it his farewell speech the 1st u.s. president george washington warned a very young america of the threats of foreign influence the year was $7096.00 this week the 45th president of the united states he made it clear that he would be open to foreign influence if it could help him win the next election tonight there are more calls in washington for donald trump to be impeached but in moscow and in beijing they may be busy digging for dirt i'm burgle from berlin this is the day. if somebody call. from a country norway we have information on your home. i think i want to hear this yesterday well i think and that in that he just not know right from the off and

disgraceful shot we want to kind of interference in the elections not in a difference they have information i think i take it it's as if the president has learned absolutely nothing from the past 2 years of investigations into russia's interference with the 2016 elections. also coming up tonight voting has begun to choose britain's next conservative party leader and its next prime minister boris johnson closer than ever to being the 11 of the reasons why the public feels 80 that you know. from us as a as appreciate. because to if you will muffling in daily language but i could. see our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day asking has

us president trump just thrown open the 2020 presidential election to a foreign spy in a presidency saturated in trump's defiance of presidential norms and standards it is difficult to be shocked by anything we hear from the oval office but that is exactly what the us president has done it in the screws of interview with a.b.c. news's george stephanopoulos he said that he would be open to information from foreign countries that could hurt his political rivals in the next election and trump added he doesn't agree with the head of the f.b.i. the man he appointed that foreign offers of the electoral kind should be reported to the f.b.i. well today the value of among democrats calling for trump to be impeached increased a few decibel and there are more politicians saying openly that president truck represents a threat to the national security of the country and the constitution that he was elected to protect today truck pushed back saying campaign help from foreign

governments is comparable to holding meetings with world leaders such as queen elizabeth let's start with that talk in the oval office that has stunned much of the world your campaign this time of foreigners if we're russia china or someone else offers information should accept it or should we call the f.b.i. i think maybe do both i think you might want to listen i don't there's nothing wrong with listening if somebody called. from a country norway we have information on your. i think i want to hear if you want to kind of interference in elections it's not enough to fear and say have information i think i'd take it if i thought there was something wrong i'd go maybe to the f.b.i. if i thought there was something wrong but when somebody comes up with a researcher and they come up with upper research oh let's call the f.b.i. the f.b.i. doesn't have enough agents to take care of it but you go and talk honestly to

congressman they all do it they always have and that's the way it is it's called research research arts and talk about that i'm joined at the big table here by julian smith she's the former deputy national security adviser to former u.s. vice president joe biden she's in berlin this year as a fellow at the boss it's good to have you back on the program you know you have been on the inside. for our viewers tell us is it common practice for a sitting u.s. president to accept campaign help information from a foreign government that he could then use against his opponent in a national election no i mean the short answer is obviously no it's completely unacceptable and inappropriate for a sitting u.s. president to see or receiving criminalising information on any sort of political opponent it's also inappropriate for anyone running for office whether it's for congress whether it's for us president that is absolutely unacceptable now you can

meet with foreign leaders that's a common part of the job as the american president and as holders of office across our government they do that on a regular basis but it is not in any way acceptable to have the president make the statement that he did ultimately what he has done is he has opened the door and he has welcomed other countries to essentially interfere in our election he's undermining our democracy. and he's undermining the intelligence community not to mention his own f.b.i. director who said that anyone who would be approached with this type of incriminating information should call the f.b.i. trump somehow believes that's the wrong approach it's troubling there are examples of u.s. campaign teams seeking information by going abroad but when a foreign entity knocks on your door at the white hells they're taking the

initiative they're in a war on bills should be going on absolutely i mean we saw the reaction across washington today as you noted at the opening of the segment there are increasing calls now for impeachment i think the american people have been shocked by this particularly in light of what happened in the 2016 election where there's ample evidence that there was russian interference for the same president now to stand up and say his quote was i'll take it is absolutely astounding and dave plea deeply worrying about what could come in 2020. 2 watts held speaker nancy pelosi said today about this. intelligence community with great confidence is put forth that the russians intervene or interfere and election that's an assault on our democracy and a softer in our democracy this president says it's a hoax he supposed that he takes an oath to protect and defend the constitution but

i guess it doesn't include him in terms of being. to be held accountable to obey the law. you mentioned 2020 i mean what do you think this means for the 2020 election well i think all of us should be worried about the extent to which this president has an open mind and could in fact be amenable to receiving any sort of intelligence from a foreign entity again given our history and 20161 would hope that we were fortifying our defenses right now against any sort of attempt to interfere in our election whether directly or indirectly and yet today's statement really gives i think many of us pause and great concern about how the president's going to behave visa vi foreign intelligence services and foreign leaders in the run up to this next election you wrote an op ed piece which appeared in the new york times this

week entitled if trump wants to take on china he needs allies and he should start with europe we can see it right there there's a section from your article that we want to highlight for our viewers you write on the subject of china the europeans feel like they've been relegated to observer status trump administration officials they've made a few efforts to brief us on the china policy the trump administration's approach which includes threatening to limit intelligence sharing with any ally there proceeds to build its next generation of mobile infrastructure with who a is a losing strategy europeans you write are tired of taking orders from trump's america. i mean is it really that simple that the president of the united states thinks that he can come to europe until the europeans what the should do and he thinks they're going to follow through well i

think unfortunately with the current administration they want to talk to europe about china but they have essentially one or 2 topics they're worried about the. investments in that the chinese are making in europe so the trump administration wants to talk to europeans about investment screening that's wise they also want to talk to europeans about while way and their efforts to build these 5 g. networks because americans believe that there are some security vulnerabilities those are fine subjects for conversation but the way in which the trump administration has gone about it is they have essentially threatened the europeans to say if you go ahead and work with weiwei on 5 g. we're going to halt intelligence sharing and that's rubbed many europeans the wrong way they're saying wait i thought we were going to work together as partners on china as we do with many common challenges and now you're kind of barking orders that us demanding that we make this immediate change and it's undermining our

ability to work together i mean china presents so many challenges what does that mean in the end of the day this is the approach by trump is hurting the u.s. it's hurting europe and it's what strengthening join well essentially it's giving china the upper hand what china wants to have happen right now as the russians do as well they'd like when europe in the united states are bickering and divided and can't really agree on approach that's good news because china can't keep going on with its efforts to undermine international institutions transatlantic resolve and unity and so trumps approach in my mind is not only hurting america's ability to work with europe on china but it's really undermining the west's ability to tackle these political economic technological challenges that china poses to all of us and

you're not advocating drawing to find agreement or consensus on every issue in fact you write in your piece we want to show our viewers a segment here you're right working with europe will not be easy the 2 will never be. perfect what's. on china especially when it comes to security issues europe doesn't have anything resembling america's forces in asia nor does it share american security commitments even in side europe there will continue to be different approaches to china i mean agree to disagree but agreeing that together you're stronger than just following america 1st for example if you think trumps going to come around. thinking this way i'm skeptical i'm skeptical that trump really sees europe as a partner in dealing with the challenges that china poses but i do believe that if we were smart about this we would try and find a couple of areas where we could work together we'd strengthen our trade relationship we had cord made our policies on things like china's human rights

abuses or we'd come up for with some alternatives for china silk road project that it's pursuing around the world what do you hear here in europe and policymakers regarding the credibility of trump policy i mean if he were to change couper's would leaders here in europe would they give him the benefit of the dell well i think if trump were willing to star without threatening our allies i think that be a good start but to be honest there's a lot of mistrust in the relationship right now a lot of this administrations a number of the actions of undermined trust in the relationship and it would be hard to chart a new course that said i would hope that the administration would give it a try because there's so much europe of the united states despite our differences could be doing together right now viz a viz china you know you've been here in europe for almost

a year now right i'm going to go back to the states what would you say the factor. has done to us. european relations the scene in just the short time you've been here i mean have you seen changes have you seen the the price of trump's policies being paid here absolutely i mean there's a lot of doubt about the value of this relationship on both sides the atlantic americans are questioning why do we have these nato allies why are they spending enough on defense europeans are asking do we even share common values anymore we're not working together on iran we're not working together on climate our trade relationship is in tatters so the relationship is ailing both at the the elite level really leaders level the relationship between merkel and trying for example is not great but what i worry about is kind of the lasting damage that's being done

at the public level where trust at that level also seems to be a roadie and i hope that this won't be something that with us forever i hope that with change in leadership on both sides of the atlantic we'll see this through before we let you go how do you explain to the germans and the europeans the the whole election process in the united states you know we're a long way away still from the 2020 presidential election and already you know that's almost all you hear in the u.s. now is this horse race right now you know your old boss you know right now the other democratic contenders but does that really help the public good i mean you know elections don't work that way here in europe at all right no absolutely not you know i mean it's hard to explain why we have a process that essentially now has become a 2 year process and so we spend a lot of time going through and in this case many many different candidates

certainly on the democratic side so it's hard because it's apples and oranges our systems are very different things in orange is that right you say it's neither of them that's right to it as myth as always we appreciate you coming in and sharing your insights words things and come back again one more time at least before you head back over across the atlantic thanks face. well how much longer do they dare to hope in sudan that burst of positivity we reported recently didn't last long snuffed out by the army crackdown last week on protesters more than 100 people were killed and all they were and are asking for is a transition from military to civilian rule a demand that has become deadly and has resulted in a standoff between military rulers and their civilian opponents he said if. any if any agreement needs to include i don't know in international guarantees.

and had this up and we're only prepared to discuss an agreement that leads to our proposal of a civil government. without discussion of any other issues. where the united states has appointed a new special envoy to promote a democratic resolution to sudan's political crisis veteran diplomat donald booth is in khartoum along with the u.s. talk on boy for africa. now they're all holding meetings with the transitional military government and key figures of the protest movement will then fly to addis ababa and meet with ethiopia's prime minister and senior officials of the african union who are also mediating in this crisis you have mediating all right my colleague joins me now and she has reported from sudan most recently

just before the army crackdown change so many things it's good to have you back here at the big table. how important are the mediators right now in in getting these talks going again and in stopping the momentum which has turned negative. i mean the mediators are really essential for any negotiation that can take place on the ground in sudan right now because the opposition the forces of the freedom and change of mind alliance which is an umbrella group made up of various smaller opposition groups has said that it won't negotiate directly with the military transitional. council that they need a mediator they are sort of watchdog because they say according to them that throughout these negotiations which which have been going on for well into 3 months now they say that the military goes and says one thing but then their actions on the ground then contradict what what they've what they say and that there's simply not enough trust for them to directly negotiate so it really does depend on the

negotiator in this case. and the ethiopian party had even proposed that the negotiations go to a decent baba but this proposal has been rejected by the military. trust i'm wondering what is the opposition alliance how does it see its chances moving forward considering that more than 100 people were were just killed for peacefully demonstrating i mean they certainly are defiant but i think the bigger question or the bigger concern is how much trust and how much kind of credibility they enjoy on the ground i mean they're certainly still the very important part of the negotiations they certainly reflect a lot of the demand still their demands have in all fairness not change since since their inception as a group but for the longest time throughout these 3 months their leverage was the physical existence of the sit in and front of the army headquarters which was dispersed violently on june 3rd and we just heard the spokesperson actually for the

1st time admit that the military was actually responsible for this disperse or which begs the question what leverage what leverage do they have but they have at the same time they were able to successfully execute a 2 day general strike. the country which brought the country to a standstill and power i'm wondering how much power the they have i mean there's the internet blackout right now in the country we're seeing tactics that we've seen before in this part of africa where the where the military for example doesn't want to let the people have a voice it is the opposition alliance is now at the mercy of the military more that it's ever been i think it's always been at the mercy of the military as as you said but i think with this with the military actually admitting that they were in charge of this what we just saw just a moment that is it's it's not that it's an improvement it's unprecedented they have actually said like we were responsible for this but quote unquote some

mistakes were made and that they were looking into it but of course no one would accept that somebody who has just admitted to be a perpetrator then go ahead and investigate their own crimes i think this this this last and last may have given them more power than one might think and i think that they have in a way proven that you know again they have managed to bring this country to a standstill but doesn't feel like this minute this internet blackout is going to go anytime soon the military spokesperson has also said that the internet is dangerous and that it is a threat to national security and that social media is not going to come back anytime soon but i think now this is going to force them to perhaps strengthen their skill to mobilize more on the ground which they certainly have shown a capability and a knack for definitely resilient we have to see that. he was always we appreciate your reporting in coming into like to thank you thank you. for this week marks the 20th anniversary of the end of the war in kosovo in which

the small state in southeastern europe broke away from serbia thousands of people were killed in that society including many children were now the humanitarian law center of kosovo in the capital pristina is remembering the war's youngest victims with a special exhibition cold once upon a time and never again. these children knew nothing of weapons exodus or destruction how people home each other. but then the war ended their world a war that brutally ended the lives of many people. going to exhibits and christina remembers the children who were killed in the course of a war 20 years ago. to this day those 9 monuments almost specials dates to on of these lost children we think it's very important that all those who lost their lives so disappeared back and

will not be forgotten but that's why we chose this way to remember them as little. more than $1000.00 children were killed during the war and this exhibition every one of the young victims is named. also on display a personal keepsakes that parents held onto momentos associated with grief and pain many mothers and fathers welcome the idea that the public can now take part in understanding this tragedy. said that it does of another country have a need to share their story and they want for what happened to be shown that you were there did it thousands of this country's institutions have so far done nothing in the sense that is a decision is that of yet must needs to me i think that after 20 years we as a society need to process what this country went through when you said that it never happens again you are carrying it that the city that. conflicts

in kosovo began in 1998 the war lasted a year and a half hundreds of communities were devastated the past impacts people's lives to this day including this visitors back then his mother fled with them to germany that's why he finds the sad fate of those who stayed behind in kosovo particularly moving this of them for sure and so it is definitely a good idea to have an exhibition like this so that what we went through during the war can be seen. and how the poor innocent children died that's definitely moving in. it's important for it to be shown and that you can also see how lucky you actually are to be alive today. and went on to live. 20 years after the wars and many people in kosovo still live with. that may never heal. the exhibition in pristina is not attempt to deal with the pain and an urgent

cold for peace. yet boris johnson is yesterday's news now yes it is not mr jones on. 3 is to miss deadlines we must leave the e.u. on october the 30. or it's johnson $114.00 we are more than capable of rising to the challenge only by preparing and raising awareness of what nevil might entail that we would ensure that we do not resort to that option how we have taken cocaine mr johnson are you taking cocaine yes or no. there's with the sights and sounds from the u.k. today the 1st round of voting to choose

a new conservative party leader who will be the next u.k. prime minister is now over for 10 candidates there are now 7 who will enter the 2nd round of surprise breaks a 2 year boris johnson went into the 1st round as the favorite he remains just that tonight barring any unforeseen scandals the road to 10 downing street appears to be opening up for boris johnson he says he'll take the u.k. out of the european union by october 31st stay tuned to d w for more coverage of boris breaks it. and britain well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can follow me at brant goth t.v. don't forget to use our hash tag of the day and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then as.

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