foreign influence on u.s. politics. for the first time in more than two hundred years the japanese emperor today abdicated emperor akihito japan's first pacifist monarch offered his gratitude to the people and nation he represented from what is known as the chrysanthemum throne tonight remembering the reign of akihito the japanese emperor who respected royal tradition and defied it at the same time i'm often berlin this is the day. today i am concluding my judi's as the emperor. that we now return you deepest respect and gratitude to you.

i am very thankful and happy. that i have been able to fulfil my duty says impressed. with trust and respect for the japanese people for the last thirty years. that i think it is the people who should be thinking to him . i want to tell them to stop. together with the empress i hope from my heart that the new ray with iran will be peaceful and fruitful. also coming up tonight he led liverpool to a heartbreaking loss once before and this time around coach you're going plop plans to take his team to victory and he tells d w how he's going to do this all so many games from out of teams get puzzled because i will play them in a competitive game and as a man. it was

a failing by doing it that's how it is because it's all so good and i always thought it would be interesting to try it yourself. or to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the around the world welcome we begin the day with the end of an emperor's raid today inside tokyo's imperial palace japan's imper akihito formally step down he's the first japanese emperor to abdicate in more than two hundred years but two centuries are just a blink of an eye in japan's long royal history according to legend the first monarch ascend of the throne in six sixty b.c. the hereditary line has never been broken meaning emperor akihito was the one hundred twenty fifth monarch of the same royal family to occupy the chrysanthemum throw. a simple ten minute ceremony and during

a thirty year vein and breaking with japanese imperial tradition for the first time in more than two centuries. against an unpretentious backdrop emperor akihito performed at the main ritual at the imperial palace to hand over what's known as the chrysanthemum throne to his son. the ceremony saw the emperor of relinquish an ancient sword and jewel secret regalia that tradition dictates should be seen by no one but the emperor. addressing those assembled in the palaces room of pine akihito paid tribute to his subjects. so. i am very thankful and happy that i have been able to fulfill my judy's emperor with trust and respect for the japanese people for the last thirty years. prime minister shinzo they had warm words for the outgoing emperor reflecting on some of

japan's recent challenges that included the two thousand and eleven tsunami and earthquake. and the empress were always there for the victims of disasters and gave them hope and courage for the future. akihito was granted permission to abdicate on grounds of age and declining health for the japanese people it's an emotional moment. but i think what are you honest i don't think it's settled in that he's abdicated so there is a bit of sadness in me so you think even before he ascended the throne he was always thinking about the people. he was an emperor that really cared for the people. so i think it's the people who should really be saying thank you to him. but hearing his last words today it really shows his personality and kindness so

i'm happy to hear that and the way to send. the eighty five year old remained emperor until the stroke of midnight local time on april thirtieth the throne now officially passes to his elder son crown prince not a veto. and the country ushers in the new imperial era of. beautiful harmony. beautiful harmony or people from all across the country gathered outside the emperor's palace in tokyo for the event today it was an emotional day for so. i feel grateful. i wish him good health i feel emotional i have a way around. them all i'd like to say one thing to him thank you so much that it did to the family seeing that as this era is coming to an end it makes me feel

a little sad that this it to be here in this moment is an important experience i think the press is saying that we saw the emperor and empress were very keen on visiting the affected areas after the devastating earthquake in northeastern japan . to film the ship we felt they were looking after us. and we felt that compassion. open for the current empress symbolized peace. and so i am a little sad that he's after kate and he was he must have a thing that i believe the next ten preble carry on his legacy and that it's all us strongly believe that. well akihito was japan's first pacifist monarch in his thirty years on the throne that he did much to transform the image of japan's imperial family and to improve relations with japan's neighbors let's have a look back. emperor akihito greeting his people for the

first time after ascending the chrysanthemum through. his reign would see him modernize japan's tradition bound monarchy and extend a hand of peace to those harmed by his country's imperial ambitions it was in his father's name that japan committed many of the atrocities that shook the pacific during world war two. and akihito spent most of his early life in diplomatic trips where he expressed his deep remorse over his country's wartime transgressions in modern times his frequent calls for peace have been seen by many as a quiet message to forces within his own government ones who would like to see japan take on a more assertive role on the world stage driven by concerns over his own failing health he to his education will make him the first japanese emperor to leave the throne without leaving his country into war. a legacy he reflected on during his

last official appearance his japanese emperor as his country marked the anniversary of its wartime capitulation oh then thinking of the peaceful times that have extended for many years after the war reflecting on our past and with a deep feeling of remorse i earnestly hope that the ravages of war will never be repeated i also pray for world peace and our nation's further development you must . a family affair with plenty of lawyers that is how you can describe new developments in the ongoing battle to find out what is inside us president donald trump's wallet trump and three of his children are taking their own banks to court to ensure the trunk family's financial assets remain private on monday trump and

his three eldest children sued deutsche bank and capital one the only banks that lindh money to the trumps they are also the banks which the u.s. congress has subpoenaed as lawmakers seek information about trump's business dealings at home and abroad congress wants to find out if trump's earlier business deals could compromise his role as u.s. president trump argues that lawmakers are harassing him in an effort to hurt him politically. the lawsuit is a trump family affair with the president's three eldest children also filing against deutsche bank germany's biggest lender was a major financer to the trump organization when other banks were put off by the president's multiple bankruptcies what the congressional committees are interested in is whether secret russian sponsors were involved or it should bank was expecting to win greater influence in u.s. politics germany's flagship plan to help the trump organization finance multiple projects to the tune of more than two billion dollars that includes trump hotels

and casino resorts in atlantic city the trump international hotel and tower in chicago the gulf resort in miami almost a billion dollars for a forty three story skyscraper in new york and the trump hotel in washington d.c. the congressional committee ordered deutsche bank to hand over documents saying they're a necessary part of the probe into potential foreign influence on the u.s. political process however lawyers for the trumps and the trump organization say the subpoena has no legitimate or lawful purpose. bank has said it remains committed to providing the appropriate information to all authorized investigations indicating it will comply with a subpoena leading democrats say they won't be deterred by the blocking attempt. hard to talk about what might be inside the wall with the president trump i'm joined here the big table by ties of barker from the aspen institute here in berlin so we've got efforts by the u.s.

congress to execute its one of its basic functions its oversight and the president says there overreaching and harassing him he's telling the truth well i mean i guess it's where you stand is where he said a little bit it's all about perspective from the truth is that you know the mother report had some pretty big holes in it and one of them was the red line the president set of course that's why that's not why they didn't go until it was the president's finances because there could be conflicts of interest there not just dealing with the russians but also money coming out of the middle east money coming out of china and other places which could lead to could influence his decision making with foreign affairs and of course congress in its oversight role and the new york state attorney's office and this seven district of new york are all interested in making sure that there are no conflicts and nothing going on the other doing this because when he was a candidate it in the early days of his administration he basically gave you know the middle finger to the tradition of u.s.

president revealing his income tax reforms and divesting from businesses that he may have been invested in he didn't do any of that right is that now is that coming home to roost i mean this is the other side of the ledger because you know congress has also asked for demanded his his tax returns the house ways and means committee is looking into statutes that would allow it to compel and has already submitted those to compel the treasury department to provide those but of course the treasury department reports to the president so that's not something that they have direct control over but they can work with these intermediaries including bunch of bank which has lent the trump family three hundred million dollars plus they owe he owes three hundred million dollars plus to his family to launch a bank over twenty years so that is the best way to do. what happened in the watergate scandal which is to follow the money if you want to figure out intent if you follow the money and what about the fact that it's the father and his children

in this in this lawsuit it's. just the business that they're all partners into they're invested in and yet the president has said time and time again leave my children. right i mean those are his two red lines right his finances and his family but the truth is the two are inextricably linked because it is a family business it's not a publicly traded company and because of that it's not subject to the rules of the securities and exchange commission in the same way that a publicly traded company would be and a lot of the. the departures from tradition that this president as engaged upon are breaking norms not breaking laws necessarily but the behavior of behavior exactly but you know the family if there is. a conflict of interest the family's going to be wrapped up in that because in many ways it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins the good point. and that was i was just looking at the titles that

have been given to his children since he became president and his daughter ivanka trump she is no special advisor to the u.s. president isn't there right there is that a conflict of interest i mean is it matches in many ways the structures of the company itself because you know he was the president c.e.o. and his three children were the executive vice president's response and for different departments and she is now playing the role whichever is most convenient for her either senior advisor to the president an employee of the u.s. government or first daughter just a family member so it's again this kind of muddling of the waters between those roles it seems i mean correct me if i'm wrong but it is seems that the momentum for impeachment that we saw right after. the publishing publication of the report it really has waned is this type of investigation subpoenas investigation into his finances is that going to maybe be what the democrats in the house used down until

two thousand and twenty to find out as much as they can instead of taking the road to impeachment i mean even vice president biden today came out and said you know if you are going to obstruct congress ability to performance oversight then this would be grounds for impeachment so we're already hearing the calls even from mainstream centrist democrats like joe biden so i wouldn't say that that's necessarily out of the question. what congress wants to do is see if there's any there there i mean if the president has nothing to hide then why not provide these documents because there's no better sign of intent and incorruptibility and integrity and playing by the rules than providing these fighters into you know if you don't know the minutia of the story the president his children are suing their own beings basically right to intimidate them not to reveal anything that these subpoenas require them to do right so it's best part of it and it's also

a stalling tactic and they're trying to run out the clock so their goal is to say ok look with that election in fifteen months if we can push this past election then we can say that this is already been adjudicated by the american people if he's able to win reelection and this is null and void they might also get a republican house of representatives so they would no longer have the statutory authority to seek the stock and that's a good point and to ask you about the the race for two thousand and twenty i mean we're still a long way from that but even today the latest polls have concerning joe biden and he's very strong obviously the front runner there are so much talk right now in the u.s. about this presidential election is anything if any governing is any legislating going to happen between now. oh and the twenty twenty well you know the democrats on the hill and president trump. at least optically laid some groundwork for some constructive action you know they had a meeting where they talked about

a two trillion dollar infrastructure deal yesterday i heard yesterday and they said that this was a very constructive meeting now the next meeting that they'll have is how do you pay for it and that's going to be a lot more acrimonious at least between the democrats and the trump white house the other thing is the republicans in congress are not necessarily willing to go along with a two trillion dollar stimulus bill so we'll see if that can occur but you know this is a very early presidential cycle but it's already started and in the summer it's going to be kind of wall to wall and united is there's an eternity between now and election day right so as markers always thank you thank you. soccer now liverpool coach you're going cluck takes his team to mighty barcelona on wednesday club is still waiting for his first champions league title after losing in the final with dortmund and liverpool in the past but in an exclusive interview with g w news clip proved to be as relaxed and unflappable as ever barcelona be

warned. liverpool coach you're going clawfoot on the cusp of possibly the most important few weeks of his career as a loner awaits in the champions league semifinals with a premier league title is on the line but the german still has time to fool around showing d.w. his normal worn mogue a reference to former rival jos a marine you know once labeling himself the special one book club is special his team are enjoying a dream season and now look holmes with favorites barcelona something new for the fifty one year old i saw so many games from out of teams ago puzzling because i never played them in a competitive game and so many times i was a failing by doing it that's how it is because they're just so good and i always thought it would be interesting to try it yourself once liverpool overcame porto in the champions league quarter finals and are looking to reach a third european final in four years on the club they lost the previous two but he

would still be proud of the feat. impressive. i don't know we will see it's a pretty good team to face so it's possible and. that's really good for both teams but that's how it is in sport so if you're in it then so should try to win and of course that's what we will do and we are not a dream draw i would say it's not that you think yes since we were poor little messi and his barcelona team mates including clubs fellow german mark dagon are not the only ones occupying the former dalton boss at present manchester city topped the premier league by a point from liverpool and the priority for fans is clear. on wednesday which. we knew from a leak tuesday he really did to his league and then suddenly after that or something i think we have probably so. begin to make that decision we have to play

our best football in each game but if you are so people that's. very. obvious on so for people it would be winning the league liverpool of not when the english title she's ninety ninety. the glory days back there's nothing noble about your going club. there's nothing normal about your club and i think you meant it as a compliment when you agree you know. i mean yeah it's special that i'm not so sure there is something special about him and he's taking on giants barcelona for the first time in his career right. how do you rate his chances think this is probably up there with the biggest test the cloth as i said in his career without a doubt boss learn to have been one of the best teams in the world if not the best team in the world over the past fifteen years also one of the joints of football so it's a massive test the cloth but what he has liverpool is something special in spain is

truly behind him that really bought into his game plan with his stall of play and you can see that on the field and you can see that they execute sometimes to perfection they've got midfielders that. they follow crops game plan and it works and they can then press the pitch i play not attacking football they're also very solid in defense and you know you you really sense that everyone in liverpool is getting behind and not just patrols and even more and so although he hasn't faced before he'll be raring to go in this test will be fascinating to say how his it is to me we saw in the interview there he's got it he's got the right attitude but there's still a chance he could end up empty handed right exactly like the past few seasons and unfortunately that's the nature of football only a few teams can get their hands on the trophies. and in the premier league they've had a great season but they trailed man city by one point with three games to go so that trophies out of the hands of the champions league is truly the one where it's all

in their control obviously too tough games against barcelona coming up and then a final and that's where it gets tricky for klopp he's played in seven finals as a manager but he's lost six of them yet he's got lots of losses to his name is it possible then that you know if we look beyond the beard in the glasses i mean maybe maybe he's a little overrated yeah i guess it depends who you us there are people out there who think he's the best coach in the world and pull fan and you probably get that answer. you'd have to say they're wrong on that count because he simply as you mentioned hasn't won enough trophies to be considered one of the best in the world he's up there that's no doubt about it he's worked at teams which perhaps have another resources of other bigger clubs when he was a dog and he did a great job taking on the benefit is by in munich who have will cost by as always a top coach always and boss resources anyone to lay totals with dormant and now he's come a little pool and yes he's had a bit more cash to spend but he's competing against the likes of manchester city

who probably the best in the premier league seen in the past ten years and have the best coach in the world pep guardiola so he really is doing a great job keeping up at these sorts of clubs and he's really move lupul up to a new level is overrated i don't think so if you saying he's the best coach in the world then yes he's overrated but i think he does need to win trophies to really cement his reputation the game. is barcelona overrated going into wednesday if there's one thing that's not overrated as muscle and they just wrapped up their eight legged tuttle in eleven years some dominance in a in a league where you know hitting against real madrid and they finished eighteen before points ahead of real madrid at the moment so that's an amazing start there and the twenty two games on being so they are looking pretty pretty good going into the semifinal clash and they're also desperate for. a champions league trophy because every one of those round should have won the last three months of they'll feel that really this year is their year and of course they have the greatest player in the world lionel messi he scored forty six goals forty five games this

season i need to really say that. outside of mr messi will be a key player would you say in this titanic tussle. well i guess i mean if you're going to stop us lenny you need to stop messi so that's where van dyck little pool center defender will really come into play as well as his his fullback robinson they really need to be on top of closing message down and then you've course have new pools attack as the need to be on top of their game. will be k. and then boss line out they probably have one of the upcoming goalkeepers in the world to stay in the german and he'll be a colossus in go no it's all up in the air plenty of players that can change a game you're watching addiction for the game wednesday the first leg and the only two one to two members alone alright we'll hold you to that mostly what we're talking about come thursday. we did have used bortz is always the hugest. for the

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