metropolis of crime. starts january twenty ninth on d. w. . this is d w news live from berlin the u.s. president says he's ready to compromise donald trump comes up with a plan to end the longest government shutdown in u.s. history and to get his mexican border wall to work on but the democrats saying no we'll tell you why and also coming up. the democratic republic of congo's election

crisis deepens the constitutional court confirms felix just a kiddies victory in last month's presidential vote but his main challenger is calling for protests we'll go live to can. and not one but two no shows for nigeria's historic presidential debate neither president bush nor his main rival take part in the televised event this comes just weeks ahead of nigeria's closely watched election. thanks for joining us i'm mary in evanston u.s. president donald trump has offered democrats a deal to end the long as government shutdown in u.s. history speaking from the white house trump said he'd compromise on immigration plans provided they agreed to fund his mexican border wall but the democrats

rejected the deal even before the president delivered his speech a report has more. this was the president's big bid to end the shutdown help out some immigrants already here in exchange for keeping more out three years of legislative relief for seven hundred thousand. brought here by their parents. many years ago. or deferred action for childhood arrivals is an obama era program to prevent deportation of undocumented minors brought to the u.s. trump had been trying to end it now we keep it in place at least for now he also said he delayed deportation for those who have fled war and disasters two issues for democrats but what did he want in return is five point seven billion dollars for strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall the. most ardent supporters want him to deliver

on a key campaign promise a border wall with mexico but democrats aren't taking the bait swiftly rejecting the deal house speaker nancy pelosi called it a nonstarter she criticized for failing to offer permanent protection for undocumented minors. the showdown over trump's border wall has led to the longest federal government shutdown in u.s. history hundreds of thousands of government employees have been forced to leave or working without pay for almost five weeks the democrats offer no wall but hundreds of millions of dollars more for border security isn't enough for the president the shutdown will go on until the two sides can agree or one side gives in. all right for more on this we're joined in the studio by analyst tyson barker of the aspen institute germany tyson thanks for being here so we just heard the democrats rejected transfer pozole even before he had finished delivering or even

begun delivering his speech why well there are two there are two aspects here what is the content the others the sequencing on the content side nancy pelosi just said this is basically repackaging the same things that have been on the table in separate kind of strands and just repackaging the same things is not a new deal and it's not a good faith proposal that's the one piece the second piece is on the sequencing the democrats have said in the house that the trumpet ministrations with the senate needs to reopen the government in order for negotiations to be good so the sequencing has to be right here to reopen the government and then start negotiating on this and immigration piece all right and now this government shutdown the longest ever in u.s. history and opinion polls show that most americans in fact blame trump for it so will his proposal now do anything to change public opinion well as is just mentioned and as nancy pelosi has said this isn't real new content this isn't new policy proposals on the table what he's trying to do is flip the narrative

a little bit he recognizes that he's under extreme pressure the republicans also recognize this that they're losing they're losing in the court of public opinion so what he's trying to do is say look i'm making an optical offer i'm putting the ball back in the democrats court and now they have to make a decision whether or not the so work will have to play out in the coming days all right so you talk about. changing the narrative but very much is this impasse really about politics and how much is it perhaps having to do with the personal animosity between president trump and house speaker nancy pelosi clearly this new relationship is already pretty toxic but i would say that it's completely politics because the truth is that one has to ask the question why now why is this become a humanitarian emergency a crisis where the president is thinking about invoking a national emergency today and not three months ago the difference is now the democrats have a seat at the table they have control of the house which means they have some bargaining leverage but why didn't the president pursue this kind of wall policy

this five point seven billion for the wall six months ago when the republicans had unified control of government well speaking of timing of course we're now at the halfway point of trump's presidency tyson do you think he's delivered the fundamental change that he was promising during the campaign has he doing well there the record is very mixed i mean if you look at his kind of rallying cries he had three big rallying cries build the wall lock her up drain the swamp and on each one of those he has a mixed record on the build the wall he's trying to pursue it now because he knows that his base is going to hold him to task on that on the kind of corruption piece the locker up a lot of that has been blown back on him he's now the subject of the most investigation vesta geishas in congress etc and then on the drain the swamp there's also major questions there are a lot of ethics questions corruption questions in his administration to go beyond the white house so there's a mixed bag but on judges on regulation some of the fundamental core issues taxes

that his base really cares about the republican establishment establishment cares about he's really delivered all right tyson barker of the aspen institute in germany thanks so much for all your insights thank you. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world. thousands of people have demonstrated for women's rights in washington d.c. and other cities around the world the women's march in washington drew an estimated one hundred thousand people preparations for this year's event were marred by internal divisions and accusations of anti semitism against some of the organizers . residents of the northern irish city of london derry have been evacuated after a suspected car bomb explosion police say there are currently no reports of casualties after the blast which took place saturday night leading politicians say the blast was terror related fear of conflict has been mounting in northern ireland since the break the vote. rescuers in spain have begun drilling a tunnel in

a bid to rescue a two year old boy who's been trapped in a well for six days the child fell down an unmarked well shaft near the city of mulago nearly a week ago but until now conditions were not favorable to begin drilling. in the democratic republic of congo the dispute over last month's presidential election is deepening the country's constitutional court has confirmed the victory of opposition leader felix is that katie and to dismiss a challenge by a rival martin for you lou who says he's the real winner election observers from the catholic church and results leaked to the media also indicate for you the one dozens of people have been killed in unrest since provisional election results were announced. well for more on the story i'm joined now on the line by d.w.

correspondent wendy bashing who's in the congolese capital kinshasa hello to you wendy so feel for you lew says he's the only legitimate president why does he consider to say katie illegitimate hi everyone failed to give today earlier today a press conference say that's going to carry their flag on the president because their action was done and he has their results of election days claiming that the other results and according to these results you have was a lectionary sixty one or sixty two percent and he's also relating on the results of the same goals because the early church and. something for me was to use claiming. victory and these causes during the physic is not the legitimate president it's actually and nevertheless we've heard from the country's

constitutional court and it's confirmed felix's acadians when so is it now final what options does for you have left at this point. since the quote. that. i. don't have. to because the constitutional court was the last i mean the last voice powerful voice in this country we got the nation all the way. through for the moment but he said. that waiting for the african union and people was wondering how we. were i think moment because he then so i don't know exactly what. caused him because. there's a now we have to wait for the coming. wendy bashing of

reporting for us from kinshasa thank you very much thank you to nigeria now in the most hotly anticipated moment of this year's presidential election the two leading candidates were scheduled to face off saturday in the country's first ever major televised debate but audiences were left disappointed when neither president borin or his main rival took to the podium. journalist friday getting ready for an historic moment jury has first ever presidential debate with the most promising candidates broadcast live on all major channels across the country but minutes before the start speculation is building will the president himself show up. that's a new commands appear. to be on board. for the.

history. by appearing for disputes. into. positive. politics. the event venue is filling up but no sign of. organize a say he promised to be here a presidential candidate for nigeria's biggest opposition party the p.d.p. has already arrived but now refuses to go on stage next candidate has been the vice president of nigeria now he's a businessman are very interested in this live t.v. show anything and happen on live t.v. be moving on i t q later tweeted we came here for a presidential debates not to candidacy debate and i cannot challenge or question an administration where the man at the helm of the affairs of the nation is not

presence to defend himself or his policies so the podiums remain empty the p.d.p. and a.p.c. have the two biggest parties in nigeria they are also the only democratic parties to ever rule the country they have just simply announced the exit from the government was right always comes before a fall. and every time you believe that you have no need to tell the people what it is that you are going to do it means that you are not there to serve them in the first case the president is not known for being a talented speaker the seventy five year old has also suffered from health problems over the past few years many nigerians believe he dodged the debate after an embarrassing performance at his last live appearance at a town hall meeting on wednesday there he appeared anxious and struggled to answer questions. i honestly.

at the end of the presidential debate friday is satisfied despite the limited attendance the other candidates did a good job the journalist says talking about the burning topics in nigeria education the struggling economy and security maybe you will know course says some of nigeria's political underdogs might have a real chance in the. all right some sports news now and many has retained his world boxing association welterweight title after a victory over american adrian bronner in las vegas and boxing fans in the philippines have been going crazy for their national hero thousands of filipinos crowded into public parks in gyms like this one in manila our local officials organize free screenings of the fight the forty year old prevailed with a unanimous points decision today president for a rude to tear to his office thank you for uniting all for the pianos.

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