this is deja vu news live from berlin after 2 weeks of furious protests spreading rico's governor announces his resignation people have been out celebrating on the streets of the capital after recorder a seo said he was stepping down this comes after the leak of obscenity laced chat messages revealed a shocking contempt for the public also coming up. britain's new prime minister boris johnson replaces most of his cabinet with hard line breaks of tears promoted and adversaries sacked or quitting new cabinets 1st meeting is scheduled for this

morning. and both sides claiming victory after former special counsel robert muller has his day on capitol hill republicans say it's time to move on but some democrats are valid to push ahead with their investigations of president from. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us puerto rico's governor ricardo seo has announced his resignation after days of mass protests in that u.s. territory resales said he would continue working until august 2nd to allow an orderly transition he's been at the center of a text message messaging scandal that has already led the top officials to resign delete messages revealed him mocking his constituents and contain sexist profane and homophobic remarks. or earlier i spoke with correspondent alexander

phenomena who's in the capital wong who gave us the latest but there are still people in the street maybe you. can hear them playing some of them are already on their way home and have been very up to date. to see if indeed they were rumors that the government is going down where to get her way she will be counting on you mentioned but nothing happened that night very late to finally announce that she would step down it would mean. that it would make sure that it will be and what it meant that. if you want to find it easy going down. the drain to the end of their heart

to get. back with you happy 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 that 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 missa journey and homophobic comments he victims of hurricane mari he made jokes about shooting the son who won the mirror and basically of all the bad people and felt that it was so disgusting that it's positive started to protest and. that

brought to continue so the pressure on the governor to step down ok he says he's going to step down on august 2nd so 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 of space. and there are many problems indeed island is dealing with so people that i talked to here on the street told me that they think it is their big story and that there are set aside that he is stepping down he's been so sad that he has to stay in this until august 2nd to make sure that there will be a good transition in 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. my rehab 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 goes on the banks bring us up to date live from san juan worker puerto rico thanks very much. let's get you up to date with some of the other stories making news now 3 separate explosions rocked the afghan capital kabul one was a suicide bomber who targeted a bus carrying afghan government workers explosions left at least 7 people dead dozens wounded no one's yet claimed responsibility. 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 1st missile test and leader kim jong il and president agreed to revive nuclear talks last month before planned joint u.s.

south korean motor. it was. a high speed train traveling from brussels to london had to be evacuated when temperatures inside leash more than 50 degrees celsius some $600.00 passengers including a baby aged 4 months were trapped inside the train when it stalled on the tracks due to a power outage it took 2 hours for a replacement train to arrive. or british prime minister boris johnson's cabinet will be meeting for the 1st time this morning with a host of new faces around the table now that he's in number 10 downing street johnson has replaced most of the cabinet naming rights of hardliners to top post and casting opponents aside. is also due to address the house of commons outlining his plans to take britain out of the european union by october 31st no matter what . britain's new prime minister is walking into

a brick said mess partially of his own making his 1st address outside downing street boris johnson promised he could fix it. the doubters the doomsday has the glooms does they are going to get it wrong again the people who bet against britain are going to lose their shirts because when they 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 lot over the 31st no ifs or buts and 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 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. a spring you know barbara faisal standing outside parliament for us today the days you barbara these are sweeping changes radical you could say in the cabinet was one name certainly telegraphing a lot about its new makeup and its direction dominic roth. yeah he was the former bricks and minister after reason may and he's through in the towel last year because he didn't agree with her brecht's of politics anymore because maybe was seeking compromise and drop saw you know bricks it should be much more highlight and associate he being promoted to the foreign office really shows insist something about the political direction boris johnson wants his cabinet to go this is a man who is known in brussels and not like ford for his confrontational style is somebody

who's a lawyer rather diplomatic and the foreign office will probably have their hands full trying to sort of teach him the the basics off diplomacy and how for instance to deal with the immediate crisis like to take a crisis with iran he's going to need all the foreign policy skills there to sort of get to grips grips was that a barber would have been some of the reactions where you are to these changes in the cabinet and to boris johnson's call for a new can do approach to getting things done and bright. yeah if we look at the papers today for instance the daily mail who is basically told boris johnson but even they talk down here about the. cabinet always take a look at the times the conservative paper and they're talking about carnage and he's gone in with a wrecking ball and they even speak about an unambiguous me right wing cabinet full of cheers so boris johnson has assembled everybody who is close to him and on his

side and the more left leaning guardian more liberal paper they talk about boris johnson taking revenge removing everybody who has not voted for him in the leadership competition namely jeremy hunt the former foreign foreign foreign policy mr foreign minister and he has somehow sort of took that the cabinet really to a very rightwing position also they criticize that this whole doom and gloom sort of message that we've heard before in the quote from boris johnson that he sort of throws aside one part of the population the 48 percent who are against breaks that they are now being denigrated about because they are supposed to be past mistake and don't believe in birth of barbara when it comes to bret's at the irish border the backstop they remain a very contentious issue don't they and the irish prime minister. a doubts that

jumps johnson's up to the task when it comes to bracks and let's hear what he had to say. confidence. 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 they go see it 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 compare for the possibility no deal me are doing the one thing i'm confident about is that the british parliament becomes increasingly clear to me that the british parliament there's enough people in the parliament who won't do that to their country barbarism verse strong words there from way overawed or. indeed clearer i've got really echoes what brussels things

there will be no total renu read you go off there was drawl agreement that is absolutely off the table the book is closed that is the one thing and the other thing of course what boris johnson has done with this cabinet reshuffle is too much too while the word for it is that he has assembled a whole rebel army all frustrated and furious tory members on the backbench is now and his majority in parliament is only to vote so how is he ever going to get anything rex it related through this problem and we have so many people in his own party who say we don't want our heartbreaks it would be disastrous so that is the one side the other side also what we heard was that boris johnson firmly points the finger at brussels there is the blame game is already beginning now and brussels is not taking kindly to that spot so much less much more from london today is that 1st meeting gets underway. the 1st cabinet meeting will be getting underway

and maybe some more details to might be emerging about what course there is maurice strong is really going to take ok barbara thanks so much for now. this is deed of it is still to come on the program jules artwork stunning properties just some of what's at stake as descendants of the last german emperor cars are grappling with the state over the return of some family assets we'll have that story in the few moments. but 1st in washington d.c. both sides are claiming victory after the former special counsel robert muller testified before 2 congressional committees for 5 hours he told lawmakers that his investigation found inadequate evidence to prove that there was collusion between president trump's campaign and russia but he repeated that he did not clear the president of obstructing his proposal 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 hew the spotlight former special counsel robot munna found himself at the center of a media frenzy once again and one of the most closely watched congressional hearings on capitol hill has seen in decades man whose testimony tell us that at times halting nevertheless hounded the democrats and. the report did not conclude he did not commit it shocks of justice zachary that is correct and what about total exoneration if you actually totally exonerate the president you know now in fact. your fortune especially states that it does not exonerate the person it does congressional 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 nor merican this part of the our election what 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 man as investigation in the 1st place i think it's an investigation that was not based on on real substantial backs that would warrant this kind of 2 year investigation for a growing chorus of democrats intends 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 lies 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 haven'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. or people here in europe are preparing for more high temperatures today yesterday saw germany the netherlands belgium with record highs as the 2nd extreme heat wave in as many months. today hot weather warnings have

been extended for spain and france. on the banks of the river say and in paris it's getting hot and sticky. so most of what i want to say this weekend but i can see right now. with the american re continuing to rise right across here at how it all borders stick to the water in frankfurt and people had a similar idea in munich flocking to parks and jumping into the water to cool off by the river it was at least kill enough for a bit of gentle exercise out. of. the water is now us well it is the ice pack which means very cold but it's fun i'd say the water's about 20 or 23 degrees. 20 degrees the you kidding it's more like

15 or 10 degrees. on wednesday germany recorded highest temperature since records began 40.5 degrees celsius in the west of the country it breaks the previous record of 40.3 cents in 2015 i mean this is the 3rd time this decade we've had 40 degree heat in germany and the gaps are getting smaller this extreme heat is definitely due to climate change. and it's the 2nd time this summer that europe has begun didn't record temperatures the advice is to stay hydrated and do whatever you can to keep cool. we're. well here in germany the descendants of the last german emperor kaiser wilhelm the 2nd are trying to get back hundreds of the sessions of the family lost a century ago when the last kaiser abdicated at the end of the 1st world war his

family the hohenzollerns were stripped of most of their asses which are now in the care of various museums and state institutions now because of the homes great great grandson is claiming some of them back and the latest round of negotiations on that took place here in berlin yesterday. the whole insulin's have a wonderful view of their property from here how insolent castle and southwestern germany it's the family's ancestral seat one of germany's most important noble families for 500 years the 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. 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 it's not really. it can be soon recovered as 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 this 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 and taxpayers'

money the loss of the art treasures in question would be a major blow hundreds of artworks some of national importance for 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 and this is where the potsdam conference took place where the shape of post-war germany and europe was decided. should the whole and so on and 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. martin thanks for being with us this morning this case brings together so many strands of modern

german history history not only the avocation 2 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 the 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 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 it 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 at the background and which i feel makes this smaller legal case where we basically deal or speak about money as a 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 is it limited to world war one and the responsibility issue. well what makes it complicated is there's there's a lot of 114 of 1904 defining that family which has been expropriated by the communists russian and german common is 1940 of 94 the lowest from 94 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 . compensations i exclude it if the loss 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 its compensation these negotiations or talks are still going on what is the public line up on all this if they support the hohenzollerns and in getting their artin treasures back i guess public opinion is split as it would be in france in the netherlands and scandinavia in any country so they have people supporting money kinda money and the royal family i think in the last 2 weeks there was rather a public outcry because most people were feeling most citizens with 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 sealing off council and puts them 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 have been felt by basically. the english mission of english royal family or perhaps the dutch ones or other 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 and talking to us about this. let's get your a minder of our top stories this hour governor ricardo resale has announced his resignation after days of mass protests in the u.s. territory he said he would continue working until august 2nd to allow an orderly transition he's been at the center of a text messaging scandal that's already led to top officials resigning. boris johnson is spending his 1st day in number 10 downing street as britain's new prime minister will hold his 1st cabinet meeting after a major overhaul which has seen hardline threats of 2 years promoted to top positions and will be addressing the house of commons to outline his plans for taking britain out of the european. and in the u.s. former special counsel robert muller has wrapped up his testimony to congress over his probe into russian interference in the president then told elections in 2016 he

said there was insufficient evidence to trump campaign conspired with moscow but did not exonerate president from obstructing the distro with. the state of the news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks so much for being.

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