sounds good. oh genre that's so much more than just background music video game music stores february twenty fifth on d w. this is for virtual invasion purposes drug. traffickers. and gangs one of the shoes of the move will allow the u.s. president access to the funds that he says he now needs to build a border wall but he's already expecting a long legal battle. also coming up

a massive car bombing in kashmir and india's prime minister points the blame directly attack us down then he threatens a crushing response to the attack kills more than forty indian paramilitary police and with the backdrop of debate over who should do what in syria afghanistan and other global hotspots the defense and diplomacy gathering known as the munich security conference opens in southern germany heads of state foreign and defense ministers past and present are already making news at the three day gathering. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has declared a national emergency to free up funds to build a wall along the mexico border that emergency declaration allows the president act . yes two budgets meant for other purposes now mr trump said that he needs about

eight billion dollars and he is confident that his administration will defeat expected court challenges. donald trump southern border wall was a key promise in his presidential campaign and one that he seems keen to keep. i'm going to be signing a national emergency we're talking about an invasion of our country with drugs with human traffickers with all types of criminals and gangs we fight wars that are six thousand miles away wars that we should have never been and in many cases but we don't control our own border. so we're going to confront the national security crisis on our southern border they say wells don't work walls work one hundred percent the forty fifth president won't be the first to declare

a national emergency it's been done fifty eight times but reporters questioning whether the situation caused by immigration via mexico constituted an emergency but an angry response thank you mr president just a i'm not forgetting that i'm asking you to clarify where you get your numbers because most of the. crimes reporting statistics that we see show that drugs are coming across at the ports of entry that illegal immigration is down in the violence is down so what do you base your lack of money let's go and secondly out of the what you go on you get one with a second shutdown wait sit down sit down could you please this is are down you get what i want his i get my numbers from a lot of sources like homeland security primarily and the numbers that i have from homeland security are a disaster just weeks after the issue sparked the longest government shutdown in u.s. history trump remains defiant for him the wall is a necessity whatever the facts may be. let's get more now we are joined by did have

his very own helen hunt for his standing by with the latest from washington helen i mean we saw it there this is a combative press conference a controversial announcements trump declaring and national emergency i mean this is a dramatic move by a u.s. president what happens next. sarah sensually the president told us himself what will happen next and in there in the rose garden he said that he will go into the oval office he will sign off on they snatch national emergency and no sooner has he done that the include barely be dry when he anticipates that legal challenges coming in from well a number of stakeholders whether that be civil society groups individual states the democrats for example he then says there would be a patrol active legal battle but tenchi going all the way up to the supremes cool so president set out the battle lines himself sounding that at that press conference someone what about the supreme court though of course although it may escalate that far we're also now seeing justice brant calvin of there he had

previously said that he was in favor of more executive powers for the president so perhaps trump thinks that can be tipped in his favor there nevertheless this is set to take months if not years ok so i mean the challenge expected to come from the court but you know we've already seen at least the verbal challenge on the side of the democratic party house speaker nancy pelosi she spoke in anticipation of today's amounts announcement yesterday saying that this sets a dangerous precedent does one have a listen to what she had to say in the get your reaction there after. i know the republicans have some an ease about it no matter what they say because if the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency and illusion that he wants to can then just think of what a president with different values can present to the american people ok so not surprising that the democrats are opposed to this how and i mean they are after all the opposition party but how about his republican party itself i mean are they all

in lockstep on this. no they're not sarah and it's important to point out that that is a nice coming from within the republican party including from some high ranking members of that party with who already heard a concern coming from mitt romney for example marco rubio there was a statement also issued by the senator from maine susan collins i wonder if we can get that up and take a look at what she had to say in denouncing this move from the president she said that declaring a national emergency would be a mistake on the part of the president such a declaration would on the mind the role of congress it also sets about precedent for future presidents it is also gee this constitutionality i mean essentially that sets out the main arguments against this move by the president so you really have to wonder i mean he is clearly swimming upstream here at least if you look at the

opposition that he is facing why is this promise so important to him helena i think sarah it comes down to the fact that president trump doesn't want to lose face this is an essential part of his make america great campaign he said previously and he continues to say indeed in that speech that america is being invaded by a wave of illegal immigration despite the numbers speaking otherwise he continues to tap into that populist fear and he fears and he feels that if he can deliver on this pledge he can speak to his base and potentially he hopes secure a second term talent to humphry already looking at twenty twenty there but the very latest from washington thank you so much. well now india's prime minister narendra modi has warned pakistan to expect what he called a crushing response to a car bomb attack on a military convoy that killed more than forty indian paramilitary police the

bombing outside of srinagar in any administered kashmir is the worst attack on the divided region in decades security officials say that a kashmiri militants were rampant and explosive laden down into a bus carrying indian soldiers india says that it has clear evidence of pakistan's involvement with the slum about has denied the allegations and condemned the attack in kashmir. and our reporter in delhi has been out on the streets of the indian capital to gauge the reaction to this attack. he is in shock after one of the worst attacks in kashmir. the blast which killed over forty indian security forces want to keep highway in kashmir but while my district has dominated headlines. people on the streets here are appalled by the loss of life and i'm on the action but look this is just plain wrong whether it's india or any other country this is

simply wrong. it's a wednesday that i think the government should give a befitting the plight of what we have got to start with a look on the other a little bit about what the attack was claimed by the jessie muhammad considered to be a pakistan back to slam a stand outfit india has long blamed pakistan for providing support and financially to the police a charge that the film about. attacks like these also have to go for hunt i focused on demonstrations. some have taken to the streets to vent their anger. but when somebody in pakistan others have expressed concern about the situation in the bush made one in which has seen a soldier home grown militancy in recent days i also feel that a lot which is were done in the valley because what has happened is that. in this in this incident i need be in sudan was in order so there's that act that it is groups who are trying to brainwash people and especially young kids. which is which

is a bit of a d.v.d. video maybe alarming. mislead has been a flashpoint between india and pakistan and similar attacks in the past have led to a complete breakdown in talks and brought the two countries to the brink of war once again off to the decent attack india has checked in to isolate pakistan and take strong action against the attackers all eyes are now on what prime minister narendra modi's government will do next. and let's get a quick check now of some other stories may. news around the world the un investigation shows that rape and sexual violence against women and girls is still widespread in northern south sudan that's despite the signing of a peace deal to end the country's five year civil war last september the report said that many perpetrators were members of youth militia groups or the national army british prime minister to resign maine says that she is continuing to try and

secure a revised to deal with brussels on britain's exit from the european union on thursday may suffered another major parliamentary defeat after lawmakers voted against a motion supporting her approach to bragg's it programs that m.p.'s in the prime minister's own party abstained from the vote saying she is moving in the wrong direction. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has called a snap election after his budget failed to get enough support in parliament it will be spain's third election in less than four years sanchez was one line on the support of catalan separatists for his budget to pass they voted it down in protest after sanchez cut off talks with the separatists who want greater self-determination for catalonia. with concerns over the expected u.s. withdrawals from syria and afghanistan in the background the munich security conference has opened in southern germany it's three days of high stakes global debate and closed door meetings and the u.s. has sent its largest ever delegation hosted germany is focused on cooperation at

all levels but first and foremost on the european continent. he couldn't have made a stronger statement the head of the munich security conference opened the meetings wearing an e.u. hoody. most important issue once world leaders to know that europe has to fulfill its role within the growing struggle of the superpowers to use a russia and china all of the new leaders carry an even greater responsibility than in the recent past security europe cannot afford to show any weakness and that is why germany's foreign minister was enough underline began by greeting her british counterpart kevin williamson and emphasizing the strong partnership between their countries despite brics that there is no better place there is no better time to underline the friendship between our two countries germany and the u.k.

they stand together shoulder by shoulder as all soldiers do every day in their missions the next williamson emphasized that the u.k. and the european union will continue to work closely in the area of security and nato. for a while the united kingdom is leaving the european union i want to start by saying our commitments to european security remain steadfast. one immediate and uniting challenge is how to deal with russia because of new russian nuclear missiles the us has withdrawn from the nuclear arms treaty i n f. worries that a new cold war might begin. in munich strictly guarded by a show horse hotel top politicians and experts are meeting to discuss how a second cold war could be averted germany wants to do all they can to save the nuclear arms treaty i n f foreign minister held talks with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov of.

russia's current behavior with the if treaty hints at the negative impact this could have for the security of everyone involved and especially for us in europe. given the crisis surrounding the preservation of the oil and if treaty we need greater dialogue between americans europeans and the russians some. high level u.s. troop presents tips like even the trump are attending the conference before arriving in munich u.s. fights president mike pence visited the former concentration camp auschwitz on his flight from poland to germany he accused iran of using the quote same anti-semitic hatred as the nazis. and is very own teri schultz is standing by at the munich security conference for us so terry i just like to begin by addressing something that germany's defense minister ursula founder ly said earlier she spoke about the return of competition between great powers and distinguished nato's values and

interests from those of other alliances just walk us through what she was getting out here at here and how that's playing out at the conference. that's right a minister for underlying and many other people here in attendance at munich came straight from brussels and the defense minister which was heavily focused on the i.n.f. treaty and on russia's continued violation of the ranges of missiles allowed under that treaty and that's something that europe is very very worried about and mr underlies spoke about this in her speech the return not just of a cold war but of a nuclear war and of course europe would be the battleground in any such conflict so that's something that people very much want to avoid there are six months left in the waiting period before the u.s. formally withdraws and she also wanted to talk about values of human rights values and not just military and that's something that minister but elaine mentioned she

talked about the european union and what it can contribute to defense so she was very much balancing these fears about russia and the need for nato and the european union both to step up with defense and to fight battles not just with military means ok so whole range of issues there but if we just drill down into what she's specific about nato you know she talked about more fairness within the alliance what president trumps call for europe to spend more on its defense i mean what what does germany's position on that currently now because it's a controversial issue. it's a controversial issue especially between germany and president trump because he is of course relentlessly pounded berlin on its relatively low defense spending and yes she was acknowledging that germany needs to do more and there has been a defense budget laid out until two thousand and twenty four in which germany would up its spending to one point five percent of g.d.p. so germany is moving in the right direction although everyone says including sort

of underlying that germany's to do more but she had a second message with this this comment about fairness and that is new worries that the united states will pull out of afghanistan abruptly too abruptly for europeans taste and so when she was talking about fairness she mentioned specifically the resolute support mission in afghanistan and the fact that nato has said we went in together we'll go out together and that was a message to washington not to pull out troops from from afghanistan without relying on the ongoing peace process for a conditions based withdrawal so mr borrowing was very much taking responsibility for the criticisms that comes from president trump but also sending sending some warnings back to him to truly be all for one and one for all when it comes to u.s. forces around the world ok so many topics to discuss we know it's only day one now at the munich security conference so it's going to be a big weekend there for you and teri schultz we very much appreciate

a bit of the preview and the sum up of today thank you. and you will find virtually nonstop coverage of the munich security conference on our website that's a t w dot com where you will find a live stream and also updates and of course we will be tracking major news from the conference right here on the you throughout the three day gathering. all meantime we want to update you now because nigerians go to the polls tomorrow for hotly contested presidential elections voters have a stark choice between continuity and reform in the two top contenders a host of secondary candidates are competing for the country's top job as well including nigeria's youngest ever presidential hopeful here's his story. on the election campaign trail in nigeria's capital she is visiting a private school he's the youngest ever nigerian presidential candidate and

education is a central theme. until we start to fix education it will be difficult to fix any other sectors in our nation who lived in the us where he worked as a mathematics lecturer he's calling for thirty five percent of the country's budget to go to war it's education. because of the school's principal a surprise to see a politician who understands education. the school receives no state support and is financed by fees affordable only to those earning good money. to government i don't think they have interests in the do not need to question because of the quality of the don't see how. many of them don't know the cinnabon to do cation. and them they don't see indication as something that would bring money to them so this was done with funding and. the political failures over the past few decades can be seen three hours drive from

a state funded school in ca northern nigeria where you work feel the need parts of that have collapsed the classrooms have made the desks nor chasse. opportunists fourteen years old himself a student but currently responsible for his whole class. i take care of them because i am older and i want to help my brothers and sisters like this the teachers aren't here again that's why i'm doing it since until i. hear they are no books jotters chalk up to it's only learning eight. it is nine o'clock in the morning and only now the first teacher has shown up and total this school has eight hundred students and only four teachers.

sons go to school here affect their father reduced day in the teachers will be paid he says no one would want to teach at such a school. children should become doctors or soldiers they should have a worthwhile job and a good future that's my dream of these circumstances nothing will come of it. if he had enough money of the motorbike taxi driver says he would have long ago sent his children to private schools the ruling party of president has been in power for four years and the federal state of the commissioner of education has shifted the blame for the educational situation onto previous governments seventy percent of teachers where i'm qualified more than twenty thousand teachers have been let go because they couldn't reach all right. most of. the.

budget requests for it. he. states spends a third of its budget on education but at the federal level education spending makes up only seven percent of the budget the issue plays hardly any role and president who hours election campaign. wants to change that but he and his small party are struggling to be taken seriously in nigeria in spite of a minimal campaign budget he wants to lay down a marker. it's the hope the passion the vision the puppies that we as young people bring to the table and started to change this narrative. good enough they were not ready for the fight to be and i think it's very evident that we have a whole lot more to offer to our generation and the generations coming after us and the people who've been there. says it's

a simple equation if nigeria with its booming population no longer invests in education the next crisis will not be far away that he says is something every politician should understand. either we're. now into a much different competition the competition at the berlin international film festival today's the last day it is really down to the wire and film expert maya schrader is standing by on the red carpet so what's happening down there by. well just a few hours ago we saw the premier of a brazilian film what was really extraordinary was there were actually some protesters that crashed the red carpet shouting slogans in favor of the current sorry next you know the current the the form of resilience president who's currently sitting in jail and actually the actors and the director and the producers are on the red carpet for the film started chanting along with that other

thing about this film is actually coming along at a very testy time in brazil's political history and it itself is about a controversial brazilian political figure who was a revolutionary agitator in the one nine hundred sixty s. named carlos who got himself assassinated in a car and at the press conference the director was talking about how you know they might get some harassment in brazil for having made this film and actually they don't even have a release date in brazil yet because of the content of this film they can't find distributors willing to show it yet interesting stuff meantime we know that amazing grace ran earlier today what's it about and what's it like. oh my goodness that this film was just ninety minutes of pure absolute joy this is a film that was a documentary shot in the one nine hundred seventy is about aretha franklin and it's just

a recording of her making her taping her album amazing grace live in a church in los angeles and it is unlike any other music documentary you have ever seen there's no talking heads there's no real cutaways it's just you're in the church you are with the people in the church experiencing this amazing concert as she sings with her backup choir it's a really transformative experience and it's cut so interestingly because the thing about this footage is it was basically archived and forgotten about until recently when they brought it back out and had to remaster the sound in sync everything up because it had been taped separately in a special way that they really had to try to make something out of this weird footage so it feels very kind of haphazard but it's very organic and just wonderful and transformative to experience and who doesn't love to read the frank but i mean you were watching these films all this week maya what might win that top prize we'll find out tomorrow the golden bear. well one of my personal favorites was

italian film called piranas which is about these gangs in naples made up of children and it's a really beautiful very personal kind of subtly political film about these these children's descent into criminality the kind of live fast die young mentality that they inhabit and what makes it actually really special is the fact that these these actors were not professional actors they were just kids from these neighborhoods some of them are professional chefs or just work other jobs but they actually are from the places that are represented in this film the sort of working class of somewhat rougher neighborhoods and they actually personally know gangsters so that's my theory but the one that people are talking about that might actually win is a chinese film called so long my son which is kind of a subtle critique of china's one child policy that's been causing a lot of buzz around here especially in light of the other chinese film that was supposed to premiere at the barely knowledge by directors movie that got cancelled

at the very last minute for very dubious reasons why a skater there on the red carpet will find out tomorrow who indeed wins thank you. up next here on d w eco africa so stay tuned for that i'm sorry kelly thanks for watching.

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