everyone by announcing that the u.s. would pull out of syria and quickly that could leave the kurds vulnerable to attacks from turkey which sees some of them as terrorists the kurds have been fighting tooth and nail against islamic state alongside u.s. troops it's been a costly fight the kurds fear being abandoned by a u.s. withdrawal and so too do many of the u.s. allies in the region. enter john bolton u.s. national security adviser he's jetting around the middle east clarifying confusion putting out the fire the trump started his message the u.s. isn't simply packing up and leaving in december trump told the pentagon to prepare

to leave syria within one hundred days now he's changed his mind we are fully back in syria we're going to be removing our group i never said we're doing is that quickly bolton recently in israel also says the withdrawal is conditional but we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw but to do so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated and is not able to. reach revive itself as the old man he's now an accurate to his shirt turkey that the u.s. will leave but bit by bit that chimes with threats of typed out on turkey's president turkey sees itself as the dominant regional power writing in the new york times this week he said he agreed that the u.s. should withdraw but slowly. u.s. secretary of state mike pump a.o. is also currently touring the middle east he has raised concerns that turkey might

try and attack the syrian kurds compay has said edouard had made a commitment to president trump that forces who fought with u.s. troops against islamic state would be protected. bolton will also press for a pledge from ankara that it will not attack kurdish fighters in syria as a condition for a u.s. troop withdrawal. before turkey which has a longstanding and bloody feud with the kurds that will be hard to swallow. ok let's find out where this is heading with the w.'s dorian jones joining us from istanbul dorian how likely is it that bolton will be getting the assurances he walks that ankara will not be launching a major offensive against the kurds in syria after american troops leave that country. well it would be very difficult for john bolton already uncursed push back very hard against these calls for assurances for this syrian kurdish militia and chris says they are a terrorist organization linked to an insurgency inside turkey and they are within

their rights to attack this group on top of that bolton does seem to have limited leverage on cory's quite happy to wait for the u.s. is unconditional withdrawal they say president trump has said they are pulling out and be pulling out quickly on top of that bolton's new conditions for withdrawal doesn't seem to be being supported by all of a colleague's the pomp aoa secretary of state appears to be taking a far more a harder stance and targeting comp's words and saying that there piece to be no conditions and this is the fact that all this lack of clarity means that it is looking to one person that is president trump and president one will be looking for some conversation or meeting with trying to hammer out the final arrangements and that means that bolton really has little opportunity of extracting any concessions from ok with the military vacuum ahead there's a political vacuum emerging as well and there's been speculation that syria could

be seeing a defacto partitioning is that where all of this is headed. well that has certainly been a concern and in fact damascus have one the few areas of common ground they both say they are committed to maintaining the territorial integrity of syria and that's why there's a great deal of concern over the u.s. is backing all of this syrian kurdish militia which controls nearly a quarter of the country now that support appears to be ending fears of a break up of syria does seem to being removed having said that turkey does have a large military footprint in syria if it was to extend that territorial control moving against the syrian kurdish militia that would make turkey a major player given and of threat of a further position of syria given it is a major supporter of syrian rebel opposition ok briefly if you could what about islamic state does turkey have the military capability and the political will to fight islamic state in syria but certainly is

a big question and that will be a question being raised in washington now uncross has said it is committed to fighting islamic state but what we understand behind the scenes is our own chris saying if you want to take up this fight then we need military support from the united states and that could mean that in the united states has to commit even more forces and it presently has in syria to support any turkish military operation against the islamic think the question is would washington be prepared to do that that would be a major step back for trump and i think some people are also suggesting that these calls for major military support is giving oncor a way out of not fighting the islamic state during thanks very much for that from istanbul to. north korean leader kim jong un is in beijing for talks with china's president xi jinping this it was announced nearly simultaneously by both north korean and chinese state media outlets jim traveled to china in his armored train under high security it's his fourth visit to beijing in less than

a year likely to be on the agenda of the negotiations under way for a second summit between kim and us president doll trying to. get the latest now with reuters correspondent josh smith joining us from seoul good morning josh this is a kim's unprecedented fourth meeting we see in just a year now how does this latest visit fit in with the preparations for hymns expected second summit with donald trump where last year came of course went to beijing for his first international visit ever as leader of north korea and that came about a month before kim kicked off a flurry of diplomacy which included meetings with south korea's president as well as u.s. president donald trump and so based on the pattern that we saw last year many observers are expecting that this visit does play a role in north korea's preparations to meet with both here in south korea with the

president here as well as donald trump at some point there's been also increasing reports of flurries of activity meetings between north korean and u.s. negotiators talking about potential sites and timing for another trump kim summit ok can you give us an idea of how important chinese support is for the regime in pyongyang and for any expected talks we might see. well some perhaps overstated china's influence on north korea north korea has often been fairly wherry of its larger neighbor but at the same time beijing certainly represents north korea's closest and almost its only major ally in the region and so its backing is very important as came embarks on these negotiations with the united states during his new year's speech kim raised the possibility of finding some kind of new way if talks with the united states break down many observers say

that they suspect that china would play a major role in trying to work out some kind of solution should things with the united states not work out just minutes from reuters with us this morning thanks very much now for a look at some of the other stories making news today saudi arabian officials have denied reports that riyadh has requested the extradition of a saudi teenager seeking asylum in thailand. mohammad. barricaded herself in a bangkok hotel room she says she's feeling abuse at the hands of her family after rejecting islam united nations officials are meeting the eighteen year old. france's prime minister at award phillipe says eighty thousand police officers will be deployed in paris saturday in response to the ongoing yellow vest protests last weekend saw the eighth straight week of those protest demonstrations began over planned fuel tax are now directed at president micros economic policies which

include a tax cut for the rich. officials in austria and southern germany are warning of a continued high risk of avalanches in the alps a severe winter storm that battered the region loved the least eight people dead and two missing a state of emergency has been declared in bavaria where many roads remain blocked schools are closed for the rest of the week. this is the interview news live from berlin still to come on the show the man who saved japan's second biggest carmaker gets his day in a tokyo court. carlos cohn says he did not commit tax fraud his lawyers want him released. we have some breaking news coming in here in germany where federal investigators have confirmed that a suspect is now in police custody in connection with a major hacking scandal personal information from hundreds of german politicians

and celebrities was published online back in december but only became public knowledge last week the data was posted on a twitter account over a period of four weeks the leaks affected politicians at all levels including chance wrongly machall it's to the us now where oscar winning actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty and the case of sexual assault is peered in a massachusetts court room to face a charge of grope the young man in two thousand and sixteen if found guilty he faces up to five years in prison. a crowd of reporters awaited spaces arrival at the court on nantucket island. the judge had denied the actor's request to be excused from his arraignment and ordered him to stay away from the young man who's accused him of sexual assault. for the fifty nine year old actor dischord apparence is the kind of return to the spotlight he would have preferred to avoid.

it was in this nantucket bar that spacey is alleged to have plied a minor with alcoholic drinks and then sexually assault him in twenty sixteen the state prosecutor has not named the accuser. but heather a former news anchor has already said publicly that the accuser is her son who was a restaurant in toy at the time. space he broke his silence on the allegations in a video two weeks ago he spoke in the voice of the criminal president he played in house of cards i know what you want. and you want me back. of course believed everything in a good man waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all but you wouldn't believe the worst without evidence or you would rush to judgment without facts would you. like this court case represents one of several allegations against the oscar winner. another actor anthony rapp says he was sexually harassed by spacey in

october twenty seventeen. the judge has set the next court date for march fourth and staying in the us a new study shows up to forty percent of women in america say they were abused by a man college or school as mera fricker reports one school that's for castlevania is trying to change that it's using sports to raise awareness among teenage boys and girls about sexual harassment. testosterone is in the air resting teammates carried high school is preparing for the next competition but coach leonard our bitch doesn't just teach sports he has another topic on his agenda respectful behavior towards women and girls after each training they gather for cool down talk today's topic the problem of blending goals for sexual harassment how do you how do you think something like that affects the person.

that got grabbed you know you not only did you get assaulted not only were you disrespected but your fault. never say no way how depression of suiciding zeid the but even the smallest thing can have the biggest impact on someone's life their conversations they have resonate with the boy. women who are looked like powerless as he said in society and i mean we should all be created before you know they should be doing you know the same thing but really you know it's just that it's something we need to talk about fully comprehend like it's made me look at them from a different perspective like see what they have to go through on sometimes a daily basis and it just makes me respect them more and it makes the way that treat them you know change i learn that there's a huge issue that isn't the reason we don't aren't hearing about it before is

because it's not being brought to light like it should be and that this program was really good to help do that. our bitch and his arrest there is take part in a program called coaching boys into men and uses the trusting relationship between coaches and their team to discuss healthy relationships and violence prevention some the most rewarding stuff that that has come about with doing with the kids is here in the conversations that they have that i'm not involved with. her overheard them holding each other accountable one kid says something that another kid finds disrespectful or there are comparable with i've heard them correct each other at the moment only the boys are being coached when he goes on the team think their fellow female students also have a thing or two to learn about respectful behavior it's sad how many girls like hate on each other and like they. do you can't get a compliment from the girl when you get a compliment from of those like oh she don't really mean and stuff like that so

it's like we also need as well as we degrade each other of what coach or bitch believes the sessions will benefit everyone in the long run and he's sure this athletes will be role models for their peers. in the last four weeks students in albania have staged some of the biggest anti-government protests since the country's overthrow of the communist regime nearly thirty years ago the students want more investment in education better living conditions for students and corruption. outside the small balkan country the plight of albanian students is largely unknown but they're determined to be noticed on monday hundreds took to the streets after syria albania is the second place in the world. and this is because you are old when you know there's hope this is what student accommodation looks like surveys suggest four out

of five young albanians want to leave their country. says that's no surprise when most people lack the basics while the government is embroiled in corruption scandals your toy this is the bathroom we all use there's just one toilet on every floor it's awful. the government of prime minister eddie rama appears to have gotten the message it's been making efforts to apiece to students and. they can sit down. and join all the conversations about how to do this. but the students aren't interested they've lost all confidence in the political elites. a number of professors have full safire doctorates including two ministers the students are demanding the dismissal of the prime minister one because they're some of his most important cabinet members. so the students continue to protest by the hundreds sometimes in their thousands they're

demanding more humane living conditions that's the libraries and more competent professor they're fighting for a better future and they appear to have much of the country on their side i've let's get our business with chris for a christophe now and one of the world's biggest auto executives has had his say in court and former nissan boss brian carlos going insists he is innocent and hearing it in a tokyo court mr gold said he has been wrongly accused and unfairly detained it was his first public appearance since his arrest in november mr grown faces allegations of financial impropriety including tax avoidance and on the declaring his salary and documents to investors are those going calls the accusations against him meritless is credited with turning around carmakers renel a nissan and creating a successful three way alliance with its a b. she motors and mr b. c. have removed him as chairman but grenell has kept him on while he fights the

allegations. for more on this story. let's bring in. supreme sing. she's a reporter with the kyoto news agency in tokyo supreme i hope i can see you so. yes yes we can hear you there you are a superhero welcome to the program mr goh and says he is innocent what case did you make for yourself today. he just said that. he is innocent and all he did phone. he said that he had a ticket to do to kids off a slave to leave livingness and that his did it to dench and was unfair and then he said that he has conducted business on a table and denying that the temporary transfer back to contract whatever it

has been made against him. now mr rove's lawyer said today that previously had agreed to take on mr ganns personal foreign exchange contracts why is that important to the. well. if the signer actually said it then the education itself becomes baseless i mean this would be knocked around to make. and it got in that even going said that. he said in the unit that the payment to the. to the to the us a man of the soviet is not just fundamental it wasn't into what he said he was an effort create compensation at about you approved by the appropriate officers at the sun and his lawyers said that the big event was valued as fees to resolve disputes and other business matters so if. this is what going to saying and what he's saying is

actually true then the allegation itself becomes baseless because they have no grounds to actually accuse him if it does it was it actually an intern or. not what . surprising on the story for us is a reporter for the kyoto news agency in tokyo supriya thank you so much thanks. and a grim outlook for tech giant samsung as it logged a big drop in profits they were dollar by nearly a third in the last quarter it's the first profit drop in two years the south korean smartphone maker is now facing tough chinese competition while demand for its components has soft in them a trait engines between the united states and china one of the operating profits were just under ten billion dollars but for samsung that was much weaker than expected and it's warning that the outlook for this quarter won't live up to its earlier projections. for some market reaction and spring in early parts in

frankfurt our correspondent that the stock exchange only sas quarterly profits are down by almost a third the outlook is bad how did people on the trading floor take it. well they're taking it to badly some so close down about one point seven percent on the exchange in seoul and it's losing even more momentum here in german trading trading light here but the share going down by a good three and a half percent nowhere near what apple lost last week when it came out with its profit warning their share plummeted and took other shares with it the fear spreading basically to the general market before everything recovered on friday but now samsung of course sowing new fears what is the problem is that competition isn't does that bring the prices down or profits or is the chinese growth or their growth in particular or consumers not simply ready to pay high prices anymore for

products from the likes of samsung and from apple and l.g. also came out with a profit warning just now samsung reporting a big drop in profits and the outlook is also bad only bards reporting from the frankfurt stock exchange only thank you so much. and same with the tech sector selves driving so rolling or set of walking it's all there. at the consumer electronics show in las vegas which kicks off later today as it has been the trend in recent years a growing number of traditionally non tech companies have also set up shop at c.s. trying to give their product line a digital make over know we'll hear from our correspondent in those vegas in the next report here's what might be soon coming your way on your daily commute. i catching self driving cars connected to the driver's home device was one of the trends last year that he wanted and for b.m.w.

an opportunity to go the extra mile presenting its driver less motorcycle for the first time in public he would think there's going to be demand for is certainly a motorcycle that's connected to firemen but it also helps riders be better riders and also safer writers for stuff lee the me that made the us kids robots a robot along the folder. shareable electric skateboards smog beauty devices as one of the biggest tech shows featuring startups alongside to establish companies c.s. is expected to draw more than one hundred eighty thousand visitors hoping for a chance to see the kind of tech likely to dominate this news agenda that seems we expect to emerge this week artificial intelligence will see a lot of products powered or enabled bit by ai. voice recognition and facial recognition things like that five g. connectivity which is one hundred times faster than four g. l.t.e.

a low latency high frame rates digital hells is going to be huge this year with devices helping to stop snoring and want to tell interact connection just like this t. shirt equipped with ten sensors generating life saving data. you need to reduce a member of patients coming back to your situation if you need to do to narrow the admissions of your utility and the only way to do better be to subject even remotely miniature mission to chronic disease problems reduce the number of being machines with four to five hundred exhibitors the show is expecting another record . and the overall five tends to be optimistic the tech can solve problems that's what the industry's message seems to be this year and let's take us. and a quick reminder of the breaking news story we're following for you federal investigators here in germany after a twenty year old suspect has been detained in connection with

a major. personal information from hundreds of german politicians and celebrities was published online back in december but only became public knowledge last week the data was posted on a twitter account over a period of four weeks on the impact of politicians at all levels including chancellor. you can always get news on the. player from the apple store give me access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any break it's also use the app to send us photos videos you think we might find interesting. when. you're watching the news coming to. us and coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime for me and the entire team here thanks for watching.

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