d.w. . this is d w news live from berlin pomp and patriotism as donald trump leads 4th of july celebrations in washington gather we are part of one of the greatest story ever told the story of america it is the year of a great day you shouldn't push people have risked everything for a watch they know what is right and what they know is she drew. trump supporters turn out in the pouring rain but critics blast the president for politicizing independence day. also coming up they stormed hong kong's parliament now they were

in hiding talks exclusively to 3 young protestors define hong kong's rulers and demanding real democracy. be talian coast guard rescues dozens of migrants from the mediterranean i will support her as more from the island of lampedusa where tensions are high after a charity ship forced its way into the port last week. and she's the president elect of the european commission but what you germans think of their defense minister was a lot funded by getting europe's top job will have the surprising results of a new service. i'm sumi so much thank you for joining us u.s. president donald trump has led 4th of july celebrations in washington d.c. the holiday marks america's independence from british role. and is usually focused

on national unity trump sidestepped tradition though with what he called the show of a lifetime a speech to donors by military vehicles even by his standards it was an eye catching spectacle but did the event live up to the hype take a look. although it rained on his parade president donald trump had promised quite a show. including a beefed up military showing he had dubbed it a salute to america critics didn't like tanks being part of a national holiday celebration and many had wondered whether he would use a speech to the nation to campaign for reelection next year but he stuck to a nonpartizan script as we gather this evening in the joy of freedom we remember that all share a truly extraordinary heritage together we are part of one of the greatest stories ever told the story of america there were concerted efforts to speak to the nation as a whole but most the trump speech praised america's historic achievements focusing

on the past our nation's creativity ingenious lit up the lights of broadway and the sound stages of hollywood it filled the concert halls an air waves around the world with the sound of jazz opera country rock n roll and rhythm and blues it gave birth to the musical the motion picture the western the world series the super bowl the skyscraper the suspension bridge the assembly line and the mighty american automobile the show of a lifetime got some good reviews. i work for the military some of those airplanes that flew over i've actually worked on. it's a celebration of freedom i thought it was very good american focused patriotic speech avoided partisanship which was very welcome but some nonplussed.

just wondering like this is not a political day per se it's just an american day and a little concerned at all to political economy whatever history lessons that we all grew up in new like i like beating a dead horse so to speak about the future where we're going from. here is where we work we know where we work this i want to work go in for a man who deferred his way out of the vietnam draft his version of the 4th of july was almost all about the mike that the u.s. military past and present. did have used hell in the humphrey was there and sent us her impressions of donald trump's controversial parade. the president promised a show of a lifetime and it was an all out hollywood style production with cameras on the president as he left the white house brewed costs on huge screens here to a found castro music no expense was spared now ahead of the address there had been concern that the president might veer off script and turn a patriotic event into

a political one on what is traditionally a day of unity but the precise nature of the military flyer this meant that the president simply couldn't divert too much from the program with a fly over showcasing the country's latest military post just days on the president's voice rising up over the noise of the jets now there might not have been explicit references to the us this current adverse sarees but the message was with the president saying on nation is stronger than it has ever been before it is at its strongest now a message with one eye on a 2020 reelection campaign and to know their own global tensions including those currently rushing off with iran under president clearly costing himself as commander in chief. our let's get more on that now with a tyson barker's a program director and fellow at the aspen institute and jeremy tyson good morning let's pick up on those global tensions and the message that the president was perhaps trying to send with that what do you think that message was being sent to

the world there especially with these tensions with iran well i actually think this was much more domestically focused you know as was hinted at this did have some overtones of you know how is he going to frame the narrative going into 2020 which is the u.s. has never been stronger than it is right now it's kind of the opposite of what reagan said in 1800 you know are you better off now than you were 4 years ago what trump is saying is the u.s. has never been better so that's if there is a political message from the speech that was it but the truth is is that as was mentioned for president trump he was quite disciplined and actually this was quite a unifying speed. and some ways yes it had a lot of it was very military oriented but at the same time it focused on america all americans and the achievements of all americans you mentioned many people many of vents many milestones that the u.s. is accomplished both republicans and democrats and that is seen as somewhat refreshing and out of step for the president who usually uses this kind of things

for campaign style messaging what do you what do you take away from what we saw yesterday in terms of what to look for in the campaign leading up to next year 2020 the presidential election well i mean you know it's just continuing that that upward slope so he's got this long litany of achievements that the u.s. has had over the past 200 years and as mentioned u.s. has never been better that's going to be his message going into into 2020 let's continue this upward slope and you know he put one marker out there he said let's get to mars that was the one kind of policy goal that he said but as was mentioned a lot of people who have criticized for critique the speech have said you know it was too focused on the past where is the future oriented elements to celebrating the united states where is it going from here that was somewhat missing from this age use of this this was a domestic message and it was perhaps surprising to hear this call for unity from this president did you buy it from someone who's been so politically divisive as as

mentioned it's it's quite out of character for the president but i think for for the american people who are a little bit they have a lot of fatigue from the polarization that has been kind of plaguing the united states from before trump but it's definitely kind of the the tone the tenor of of politics of society right now in the united states it was seen as refreshing the idea that people could take this day the 4th of july this american holiday the national holiday and use it to talk about community rather than to talk about politics and yet a lot of the criticism of the celebrations yesterday centered around the fact that some saw the president as using. this event the celebrations to politicize independence day to militarize it how do you see that well i mean that critique is valid and you know he came in to a pretty heavy critique from current and former officers in the u.s. military who said you know the greatness of our military is that it has civilian leadership the greatness of of the united states democracy is that is led by its

values and not this this institution the military which is powerful but it's not what we we want to emphasize in our society that is a valid critique and that is a big departure from from the past all right tyson barker program director and fellow at the aspen institute germany thank you for sharing your insights with us this morning thank you to hong kong now where the territories chief executive kerry lam is requesting a meeting with the city's university students that's in a bid to ease a month long political crisis after weeks of mass demonstrations against a proposed extradition bill led has caused efforts to pass that bill into law but protesters want the bill withdrawn completely on monday they stormed hong kong's parliament building a met 3 of those involved in the incident. stephanie boris and can not their real names were protesting outside the legislative council on monday when suddenly a group of young people started to attack the parliament trying to break the glass from. the time i was still struggling over whether i should leave or i should

support them. but by the time the last group and the 1st protesters entered the building she had made up her mind i thought that i needed to support what they wanted to do it may be wrong all right but they are still hong kong people. most of the protesters were very young 18 year old boras also had his doubts but decided to join in. the protesters entered the building spraying graffiti calling for universal suffrage pro-democracy activists have been fighting for this team on for decades to no avail. my parents asked me if i really had to join the protests they said they had already enough out there but i said no one will stand up if everyone thinks that way. meanwhile the city is trying to clear the remnants of the soldiers. damage to the legislature is estimated at 1000000 euros the government has vowed to prosecute those who participated several

arrests have already been made. if i told you that i'm not afraid i would be lying we may be talking about 10 years in jail but from that day until now i don't regret that i went in i just feel that i did what i needed today many moderate protesters feel that this might not have helped their cause but criticism has been limited as they say they understand the anger that surfaced. when we entered we had already lost but we felt there was nothing else we could do any more peaceful rallies have achieved nothing. the 3 are currently in hiding as the police are stepping up their efforts to identify those involved in storming the parliament. let's catch up on some other stories making news around the world sudan's ruling

generals and protest leaders have reached a power sharing agreement according to the african union mediators under the deal the half civilian half military council will rule the country for the next 3 years sudan is seen ongoing protests since longtime president omar bashir was ousted in april. a powerful earthquake has struck southern california officials say the 6.4 magnitude tremor hit near the town of ridgecrest but could be felt in los angeles some 200 kilometers away it's the biggest quake to hit southern california since 1909 and you were poured by the united nations says nearly 7000 people were killed by security forces in venezuela in the past 18 months it warns that many of these killings likely constituted extrajudicial executions the report is based on figures provided by the venezuelan government. now they tell you coast guard has rescued more than 50 migrants from the mediterranean sea off the coast of lampedusa and brought them ashore was there as the vessel docked and here we see the migrants

disembarking from the coast guard late thursday meanwhile another group of migrants remains on board an engine vessel that is still awaiting permission to dock. last weekend and rescue ship sea watch 3 forcibly docked at lampedusa after being denied entry for 2 weeks our reporter i mean travel to the italian island for us the small italian island of lampedusa is once again at the center of europe's immigration troubles just behind me a boat and italian coast guard vessel brought several dozen migrants to shore after which they were taken away quickly to the immigration center here on the island that came just moments after an italian n.g.o.s meditate on a announced that they had rescued $54.00 migrants off the coast of libya that drew the ire of a thai and deputy prime minister and anti immigration hardliner by teo salvini she responded saying that that vessel should turn around and go back to libya the

difference here is that n.g.o.s like to meditate on often pick up migrants off the coast of libya where many deaths occur and they bring them to the closest safe port which for them is the lampedusa the small italian island italy's deputy prime minister and italy's right wing government disagree they say that those migrants should stay where they came from and that is north africa. iran has condemned the seizure of one of its oil tankers off the british territory of gibraltar in southern spain on thursday morning british royal marines boarded the tanker which is suspected to be carrying a radiant crude it's believed the oil was on its way to syria in violation of european union sanctions u.s. national security advisor john bolton tweeted that was excellent news the spanish government says the u.s. requested the seizure. to grace one has been at anchor and under god since the

early morning british authorities stopped the ship as it passed through spanish territorial waters at gibraltar at the tip of the iberian peninsula they say the oil was bound for syria in breach of e.u. sanctions against the war torn country authorities also say the ship load of the oil in iraq putting the vessel in breach of u.s. sanctions against tehran. that i want to. see real was patrolling the zone but we're studying the circumstances in which this is taken place there was a request made by the united states to the united kingdom and we are looking into how this affects our sovereignty in the sense that it took place in waters which we understand are under spain's sovereignty as our last question but only had been the most scary is that. the ship is registered under penalty flag and belongs to a singapore based company gibraltar says the vessel and its cargo have been confiscated. you're watching news still to come the end of an era better

informed by a munich star. retires at the age of $35.00. but 1st the decision to nominate germany's defense minister to be president of the european commission came as a big surprise to many a new survey by german pollster and for test shows that people in germany are skeptical about for suitability for the top job 33 percent of germans think she is the right person and she would do a good job as commission president but 56 percent the majority say she would not be a good commission chief. and our political correspondent thomas ferro is with us hi thomas why such skepticism over the last one in line for the e.u. commission chief well one thing that happened that we have to say right from the side is this is only german people talking about it was enough on the line it will be interesting to see what other european citizens think about when we look at

german and what german citizens think about all that i and many think about the state of the german armed forces the fact that they are described as understaffed as overly bureaucratic full of problems the readiness and the capability have been under question and the lion as the head of that ministry has obviously played a big role some say that that's a very difficult role to fill and that given the circumstances she has done a good job but at the same time others have criticised for not doing enough she's also facing questions over spending irregularities and all that simply comes through to show how difficult a job it is being forwarded on the line and why many germans are skeptical about the line being nominated for this top job we should say that some of those problems remain this problems were inherited but she does take a lot of criticism for them do you think that this top job in the e.u. would allow her to escape some of that criticism or would she just take them with her to brussels well if you look at the legacy if you will there are some political

korea people will certainly look at what she did or didn't do as head of the ministry of defense just as people look what she did or didn't do as of the ministry of labor before that or the family minister she was also a minister before she's the only minister that has been with angela merkel since i'm going to merkel became chancellor in 2005 so that just also explains how experienced she is at least here in germany she will obviously be able to escape if you will some of those problems if she moves to brussels if she is confirmed by the european parliament but at the same time it is something that she won't be able to escape totally people will still remember the role. but she has played as minister of defense during all we've also been looking at who german voters think should be a dyslectic in the e.u. commission chief let's take a look at that during the european elections in may for the line wasn't actually a candidate for the job and there's a sense among many germans that government leaders made a backroom deal instead of choosing one of the candidates nominated by their

parliament or groups for the commission president job and the pollsters asked who should choose the president of the european commission the heads of government or the european parliament and let's take a look at what people said here 21 percent feel that government heads should to have the final say but an overwhelming majority of 71 percent say the european parliament should decide who will lead the commission. so thomas what do you think of these figures what do you make of that old that is precisely one of the reasons why people don't like the lying on the line on that nomination because they believe that it was essentially a backroom deal that's by the way what some political parties here also believe the social democrats the junior partners are not going to michael's governing coalition so that they would reject that nomination precisely because they believe in the system where you have lead candidates that are on the ballot and after the elections are chosen for these specific cases there's the other side of the story as well which i think is important to stress namely those who believe that it is up

to the leaders in the european union to at least proposed some of those names that they have legitimacy that they are also elected official in their respective countries and that the european elections also have a very important national component so you have the 2 views the but it is obviously an argument that many people have used against or sort of on the line the fact that she was not a leading candidate in the 1st place are you coming away from brussels and now here to berlin let's take a look at how chance on home eccles coalition is of fairing germans satisfaction with their government remains low only 29 percent 29 percent sorry say they are satisfied with the work of chancellor merkel's coalition but 70 percent of germans are not only a slim majority of supporters of merkel's conservative bloc seem to be in favor of the government and if a general election were to be held on sunday this is how germans would vote merkel's conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. at 25 percent there marcos coalition partners the center left social democrats

gaining one percent point at a 13 percent a far right party getting the same also 13 percent the business friendly f.d.p. staying at 8 percent same result for the left party getting one percentage point and the green party still in 1st place with a 26 percent. right there we have it thomas again the surge of the green party do they need to start thinking about a candidate for chancellor i think in a way they are already thinking about that they have had one key topic and obviously that is environment protection and that has been a topic that for most germans is very important in fact previous in photos the mup polls have revealed that for germans climate protection is the most important topic and when you think of a party that can at least address some of those issues many germans think of the greens but if they want to broaden that if they want to actually one day as you say have a candidate for chancellor and then actually become chancellor they have to broaden

that spectrum completely they have to think about who they would like to present as congress they like they have to discuss whatever topics they might address as well so this is a big challenge for the greens as well and it's important to stress there is still a long time to go before germany has new elections and these kinds of numbers can change very quickly we've seen that in the past so yes obviously we have to address the surge of the greens now but until german's vote there are still a few years to go that things that the other trend that we've seen continuing is a difficult time that tents are going eccles conservatives are having in the polls also a junior coalition partner the social democrats what do you think we're going to see from the government in the coming months so it's important also to stress to me that that's not only a trend that you see here in germany it's something that you see in other countries as well the fact that the big tent party in the center left in the center right of the political spectrum facing considerable problems when you discuss what we will see from the governing coalition in next few years the big problem that they have faced is that many of us or many many people think that they are not acting enough

that they've been fighting too much internally that they've been busy with internal discussions sort of addressing some of the key issues that germans want so you will try to see them at least publicly explaining what they believe they're doing presenting for example issues were proposed when it comes to health care big issue here in germany canada protections and the goals that they'd like to address. i think the key message you will hear from the governing coalition is that they are acting and that is a direct answer to what other germans have criticised when they say that they don't see the governing coalition acting they see the governing coalition fighting but they do see the greens acting they see the greens as credible here as credible actors in the political spectrum as i say they only see the greens as of now as a part of a kind of dress one specific issue climate protection environment it is a big question if people would see the greens addressing other big important issues for germany health care the greens have tried to to present their proposals but it is still unclear to what extent germans would go so far as to vote for the greens

and elect a green chancellor it is still important what the greens propose and how they can broaden that perspective in the 1st place aren't our political correspondent thomas breaking down the numbers for us thank you very much tom it's always a pleasure to sports now and tell us day 4 of wimbledon germany's defending champion undulate kava crashed out in the 2nd round she lost in 3 sets to american lauren davis women's top seed ashe party advanced to the 3rd round along with serena williams and roger federer spanish men's 3rd seed rafael nadal a seen here in practice also be controversial australian curios in one of the standout matches of the tournament so far. to football now and former byron munich winger are you and robin has decided to retire the 35 year old left the bundesliga champions and may and had been expected to finish his career back in his native netherlands but robin says injuries have taken their toll

. value in robin's final season with brian started with a bang our goal on match day warm but as so often injury issues struck causing him to miss 27 games a key reason for resigning. in a statement robin said no doubt it's the hardest decision i've had to make in my career a decision where heart and mind collided. after starting his career in the netherlands robin had stints with chelsea and real madrid but will be best remembered for playing over $300.00 games for byron munich in which he scored $144.00 goals and provided another 101 assists i've since joining in 2009 he won the champions league 8 german championships and 5 german cups. he also formed a fearsome partnership with fellow wing a funk they believe the jew owed dubbed robbery were in take on success over the

last decade. in his last league game of robben found the net for the final time in his career. the flying dutchman bows out as one of the greats of the modern game i. remind her now of our top story that we're following for you u.s. president donald trump has presided over 4th of july celebrations in washington complete the fireworks and military jets fly overs in a speech the pay tribute to the military and past american heroes critics of politicizing a nonpartisan national. poll doesn't get you can always get news on the go download or out from google play off abstain or that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the good of you have to send us your photos and good videos. coming up next the cost of sanctions to ordinary iranians

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