about domestic politics in other countries german chancellor angela merkel usually gives a 2 word answer no comment but today she made an exception at her annual press conference she addressed donald trump's racists and racist attacks against 4 u.s. congresswoman when asked if she stands behind them she needed just one word yes tonight a chancellor who normally stays out of foreign disputes gives the clearest rebuke yet of trump's call to quote send them back i'm karl aspen in berlin and this is the day. you know. you know. it's just my family rejects trumps comments and stand in solidarity with the congresswoman he attacked. and i think it would be sensible for iran to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. even if one of

the signatories to the deal no longer feels it's part of it. it would be a sign of goodwill to the international community of iran kept the agreement anyway . to cut all kinds of assault i firmly trust in great britain finding its way into a proud great nation and britain will remain our part now when it's no longer a member of the european union. i understand why there are questions about my health. and i can fulfill this function and secondly as a human being. i'm also personally very interested in my health. and men are. also coming up on the day as the trumpet ministration increases its efforts to deter migrants a group of good samaritans is a braving of the dangers of that as. to help them will meet america's so-called

border angels we. are in need that are. hard. gallon of water might be able to be. a warm welcome to our viewers on p.b.s. and all the around the world we start the day with a clear and concise condemnation for donald trump following his racist attack on 4 democratic congresswoman the rebuke comes from german chancellor angela merkel who made an exception to do so the chancellor is known to stay out of domestic disputes in other countries but today she didn't hesitate at her annual news conference she was asked about the president's tweets telling the congressman congresswoman of color to go back to the quote crime infested places that they come from she said she firmly projects those comments and that his attacks quote undermine america's

strength but the chancellor also faced tough questions of her own including on her handling of the climate crisis and her personal health. confident unsatisfied the german chancellor appears relaxed in front of the cameras trying to one wondering how she's feeling after being seen trembling several times recently. good. short and to the point it's not always michael strong point on this occasion she also had some clear words for the u.s. president she criticized donald trump for his racist attack against 4 democratic congresswoman from ethnic minorities. is this an i reject trump's comments and stand in solidarity with the women he attacked. not far from nichols' press conference climate activists from the friday's for future movement were out on the streets. thousands took part among them the swedish

student created to invade mechelle admitted the movement has pushed the german government to act more quickly on climate change she conceded more needs to be done if germany is to meet its commitments under the paris climate accord hoody of asian pitiless but concerning the 2030 goals we don't know the exact details yet the experts say and i agree with them that the most efficient path to achieving those goals is to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions but we must also take into account the social impact is a tell all. medical brushed off complaints from her party's coalition partners the social democrats over the election of a seller for the lion from eccles c.d.u. party. business we shouldn't be overly proud about it but we also don't need to be the only ones in europe who are grumpy about it it's all flaky. after 90 minutes the press conference

came to an end with a strong signal that the chancellor hasn't given up her job just yet. joining me now in the studio is verizon or he's a long time washington correspondent for the german broadcaster a.r.d. he's covered us in german politics from both sides of land sick and it's a pleasure to have you with us you were also at that press conference you got to see chancellor merkel respond to dozens of questions they want to start though with her response of trump's recent racist attacks let's go ahead and take a listen to exactly what the chancellor had to say. let me say clearly that in my view america's strength lies precisely in the fact that it's a country where people of very different nationalities have contributed to the strength of america as a whole. so these are let me say comments that very much run counter to the firm

impression i have i have to say that he is my idol for mir did it consist. of just. verizon or what did you make of her response. well that was the bombshell of those 90 minute press conference obviously. and she was extremely clear on this. think against the backdrop of a recent speech in harvard that clearly shows where she stands when it comes to the president of the united states what did she say harvard can you remind us yes in hama she gave a speech and the was very clear that she was against all these alternative facts or whatever you want to call it and she said the truth has to remain the truth and there was clearly meant to rebuke the president too did not name his name there but it was very clear where where she is and today she expect

even expended on that by criticizing him so harshly this is really it's more of a domestic issue this is something that's going on in the united states this is trump's tweets and yet we see on the americal answering questions about it and directly responding that's not her usual policy right she often does not get involved in other countries affair. again today when she talks about talk about the bricks that she's that the business of the british basically she makes other remarks about that indeed important and she talked about italy or she was asked about the situation in italy and again she said that it's you know up to the italians to solve the problems that they have right now with russia so yeah and therefore it was. even surprising how clear she was about trump so staying out of the business of the u.k.

leaving the italians to do what they're doing why then do you think she directly responded to trump. well because she has some value and she wants to defend them personally and also in the name of doing i mean we have a value system and we stick to our well use and she made that very clear today now medical we've seen her suffering multiple incidents 3 times she's been seen this a plea shaking in public that prompted some questions today at this press conference about her health what did you make of the way that she responded. well she had 3 messages today one was about her health and and so was look i'm healthy. i'm able to fulfill all the duties of my office 2nd i will remain in office another 2 years to 21 of the right into 21 and the sort of message was the grand coalition will also remain in power for the

time being at least that of course depends not only on on what she wants to also depends on the social democrats won and they are quite tricky there but nevertheless there was a clear message from her point of view that the growing correlation would still be in power and that the world should realize that germany's still has more or less stable government now as an american and i think many of our american viewers would probably think the same thing if they saw president trump or president obama any president having that visible visible health problem 3 times in row there be a lot of questions being asked there be lots of investigations here in germany it seems to be a different case i mean you're a veteran journalist can you tell us a bit about why it seems to be we will take at her word when she says she can do the job she can do the job. yeah well today she came across as very healthy very

relaxed. very much alive. today you did not see anything of that and she's being supported by public opinion here there's a poll out today that clearly states that a vast majority of germans think this is a private matter and the to be investigated. medical was once seen as the green chancellor or climate policy that has been. in criticize recently germany on track in fact to miss its targets in terms of c o 2 for 2030 let's hear her response now to a question about climate change. even before gratitude came on the scene as a government we'd agreed that we needed a climate protection. grant an avi young people have made clear the urgency that this is about their lives and that down live longer than us and so it moved us to act more swiftly. did it

take a swedish teenager to prompt america to take action i thought when i heard that it was a stunning admission that it needed a 16 year old swedish girl to move the climate debate in germany forward and she paid respect to this girl who at the same time somewhere in berlin not far from from this place had her own rally had quite amazing and she paid respect to this young activist and the young germans who support her so there was a very clear message listen. guys we are listening to you. i found that to be stunning we've seen a lot of things happening at the end of her term but a couple years get to go banners on a long time watch. correspondent for the german broadcaster a.r.d. thanks very much thank you for having me.

this weekend germany is commemorating the final and best known attempt to assassinate hitler in 1904 allied troops were advancing through europe but it all fit there's dictatorship was still firmly in control here in berlin even so there were members of his inner circle who realize that the nazi war of aggression was doomed to fail and they feared that the end of the nazis would mean the end of germany 75 years ago their conspiracy tried to kill hitler and it failed. it was the morning of the 20th of july 944 out of hitler and to the wolf's lair headquarters there he met with generals for a strategy briefing colonel klaus shank cough on stuff and was also present and in his bag he was carrying an explosive device at 12 42 pm the bomb exploded killing several people but hitler the target of the attack was only slightly injured the

coup had failed. the failed push against hitler has gone down in history in germany the 20th of july is an important anniversary for german chancellor angela merkel the conspirators remain important role models for the present day off of the boat today we also have the responsibility to confront attempts to destroy democracy including right wing extremism frenched often was executed that very night in the wake of the failed coup the nazis killed some $200.00 coconspirators but then memory lives on today. some 7000 people were arrested in the ensuing crackdown of whom almost 5000 were executed many of them were family members of the conspirators in fact it's the women of the nazi resistance movement who have often been overlooked despite the at the role that they played the german parliament has now finally recognized their contribution and

researchers are working to uncover some of their incredible stories before their forgot it's been. written on the afternoon of july 20th i was on the road through her village and off one of the village or came and said did you hear there has been an attack on the sure her but he survived. she understands what's important for me in life and will help me to fight for it. when adam and clarity if untruths results merited 930 both knew they didn't want their 2 daughters to grow up in the nazi world they lived in meeting secretly with like minded people there as spy or to end hitler's regime clarity type documents for confidential meetings she also devised code words to encrypt the lettuce. as one of the coconspirators adam was arrested.

for me the 25th of july wasn't the day he was arrested but the day our old housekeeper and i came down from berlin. her hearing was bad and in the open horse cart she started talking right away about the one armed one eyed officer who often visited mr fun trot i had to change the topic straight away before the driver understood what she meant as by then everybody knew that the assassin graf stuff and bird had only one arm and i and then one night my brother in law came from berlin and said tomorrow is the court date we travelled overnight to get to berlin . the. remarkably i was able to enter the courthouse rather easily as there were no guards. from inside the courtroom an unpleasant force could be heard i asked myself how my going to wait here for 2 hours without attracting any attention. one of after her i had no choice but to leave then

i was back outside and went straight to the court administration and asked for visitation rights i had nothing to lose i would have rather died than can underground for the. good thoughts of. outing herself as the wife of a coconspirator clarity i was taken to prison that your daughters were taken away along with other children of the resistance group adam was executed on august 26th 144 a few days before his death he wrote a clarity i know you won't surrender and that you will fight your way to a life in which i will still stand by you in spirit. clarity i was eventually released a widow and single mother of 2 she became a play college just peace activist and continued to tell her husband's story until her death in 2013. the verdict against adam and the man involved in the attempted assassination of hitler was overturned by post by germany in 1998 only shortly

before the 75th anniversary of july 28th the german parliament recognized the women's role in the resistance. well it's of course one of the most divisive issues right now in the united states the trump administration's treatment of migrants with reports of terrible conditions and abusive detention camps along the southern border and that's after many migrants have survived a dangerous trek through central america and into mexico some americans though are now volunteering to take action to help our correspondent all for solid medic group of so-called border angels making a life saving water drops in the california desert. with every step they take the dangers of the deserts become more and more evident heat sun and no access to water may crossing the mountains

a risky undertaking. volunteers of the so-called border angels try to make it safer by dropping water in the desert traces tell them they're on the right track this is a heavily traveled area. because the border patrol presence has been stepped up in other areas more people are feeling funneled into this more dangerous riverine region and coming through here and there are discarded things that go along. along the way the empty water containers schol that their efforts are not in vain. this is been a very strenuous hike so far you can easily consume one in the house for 2 leaders of water so it's very obvious how important these water drops are essentially they can save the migrants life. among the volunteers the descendants of migrants like

seek his son chess whose great grandfather migrated to the u.s. from mexico 100 years ago there were no roads there were no interstates there wouldn't nothing so the only possible way that he could have gotten up here him in my great grandmother were. walking. you know. somebody had to help them along the way. here i am. fathers want to make a statement against the u.s. government's migration policy. and ministration and the current political climate doesn't represent a mass majority of americans to welcome in the prius. finally the group reaches its destination time to deposit some water containers for migrants coming through from the nearby mexican border the bottles will be among the 1st things they find when crossing into america a personal message in spanish when i swear to good luck to those who might need it . we have brothers and sisters that are in need that are facing death and

facing hardship that because of a gallon of water might be able to be saved and become productive. at the end of the day the border angels hike to miles through fornia desert they say helping migrants is their duty because america has always been a nation of immigrants. for more let's go to oliver salat he's in washington for us of course he made that report all over here's what we've seen this week we've seen trump supporters chanting anti migrant slogans we've seen the trumpet ministration trying to crack down on the rights of asylum seekers and yet there are still these groups like the one that you met i mean how divided is the country right now on the issue of migration. well of course we're looking at a very divided country but we've also reached a moment in which the president is actually benefiting from his extreme rhetoric

and this divisive message and you could easily see that at one of his last rallies where his supporters were chanting send her home obviously referring to omar one of the 4 congresswoman that donald trump insulted with a series of racist tweets last week and so that on the one hand side and you could see that the supporters are embracing this kind of rhetoric but on the other hand you have the democratic party who is trying to show themselves in a very different light he's trying to show that there's a cosmopolitan america and a lot of the candidates of presidential candidates in the democratic party have a migrant background you could hear them at the t.v. debates as speaking in spanish many of them delivering parts of their messages in spanish so that was on president of those well and on that side 7 also is the volunteer group that i joined in the mountains there and you the mexican border that is really trying to make a statement a political statement as well trying to show that there is a cosmopolitan america one that is embracing migrants and people with other other cultures and backgrounds let's talk about that group that you joined i mean there's

been a backlash against actions of volunteers like them tell us about that. so this group the so-called border angeles has been doing these water drops for about 20 years now but i talked to one of their leaders and they told me that only since president trying to office and started his crackdown on immigration have they've been experiencing all kinds of backlashes 1st and foremost of calls but just normal people that are yelling at them that are insulting them that are saying why do you not just focus on ordinary americans rather than helping illegal migrants who are coming into the country on documented you that have border patrol agents who go into the desert to destroy these water containers but then most importantly there are stories all the legal action taken against these humanitarian aid organizations there's a story of a man who allegedly helped offered them shelter and gave them a lift because he found them in the desert and they were extremely exhausted and

use knowledge charged with felony and conspiracy facing up to 20 years in jail briefly if you can over i mean how can those kind of actions just simply leaving water in the desert how could that be seen as something that's illegal well 1st of all those stills that you and terry aids groups the people who are participating there they're being told to not have any interaction with the migrants they meet because they that could be interpreted as human trafficking in fact if you take these people home and provide shelter provide give them a lift and anything like that and of course they're trying to protect themselves also by not providing 5 them not uploading any pictures on social media just for their own protection and we can moan is the person who founded the 3 border and said this is a record number of legal action taken against humanitarian aid organizations operating along the mexican border right now a direct effect as he says. crackdown on immigration w.'s all over solid in

washington reporting on the border angels thank you very much. well the day is almost done but the conversation as always continues online to find us on twitter either at d.w. news or you can follow me at carlin aspen and don't forget to use your hash tag the day to our viewers on p.b.s. in the u.s. and around the world thanks for watching and for making us a part of your day i'll leave you now with footage of the control of control destruction of a smokestack in florida that's where one of the largest demolition projects in the country is currently taking place thanks for watching. the but. the bad.

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