this is deja vu news live from berlin after 2 weeks of furious street protests further rico's governor announces his resignation people are celebrating on the streets of the capital after ricardo resales said he was stepping down now this comes after the leak of obscenity laced chap messages revealing a shocking contempt of the public will go live to san joaquin. also coming up sweeping changes as boris johnson picks his team to drive britain into a new era outside the european union

a new prime minister has replaced more than half his cabinet with the tears promoted an adversary sacked or quit a new cabinets 1st meeting is scheduled for this morning. and both sides claiming victory after former special counsel robert mueller has his day on capitol hill republicans say it's time to move on but some democrats are vowing to push ahead with their investigations of president from. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us for rico's governor ricardo seo has announced his resignation after dat days of street protests in that u.s. territory for sale said he would continue working until august 2nd to allow an orderly transition he's been at the center of a text messaging scam. well that has already led to 2 top officials resigning

messages revealed a mocking his constituents and contain sexist profane and homophobic remarks. ok let's go straight to san juan and w.'s alexandra phenomena standing by to us for us to day to alexandra what's happening right now where you are. but there are still people in the street maybe you. can hear them playing some of them are already on their way home. very day. cynthia to t.v. where the governor is. down where to get her way to go down in front of you mentioned but nothing happened the night very late finally announced that she would step down would mean. i would

make sure that it will be and what is it that. you want to find it easy going down. the drain to the end of their heart to take. back with you have you can you tell us what it was that angered the public so much that led to the mass protests where you are and to the resignation of the u.s. territories governor. yet on sunday he was talking about that it is important for him to stay in to stay in power because what he has achieved for the islands but it became clear he didn't have any other choice than to step down after internal telegram messages were leaked messages text messages in which the governor made miss a journey and homophobic comments he said victim. oh harry can my read

he made a joke about shooting the son who won samir and basically all the bad people and felt that it was so discounts thing that this constant started to protest and as the protests continued so the pressure on the governor to step down ok he says he's going to step down on august 2nd are the protesters accepting that and what about the transition of the people in place that puerto rico needs to to deal with all the problems that's fraser. and there are many problems indeed islands is dealing with so people that i talk to you on the street told me that they think it is their big story and that there are set aside that he is stepping down getting so sad that he has to stay in all this until august 2nd to make sure that there will be

a good transition here the secretary of justice is going to take over however we have to say as you mentioned that said puerto rico has a lot of problems they had as serious corruption scandal is just still recovering from that unique a memory and they went through a long recession and they had to declare bankruptcy and they're still waiting for a new political class people here in san juan told me those other things bring us up to date live from san juan worker puerto rico thanks very much. it's to britain now where british prime minister boris johnson's cabinet will be meeting for the very 1st time this morning with a host of new faces around the cabinet table now that he's in number 10 downing street he's replaced most of the cabinet naming rights of hardliners to top post casting opponents of saudi. johnson as. also due to address the house of commons

outlining his plans to take britain out of the e.u. by october 31st a matter what. britain's new prime minister is walking into a break said mess partially of his own making his 1st address outside downing street boris johnson promised he could fix it. the doubters the doom's does the glooms does they are going to get it wrong again the people who bet against britain are going to lose their shirts for this one to restore trust in our democracy. and we're going to fulfill the repeated promises of parliament to the people and come out of the e.u. a look over the 31st no ifs or buts and it with no deal if necessary he pledged to drag a new agreement out of brussels and said europe would be to blame if that failed it is time we look not at the and it is of course vital at the same time that we

prepare for the remote possibility the brussels refuses any further to negotiate and we are forced to come out with no deal not because we want that outcome. to get to number 10 downing street johnson 1st had to visit buckingham palace to get the traditional knot of approval from the queen. but 1st the outgoing prime minister had to visit the reigning monarch to resign. before leaving office to resume a defended her legacy and thank the country for the chance to serve i repeat my warm congratulations to boris on winning the conservative leadership election i wish him and the government he will lead every good fortune in the months and years ahead. their successes will be our country's successes and i hope that they will be many. and she had a special message for the country's next generation. this is

a country of aspiration and opportunity. and i hope that every young girl who has seen a woman prime minister now knows for sure that there are no limits to watch they can achieve. to resume a walks away from an unfinished brags that uncooperative parliament and an unyielding partner in brussels none of that has changed for her successor. let's bring in the w.'s barbara vessel standing by for us outside parliament in london good day to you barbara these are sweeping changes in the cabinet more than half of its members replaced. sweeping changes indeed the most sorrow and all round. for decades really because there are many new faces almost all new faces of the particularly the top jobs. is going to

be the new finance minister the chancellor of the checker is going to have to find the money for the super and promises boris johnson has made there will be a new foreign minister dominic robb who used to be the bricks of minister under trees in may and he is known as a rather confrontational uncompromising man to the right of the party so that is rather surprising choice for foreign policy chief and it might say something about boris johnson's intentions and then also he gave his seat at the cabinet table because he made him the head of the parliamentary conservative party jacob riis mark the arch cheer really the driving seat one of the driving spirits behind bracks it and somebody obviously who won the boris johnson wanted to have inside the tent ok so some hardcore brought to tears there would have been some of the reactions to boris johnson's changes and this call for

a new can do approach to getting things done. if we look at some of today's paper for instance deigning male who has been supporting supportive of boris johnson they say he comes in with guns blazing but they also talk about a bloodbath in cabinet on their 1st look at the just drop to the floor let us look at the guardian that is a more left on the left wing spectrum of the political scene here in britain and they talk about bars johnson taking his revenge his revenge on everybody who hasn't voted for him and who hasn't supported him on the leadership challenge and the guardian also talks about the dangerous course he strikes in sort of throwing half of the country to this. i talking about duis this includes there's that's all those people 48 percent of british people who were against break voted against it and who are no not included in this whole big optimism thing and finally let's look at the times maybe conservative paper even doubts there there is

a talk about cabinet the most thorough in recent remembrance and even here they say this is an uncompromising right wing cabinet does not try to pull the wings of his party together but he puts all his supporters and all the hard time the hard line breaks it tears. on his cabinet table ok now one of the top issues the brics the 2 years in the cabinet will be dealing with this the irish border it remains a very contentious contentious issue and the irish prime minister lavrov carr doubts the johnson is up to the task of solving breck so let's hear what he had to say. confidence and enthusiasm is not a substitute for european policy or foreign policy so we'll need to hear in detail what he has in mind listen to what he said today i got the impression that he wasn't just talking about at least in the back stuff he was talking about

a whole new deal better deal for britain that's not going to happen any suggestion that there could be a whole new deal and it goes in weeks or months is totally not in the real world in terms of the possibility of no deal you know one thing i'm comfortable even though we will of course have to bear for the possibility no deal me are doing the one thing i am confident about is that the british parliament becomes increasingly clear to me it's the british parliament there's enough people in the parliament who won't do that to their country is a very strong words there from the irish prime minister. of course is boris johnson's main problem because what he has done with those coal off of trees maize cabinet is he says has assembled a whole rebel army off frustrated and furious tory members all the former ministers and everybody who thought he could probably participate in his cabinet and didn't get a post or who was just summarily sacked on the back benches and room they took the

line among them are quite a number of tories who do not want under any circumstances a hard because they think it would be devastating so will they vote for boris johnson if it comes to the point that he has to go to parliament in october and present what he wants to do there are chances that he's trying to circumvent problem and sort of go around it but then you have a real institutional crisis on our hands and things might even get worse ok looking at this kind of background split conservative party a constitutional crisis or an institutional crisis is there a chance that that over the next 99 days we might not see branches but instead snap elections in britain. that is very very current and reason of course is a life of possibility because boris johnson is also preparing for it insiders he'll looking at his advisors and looking at some of the mind. in cabinet in the 2nd row

they say he has assembled the whole team leave the people who sort of brought about the referendum and its results he has brought them into his closest circle so he is more or less preparing for a snap poll he knows that he might have to go for the country sooner than later barbara basal thanks very much for that analysis a lot of changes in the british capital this morning barbara thanks a lot. it's to washington d.c. now where both sides are claiming victory after the former special counsel robert mueller testified before 2 congressional committees for 5 hours yesterday he told lawmakers that his investigation found inadequate evidence to prove that there was collusion between president trump's campaign and russia but said once again that he did not clear trump of obstructing his probe many are viewing miller's testimony as a last chance for democrats to build a case for impeaching the president. for

a man who tries to huge the spotlight former special counsel robert munna found himself at the center of a media frenzy once again and one of the most closely watched congressional hearings capitol hill has seen in decades months testimony nothing from that times whole thing nevertheless hounded the democrats and the need. to report did not conclude he did not commit it shows your justice is accurate that is correct and what about total exoneration you actually totally exonerate the prison you know now in fact. your words express the states that it does not exonerate the person it does rational democrats republican lawmakers focused instead almost conclusion that there was insufficient evidence to establish a criminal conspiracy between the charm campaign and russia eager to call the minor investigation case closed this hearing is long overdue we've had truth for months

normal think it's part of the our election we need today it's a let the truth bring us confidence and i hope mr chairman closure outside the hearing room republican nor make has dug in further questioning the legitimacy of monday's investigation in the 1st place i think it's an investigation that was not based on on real substantial facts that would warrant this kind of 2 year investigation for a growing chorus of democrats intent on impeachment but his testimony provided a showcase of what they see as a catalogue of presidential misdemeanors anybody else who committed these crimes would be prosecuted for them these are serious crimes witness tampering cover ups law is trying to fire the special counsel because he was concerned about the oversight that was going to be done by the special counsel so i think was a very successful hearing. ultimately though no new ball michel's came to light

with munna refusing to stray beyond what he revealed in his report the democrats hoping that this would have been a seminal moment on a road to impeachment will likely be disappointed mona frequently refused to read from the report itself denying them their wish to put on a sort of minutes heavey special for the wider american public who hadn't read this tome of a report but he didn't do the republicans any favors either busting the president's claim of total exoneration. despite intense media attention it seems unlikely that money is final testimony will be enough to sway public opinion in a deeply divided country. let's preview now and some of the other stories making the news this hour south korea's ministry of defense is reporting that north korea has fired 2 short range missiles from its east coast into the sea this is going angus a 1st missile test since leader kim jong own and president trump agreed to revive

nuclear talks last month they come before a planned joint us south korean military exercises as well floods following heavy rains have killed at least 11 people in northeastern brazil authorities say at least 7 others are missing in the state of going to go most of the deaths were caused by landslides just last month 9 people died after heavy rains in and around the state capital. a high speed train travelling from brussels to longer had to be evacuated and temperatures inside reached more than 50 degrees celsius some 600 people including a baby age 4 were trapped inside the train when installed on the tracks due to a power outage it took 2 hours for a replacement train to run. well here in germany the descendants of the last german emperor are in a dispute over hundreds of possessions they walked back from various state

institutions kaiser wilhelm the 2nd abdicated at the end of the 1st world war now for more than 500 years his family the home solomons ruled brandenburg prussia the kingdom that evolved into modern germany but after his abdication the family was stripped of many of its assets now they want a good number of them back in the latest round of negotiations took place here in berlin yesterday oh it's all a family representatives feel they may be a step closer to a compromise. the whole insulins have a wonderful view of their property from here hohenzollern castle in southwestern germany it's the family's ancestral seat one of germany's most important noble families for 500 years they room brandenburg prussia the state of which berlin used to be the capital. they produce kings dukes and german emperors the last vilhelm the 2nd abdicated at the end of the 1st world war more than 100 years ago. but now

. the prince of prussia head of the house of one son and great great grandson of vilhelm is demanding the return of his family's former possessions hundreds of artworks and properties are on his list although the family's assets were expropriated when germany became a parliamentary democracy after world war one the situation is complex. what still needs to be decided is who is entitled to the royal coffers that paid for it all germans seem to have differing opinions about it. instinct belongs to them they should be compensated so if i were a member of the holland solon family i'd probably also demanded back but i don't think society today sees it that way if this is not really. is it just. me soon recovered us give it back no way they were responsible for the 1st world war and they don't deserve to be rewarded for that stuff everything they

accumulated over the centuries came from the labor of the people the hole in solar in us didn't have to work. among other things collections at berlin's charlottenburg palace are at stake it's a tourism hot spot that's been rebuilt and renovated with millions in taxpayers' money the loss of the art treasures in question would be a major blow hundreds of artworks some of national importance but the palaces of the former profession kings. there's also strife over the whole insolence demand for free accommodation and potsdam sicilian health palace the building a unesco world heritage site that's also had millions in taxpayers' money lavished on it made history in 1905 this is where the potsdam conference took place where the shape of post-war germany and europe was decided. should the whole in silence be guaranteed the use of this grand cottage for their family reunions. although

german state institutions are willing to negotiate positions are entrenched and all attempts at compromise have so far failed. so who does our belong to what does it mean for the country joining me now in the studio to talk about that as a story and stuff and. extensively on the german aristocracy has a book coming out in english or so. and thanks for being with us this morning this case brings together so many strands of modern german history history not only the application to world wars nazis communists does it represent a chance for germany to revisit its modern history. right it isn't a chance to revisit german history particularly the 20th century i would say it also gives us a chance to reinterpret crucial points of german history in the 20th century and event which points as you could call it of german history that is 914 the beginning of the 1st world war and a very long standing debate about germs responsibility for the outbreak of the

world or in some 1914 of course $933.00 to coming off the nazis the so-called seizure of power the beginning of the 3rd reich. the holocaust the murder of the european jews is linked to the 1945 the german and european doom the end of the 2nd world war in all of these points and once one they are not responsible for them i think i feel would be responsible to hold one family responsible but of course the former royal family has its share fair share. in making history and reinterpreting these points of crucial moments of 20th century german and european history is what is the background and which i feel makes this smaller legal case where we basically deal or speak about money it's cost lots furniture oil paintings so this this cycle weight comes from the historical background to it whereas the reinterpretation of german history happening right now isn't limited to

world war one and the responsibility issue. well what makes it complicated is there's there's a lot of 1900 of 1904 defining that a family which has been expropriated by the communists russian and german communism to 94 to 94 the lowest from like you for the expropriations are from the 1945 the right of the 2nd world war the communists basically expropriate these families on the territories of what later becomes the g.d.r. in 1009 window of opportunity opens and the family has the opportunity to claim their property back now the relevant law from 994 in its 1st paragraph defines that . compensation's i exclude it if the last of the family was supporting the nazi regime so the question if it's not the family in particular the so-called crown prince was supporting hitler and the nazi regime might be crucial for the question if not the family gets as compensation these negotiations or talks are still going

on what is the public line up on all of this if they support the hohenzollerns and in getting their art and treasures back i guess public opinion is split as it would be in france in the netherlands and scandinavian any country so that people supporting money can demonic the royal family i think in the last 2 weeks there was rather a public outcry because most people with feeling most citizens were feeling that this wish list of the family was a bit extensive and a bit too long and that you know claiming rights the right to abode that sicilian whole concert in potsdam which is a building with $176.00 rooms people feel this might be inappropriate to put it mildly what about overall opinion about the royal family i understand has actually the british aristocracy is more popular is more fair favorably looked upon here then the german the indigenous if you will aristocracy

yeah i mean that there might be a child symbolic chance for the german former royal family to fill in the skeptics vacuum if you will which until now had been filled by basically. the english mission of the english royal family or perhaps the dutch ones or the scandinavian ones so to symbolically come back at least on the level of the yellow press of the tabloid press and to symbolically present the past nostalgia in nice reinterpretation of german history stuff and all of it sounds very much for coming together much for having me talking to a spotless. now is it a bird is it a plane well not exactly it is a human being trying to cross the english channel on a homemade hoverboard the aviation and inventor of franks a pata took off today from the french coastal town of song got fastened to the small flying advice that designed himself might recognize him as the same man who rolled on

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