yes. when asked 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 racist 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 called aspen in berlin and this is the day. you know. is this i firmly reject trump's comments and stand in solidarity with the congresswoman he attacked. i think it would be

sensible for iran to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. with it even if one of the signatories to the deal no longer feels it's part of it and it would be a sign of goodwill to the international community of iran kept the agreement anyway . to cut all guns fits all i firmly trust in great britain finding its way into a proud great nation and britain will remain our partner 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 may not be. also coming up on the day as the trumpet ministration

increases its efforts to deter migrants a group of good samaritans is. braving of the dangers of the desert to help them will meet america's so-called border angels. that are. hard. go of water might be able to be. a warm welcome to our viewers on p.b.s. and all 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 for anyone wondering how she's feeling after being seen trembling several times recently and the american. would. shoot into 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. it's just i reject trump's comments and stand in solidarity with the women he attacked. not far from eccles press conference climate activists from the fridays 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 who the advice you're getting a little bit 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 of the. 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 is 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 to 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 does my look 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 to give a speech. to 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 she is and today she explained 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 uncle americal answering questions about it and directly responding that's not her usual policy right she often does not get involved in other countries affairs. again today when she talks about talk about the bracks it she's that the business of the british basically she made 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 trying. 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 values and she made that very clear today now americal we've seen her suffering multiple incidents 3 times she's been seen visibly 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 so was there 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 what the social democrats want and they are quite tricky there but nevertheless there was a clear message from her point of view that the growing coalition will be in power and that the world should realize that germany 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 to do we came across as 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 not be investigated. medical was once seen as the green chancellor climate policy that has been thing 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 same as a government we'd agreed that we needed a climate protection will but grant and other 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 and quite amazing and she paid respect to this young activist and the young germans who support her so there was a very clear message to 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 over in a zone a longtime washington correspondent for german broadcaster r.t. thank you 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 there's dictatorship was still firmly in control here in berlin even so there were members of his inner circle who realized 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 ad of hitler entered the wolf's lair headquarters there he met with generals for a strategy briefing colonel klaus shank car fun stuff and was also present and in his bank 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 puts against hitler has gone down in history and germany the 20th of july is an important anniversary for german chancellor angela merkel the conspirators remain important role models for the present day of the of the boy today we also have the responsibility to confront attempts to destroy democracy including right wing extremism frenched often berg was executed that very night in the wake of the failed coup the nazis killed some 200 coconspirators but their 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 of for their forgot he's been. on the afternoon of july 20th i was on the road through her village. a villager came and said did you hear there has been an attack on the sure of her but he survived. she understands what's important for me in life and will help me to fight for it. when adam and clara to fund trots results marriage 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 they are spy to end hitler's regime clara type documents for confidential meetings she also devised code words to encrypt the lettuce. as one of the

coconspirators adam was arrested. him for months. and 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 burkhead 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 not the foul 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 am i going to wait here for 2 hours without attracting

any attention. one of 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. tots. outing herself as the wife of a coconspirator clarity was taken to prison their 2 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 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 them our correspondent all over solid medical group of so-called border angels making life saving water drops in the california desert. with every step they take the dangers of the deserts

become more and more evident 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 discarding things as they go along. along the way the empty water containers show that their efforts are not in vain. this is been a very strenuous hike so far you can easily consume one and a half or 2 leaders off 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 him along the way. here i am. others want to make a statement against the u.s. government's migration policy. and ministration and the current political climate is a represent a vast majority of americans to welcome in the koreas. 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 sweat up the good luck to those who might need it. we have brothers and sisters that are in need that are facing death and finishing 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 10 miles through fornia and desert they say helping migrants is their duty because america has always been a nation both 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 they 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 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 life who is trying to show that there is a cosmopolitan america 2 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 wasn't president of those well and on that side 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 isn't bracing migrants and people with other other cultures and backgrounds let's talk about the group that you join to be in there's been a backlash against actions of volunteers like them tell us about that. and so this group the so-called border angeles has been doing these water groups for about 20 years now but i talked to one of their leaders and they told me that only since president trying to cut off his and started his crackdown on immigration have they've been experiencing all kinds of backlash is 1st and foremost of polls but just a 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 the 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 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 you give them a lift and anything like that and of course they're trying to protect themselves also by not providing not uploading any pictures on social media just for their own protection and reka mona's the person who founded the border and will 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 g.w. news or you can follow me at carlin assman 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 can stroll a controlled 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 bomb the bomb.

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