believe. this is deja vu news like 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 evidence of a great day should people have risked everything for a watch they know what is right and what they know is true 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're in . talks exclusively to 3 young protesters defying hong kong's rulers and demanding democracy. costars rescues dozens of migrants from the mediterranean our reporter has more from the island of lampedusa tensions are high after a charity ship forced its way into the port last week. and she's president elect of the european commission but what do germans think of their defense minister was about funded by getting europe's top job we'll have a surprising results of a new survey.

i'm sumi so much going to 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 rule and is usually focused on national unity trump sidestepped tradition though with what he called the show of a lifetime a speech to donors flanked 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 they gather 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 go from here and settle where we were we know what we were just i want to know where we're going 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 post and president. helena 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 brew calls on huge screens here to

a found castro music no expense was 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 ministry flyer this meant that the president simply couldn't divert too much from the program with a flyover showcasing the country's latest military justice and the president's voice rising all over the noise of the jets now there might not have been explicit references to the us is the 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 that on global tensions including those currently rushing out 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 1000 a.d. 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 speech in some ways yes it had. a lot of it was very military oriented but at the same time it focused on america all americans lead chief mints of all americans he mentioned many people many of them and 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 the 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 set 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 he said this is this was a domestic the message you know is 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 it from but 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 to celebrate. to politicize independence day to militarize it how do you see that well i mean that critique is valid and you know he came into 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 a 1000000000 leadership the greatness of of the united states democracy is that is led by its values and not 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. now to some other stories making news around the world a strong earthquake has struck in 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 1999. sudan's ruling generals and protest leaders have reached a power sharing agreement that's according to african union mediators under the deal a half civilian half military council will rule the country for the next 3 years

sudan a scene ongoing protests since longtime president omar al bashir was ousted in april . a new report 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 there were porters based on figures provided by the venezuelan government. to hong kong our students have rejected the offer of a meeting with the territories chief executive kerry lam l.m.'s past efforts to pass an extradition bill into law after weeks of huge protests but activists want the bill withdrawn completely on monday they stormed hong kong's parliament spending i 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

for at the time i was still struggling over whether i should leave or i should support them. but by the time the glass broken the 1st protesters entered the building she had made up her mind i thought that i needed to support what they wanted today 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 his demands 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 to do. many moderate protestors 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 hong kong's parliament.

the italian 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 here we see the migrants disembarking from the coast guard late on thursday . other group of migrants remain on board and vessel that is still awaiting permission to land last weekend and rescue ship the watch 3 forcibly docked at lampedusa after being denied entry for 2 weeks our reporter i mean as have traveled there 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 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 a 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 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 the 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 rainy and crude it is believed that the oil was on its way to syria in violation of european union sanctions u.s. national security advisor john bolton tweeted it was excellent news

a 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 loaded the oil in iran putting the vessel in breach of u.s. sanctions against tehran. that i want to figure out if i want to see real was patrolling the zone but we're studying the circumstances in which this is taking 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 sprains of sovereignty it was our last question in the most good way 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. still to come on news the end of an era veteran former buy in munich star robin retires at the age of $35.00. but 1st the decision to nominate germany's defensive. line to be president of the european commission came as a big surprise to many a new survey by german pollster infor test shows that people in germany are skeptical about fondling 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. we have our political correspondent thomas sparrow with us here in our studio hi thomas explain the skepticism to us well it has to do with the role she has in the german cabinet as you mentioned it already she was the

current minister of defense and as such she has had to deal with a lot of problems in the german military a lot of criticism about the capability and the readiness of germany's our forces that have been reports saying that the children are understaffed under equipped that they're too bureaucratic i.g. is also facing an investigation regarding spending in a regular so those elements that according to many here in germany are enough for them to be a bit skeptical about these problems it's also important to stress that some of those problems she inherited this is a position that is described in some cases as a career killer so depending on how you view and you might think that under the circumstances she might have done a good job whereas others actually criticize her for not doing enough so what about this nomination to become the you commission president what that allowed to in her to escape some of this controversy or would she take that with her to brussels in a way she will escape that controversy if she does become the new head of the e.u.

commission she still has to be confirmed by the european parliament or so something that's important to stress but in a way when you look at her career you would obviously have to consider the role she has played as german minister or defense as you would also have to consider the roles which they before as german labor minister family minister as well she is described as the only minister that has been with angela merkel since i knew that michael became chancellor in 2005 so she is seen as a very close ally of java johnson wagner well thomas we've also been been looking at who german voters think should be selecting the e.u. commission boss of take a look during the european elections in may funny line was not a candidate for the job and there is a sense among many germans that government leaders made a backroom deal instead of choosing one of the candidates nominated by their parliamentary groups for the commission president job now the pollsters asked who should choose. the president of the european commission the heads of government or the european parliament let's take a look 21 percent feel that government heads should 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 make of those numbers well this is a clear reason why many germans are skeptical about the nomination of was a left on the line and we're not only talking about germans was talking about political parties if you look for example at the social democrats social democrats are the junior members of angela merkel's governing coalition they clearly rejected those are the phone lines nomination they say that she wasn't even on the ballot during the european elections of may that they stand with this so-called spits and candida. principle whereby you should be electing the people who actually stood for election in the 1st place we're talking about munfordville for example the center right but what funds too much from the center left so that's one of the reasons why the german social democrats and many germans as well criticised the nomination it's important for us women to see that there's another side of the story namely those

who think that it is up to the leaders of the different european countries to actually present these nominations they have to have the right to do so because they're ultimately also elected representatives in their respective countries and the european elections have a very important national component so there are always 2 or more sides to this story as to whether the e.u. gains or doesn't gain legitimacy when you use or you don't use this. principle and just very briefly tell us what you think it means for the chancellor angela merkel that her defense minister has been nominated for her it's obviously a very good news as she was left on the line is one of angela merkel's closest allies when you look at angela merkel's career you also have to consider very closely the role that was rough on the line played since 2005 in those 3 different ministries and our political correspondent thomas sparrow with us thank you my fish . now the u.s. is tightening sanctions against cuba by hitting its state run oil shipping firm washington says it is imposing new penalties on have ana because of its role in the

propping up venezuela's president nicolas maduro who president trouble once removed from power but trump sanctions are hitting ordinary cubans have been dealing with the consequences of a u.s. trade embargo that started nearly 60 years ago. former reaches america today is a good day there's fish for dinner cuba is surrounded by water but these days the 48 year old has to stand in line for over 2 hours to buy fish. sometimes when a product is available again i call my brother or a friend right away and say hey there's chicken here and i get in line. but for marie it's even more important than food is whether or not she can get her medication or her brothers both suffer from high blood pressure. we're living in a time of need that's the reality today. there was never really an excess of anything here but now even soap and toothbrushes are hard to come by staples like

rice flour and beans are strictly rationed people here are lining up for chicken. older people are very often overwhelmed just recently a woman waiting in line right in front of me collapsed. cuba has been hit hard by america's sanctions cubans living in exile can't send as much money back to their families now nonetheless cuba is still putting on a happy face but even the tourism industry crucial to the country is hurting cruise liner operations have been canceled and any american doing business in cuba faces possible charges back home. oh my wish trump nothing but the worst is president doesn't have feelings none now. but while the sanctions right now cuban say it's because of venezuela ever since the days of hugo chavez and fidel castro these socialist nations have been economically and politically close then as well it gets

doctors and support from cuba's intelligence agencies and cuba gets crude oil but venezuela is in a deep crisis and can't supply much more oil many think the u.s. believes if cuba's economy collapses it won't be able to support venezuela. every conflict with the u.s. is difficult because of its leading position as the world's most important market and no one would risk an argument with the us because of cuba. the bulk of. her it's a has arrived at her allocated pharmacy to pick up her medication she can only get it here initially things were looking good but then a problem arises. out of it and i got my medication but they didn't give me what my brother needs maybe it was arrive next week or i'll call the pharmacy central head office and ask if i can get it and another part of the city. the usa has power play is making life here much harder it's his brother has to eat

a lot of garlic supposedly this will keep his blood pressure down but at least today there's fish to go with it. sports now and day 4 of wimbledon germany's defending champion underlay kava crash out in the 2nd round she lost in 3 sets to american lauren davis women's top seed ash barty advance to the 3rd round along with serena williams and roger federer spanish men's 3rd seed rafael nadal seen here in practice also beat a controversial australian a curious and one of the standout matches of the tournament so far. in football former buyer nick when there are young robin is retiring the 35 year old left the bundesliga champions in may and had been expected to finish his career back in his native netherlands but robin says injuries have taken their toll. all you and 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 hearts and minds 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 which he scored $144.00 goals and provided another 101 assists 5 since joining in 2009 he won the champions league 8 german championships and 5 german cups he also formed a fearsome partnership with fellow. were integra success over the last decade. in his last league game of robin found the net for

the final time in his career. the flying dutchman 1000 which was one of the greats of the modern game i saw a reminder now of our top story here on u.s. president has presided over 4th of july celebrations in washington complete the fireworks and military flyovers in a speech to the military cost american hero critics accuse trump politicizing a nonpartisan national. and don't forget you can always get on the down. from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use that to send us your photos and your videos. coming up next our talk show. what should happen to captain defy orders from the

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