from politics to flash from housing boom boom boom town this is where. welcome to the 77 percent. this weekend g.w. . beyond beyond impeachment the democratic front runner in the race to challenge don't trump the man with global name recognition joe biden is no longer in front the relatively unknown newcomer with the nickname mayor pete pete buttigieg wealth he's now leading the pack shock and surprise for the democrats none of that for the republican president trump's impeachment trial ins tonight with trump expected to be cleared of all charges cleared to go full throttle into his reelection campaign are burned off and for elin this is the day.

we start to the democratic process yesterday in iowa 24 hours later we're still trying to figure out what. iowa some reason and i. have a little bit of trouble counting votes a little later the winches bed. but better late than never this richard might get the 1st vote after all but i am confident that here should. be able to count your books on election night they show our campaign 1st place i'm feeling good. also coming up today i don't want trump's state of the union address and the front row seat to the politics of mutual disrespect

i know there are those who want to take away your health care take away your doctor and abolish private insurance entirely . to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states. and all around the world welcome we begin the day coming out of the caucus cloud over iowa this is what we know so far monday's caucus vote in iowa the 1st in the process of determining which democrat will challenge president trump in the vim are delivered a disaster followed by a shock problems with a smartphone app stalled the reporting of results and we only have just over 70 percent of the results at the moment but what the numbers tell is a story no one would have predicted just a few months ago the former mayor of self in indiana

a newcomer to national politics pete is leading the pack of 11 candidates former vice president joe biden long considered the front runner suffering a setback now in 4th place behind mayor pete bernie sanders and elizabeth warren a campaign that started a year ago with 4 staff members no name recognition no money just a big idea has taken its place at the front of this race to replace the current president with a better vision and i'm very proud to tell you that last night in iowa we received more votes on the 1st and 2nd round than any other candidate so we're back from iowa. but here is what we know it's a tight 3 way race at the top we know that the 3 of us will be

dividing up most of the delegates coming out of iowa i'm feeling good but i'd like you to rocket me out here to make sure to say works ok because if i come out here well you guys are going to set the tone for the whole rest of the race. and our coverage continues on america's politics of indignation from the verdict on each minute to the vote in iowa joining me here the big table is rachel rizzo she is a fellow here in berlin and a u.s. politics analyst good to have you back here at the big table and in washington our very own correspondent published to both of you welcome rachel let me start with you i mean we've had so much happening this week and tonight is the iowa caucus disaster do you think it's about to be forgotten to make way for the new hampshire primary can it be for god i think the answer to both your questions is no i think this is going to haunt the democrats not just up until new hampshire but in the

months coming forward i mean i think it's really up to the democratic party in new hampshire to make sure that these primaries go off without a hitch and then after that with the nevada caucuses we saw that the democratic party of nevada has abandoned the app that was used in in iowa just recently so i think this was a horrific night for the democrats and they're trying to right the course while they still can publish you know what we're hearing more and more criticism about that is that the couper of the caucus disaster in iowa some people saying we've got too much traffic in u.s. elections or what have you been hearing. well there's been plenty of astonishment plenty of anger that's what i'm seeing here in the united states that it's being said rachel just said that their the new app that was being used in iowa wasn't actually properly tested and in fact nevada is now saying they also have a caucus like i went there they're not going to use this up but of course you know

the use of technology is not something new here in the united states it doesn't have a particularly high regard amongst many voters in the u.s. you can do you know dating back to for example back in 2002 in florida there was a bit of a debacle there over how they decided for the state's governor in that state we can also look at problems in california in georgia and you know the problem with this really brant is that it's sort of affects americans confidence or trust in the whole voting system so it can lead to fears you know technology can be hacked or errors can occur so what i sort of deciphered is that perhaps the best way is to go back to good old 'd paper ballots paper never. do remember hanging chads from 2000 and be rich when we hear this criticism of too much text in u.s. elections i mean how does that resound here in europe with us. well i think whenever you put the words technology and elections together you think of russia you think of the $26000.00 elections and so i think everyone is really concerned

they were really concerned especially in iowa i mean you saw the app maker came out and said look this wasn't a hack this was human error so the 1st thing they had to say right when it became clear that things weren't going as planned was to try to reassure everyone that you know the russians hadn't hacked the election so i think that if the democratic party if the republican party if anyone really is going to use this kind of technology. in this upcoming election they have to make sure it works they have to make sure that everything goes smoothly and or you would have thought that in the new what happened it would be 16 you would have thought that they would have practiced $100.00 times extra 202040. really didn't turn out that way no i mean it seemed like this was a very last minute this was a last minute app i mean some of the pin numbers that people were using like they had to override some of the security in their phone to even get a job so it was it it wasn't tested it wasn't you know marketed the right way i

think this was a really good lesson hopefully for democrats going forward but who knows we'll see what happens what's your take on the upset in the results for by. so this was a surprise for everyone if you had said a month ago 6 months ago that people to judge would have won iowa i think everyone would have been really shocked further if you would have said that biden was going to come in 4th that would have been even more surprising biden was a clear front runner and you know and to many people he still is but i think goes to show that the iowa demographic is maybe not representative of the broader demographic of the united states and he's going to need a big win and hopefully new hampshire and south carolina is going to be right you know it's true public we have to remind ourselves do the your work is really just the beginning as rachel is saying it's a very small part of the beginning for the race for the white house isn't it.

you're absolutely right i mean this is a very long primary season and we really are at the very beginning here until we find out who actually becomes the candidate in this year's presidential election that the democratic candidates have already moved on from why what their focus now is in new hampshire while you know this debacle over the op and so on continues you know the hope normally though with iowa when you hampshire is that if the comedy performs pretty well there it can sort of kick start their campaign but of course that's sort of delayed that with what's happened in i went to a certain degree although it is looking like a good result for. but you know there are some changes as well in this 2020 campaign we're going to see big states like california like texas they're going to be having holding their primaries in march and you know the whole process will be going on for several months all the way up to you know the u.s. is. national convention in milwaukee to democrats national convention in milwaukee in july so you know we've got plenty of months ahead plenty of states that need to

sort of look and see what candidate they want to put their bets on and of course you know president trump was already started his reelection campaign with the state of the union address on tuesday in public you know we know that he's not known for being the king of the a lot but yesterday he did get emotional when he was talking about the results coming from iowa you talked about this was a sign for people across the country young people who maybe don't feel like they belong and he was referring obviously to you know him being the 1st openly gay to run for president to make it this far i mean it is history in the making isn't it. you're absolutely right i mean you know if you had said this perhaps even you know 10 years ago that you would have an openly gay candidate you know running for potentially the presidency you know a lot of people would have said that's crazy you know it'll be interesting to see whether that actually becomes even a central issue if he does and becoming

a candidate in this election but you know it does show that you know there is a change in how people perceive these aliments am and it's obviously something that you know there's been a focus put on other elements of his campaign and sort of in many respects forgetting about his own personal life which is you know many people say or you know i could even say that that should be something that people should forget about and focus really on the politics and what exactly the candidate is that promising to the people right in rachel's stand by we'll be back with you can just a moment it's between the. caucus and his own impeachment trial verdict u.s. president donald trump well he paid a visit to capitol hill last night he delivered his annual state of the union address before both tells of congress but it was most definitely a real like should rally speeds aimed at his supporters not at the entire nation held what he called the great american comeback as he celebrated the country's

booming economy along with those new trade deals. as still no trump made his way to the podium it was clear he had the support of his republican party. but as they chanted for more years there was no escaping the fact that this helices democratic controlled impeachment wasn't mentioned but president trump appeared to snub house speaker nancy pelosi the most powerful elected democrat by refusing to shake her hand. and this was to be his show 3 years ago we launched the great american comeback tonight i stand before you 2 share the incredible results jobs are booming incomes are soaring.

poverty is plummeting crime is falling confidence is surgery and our country is thriving and highly respected again. from the economy to trade foreign policy to defense donald trump in short he was sent to stage america's enemies are on the run america's fortunes are on the rise and america's future is blazing bright. the years of economic decay are over. donald trump also had a few surprises up his sleeve. please take this message back to you. he called venezuela's opposition leader one why dope who was watching from the gallery the legitimate president of venezuela the best is yet to come thank you but

is trump true to a close it was what was going on behind him that stole the show nancy pelosi ripping up his speech the pitch a feud between the 2 boiling over once again oh yeah and you could not miss that ripping i tell you that pablo would you agree that last night's speech was. about the president in total reelection mode. absolutely no mention of impeachment start start with god and as expected in many respects he's for he focused on the economy and how well it's performing so it looks in many respects like that's how he's going to base his reelection on the economy spoke about tax cuts he spoke trade agreements he spoke about deregulation you know and that he wants to united states to be essentially the world's most prosperous and inclusive society and the word inclusive is really important here

brant because president trump isn't particularly popular amongst many of the minorities here in the united states but he spoke about at for example low levels of unemployment among african-americans among hispanic americans among agent americans and you also spoke about democrats' plans to abolish private health insurance saying that you know he didn't want socialism to destroy us health care and then he also touched on some of the other issues which i'm sure we're going to be dealing with in the coming months which is of course. also the immigration policy and you know to sum up it was a very divisive state of the union and it was also clear that president trump is laying out where he's going to focus his campaign you know he didn't mention his only he did not mention the caucus crisis you know there were some who expected that he would try to you know rub salt in the wound there he didn't mention the how did you read the missions i mean he didn't mention iowa but he did rail

against the democrats this problem mentioned before he talked about a potential socialist takeover of the united states right so while he maybe didn't mention it by name the. you know. the democrats was a key part of this very divisive state of the union speech and you know for your other question his approval rating right now you know him not mentioning his own impeachment is improve a rating is about 49 percent the highest that's the highest it's been and for. president that has literally been peached it's pretty shocking and so i don't think he wanted to detract from that i don't think he wanted to bring attention to it he you know wanted to focus on the economy and the good as as as he said that he's done for the united states the great american comeback and not focus on the you know issues that have plagued his presidency but let me ask both of you we've got a minute or so left rachel start with you with his impeachment trial finally behind

him would you say that donald trump is he now a stronger or more competitive incumbent candidate as we approach november i mean you can't deny that the economy is doing really well and this is something that he is going to run on but yes i mean i think that you know depending on what happens later today if an acquittal happens he's going to feel vindicated and he's going to feel more powerful and he's going to use this to rally his base. probably what about you i mean he's got this is a long process the behind him he's been boosted by what we saw monday in iowa is you stronger. well he's certainly feeling stronger i mean the approval ratings rachel said it there you know they're starting at almost 50 percent the highest since he actually took office in 2017 and it also shows one thing that i think we need to focus on is that 50 percent of the population disapprove of them and we also need to note that you know what trump wants to send

out is basically forget about the impingement focus on the positive things as he sees them such as the economy doing well you know there is a very high level of confidence in the united states in fact the highest there has been in the past 2 decades with regards to the economy so he wants to focus on that and also another thing to note is that in you know in u.s. history with regards to elections obama clinton ronald reagan they all were reelected based on the fact that the economy as well was doing very well so once again what we also can't forget is who exactly the democratic candidate is going to be later this year and let me just ask you if he's going into this religion campaign saying look i was put through the process or was cleared the acquittal is behind us are his chances of reelection in your opinion are they higher now because the fact that he is in impeached president. well it's

interesting to see that if you look at those if you break them the figures with regards to his approval rating and the vast majority of republicans actually approve of him now what's interesting is that in several polls the number of people who have not yet decided who they would vote for stands oh at around 20 percent so it depends exactly how the economy keeps doing if it keeps doing well i think that there is a chance that he could and of being reelected but of course it does very much come down to who exactly the candidate that the democrats choose and whether that candidate is capable of of sort of bringing all the democrats together and also snatching votes from swing voters. all right rachel rizzo here with me at the big table and public. in washington to both of you excellent analysis thank you there's been a busy 3 days so far in u.s. politics that you. were u.s. president from speech last night was written for the ears and minds of his babies

and it was about more than just the economy stupid trump devoted part of his address to his foreign policy especially his push at nato for allies to increase their defense spending. we're also getting our allies finally to help pay their fair share of raise contributions from other nato members by more than $400000000000.00 and the number of allies beating their minimum obligation has more than doubled. our very own teri schultz she joins me now from brussels good evening to you terry you have covered nato for many years you have heard from demands many times on nato members you know to spend more was he able in his speech last night to say truthfully what he has always wanted to say that all nato members are paying their fair share for defense for a change. not exactly brant but what it changed this is where i'm

going to have to tell you that the picture on nato spending and trump's depiction of it is actually less positive than he said i don't think that's ever happened before in our many discussions on this topic and the fact is that nato allies are spending more and the truth is that part of that is due to u.s. pressure president trump has been insistent and absolutely. serbia in his criticism of low european defense spending but it's a long way from all allies paying their fair share which is 2 percent of g.d.p. in fact while trump says accurately that the number of allies doing so has more than doubled we're not talking about 29 allies or 28. in the u.s. we're talking about 9 allies paying 2 percent of their g.d.p. for their own military expenditures so yes the picture is better and the picture has been getting better since 2014 not 2016 when trump took when trump was elected

but the trend line is moving up consistently so he should declare this a win nato has been hoping this for years now that he would he would accept that they're spending more and say yes i can take credit for it and basically back off a bit and last night it seemed like that may be what's happening yeah i mean it is a big change even when it was a presidential candidate he criticize nato and the alliance i mean you know i've talked about this before it's become a political punching bag of swords for him do they feel those blows need to headquarters or is this just more rhetoric than real policy. well there is both and a lot of times it's difficult to see the difference i'll give you an example a couple of weeks ago when president trump stood in his office and said i'm going to get nato to do more on the middle east i was watching live at the time and some of my twitter friends and i were you know sort of gossiping what could that be and

sort of like sure that's going to happen you know minutes later president from walked out of that press conference called secretary-general stoltenberg and said i want nato to do more in the middle east and stoltenberg said ok we'll try to do more in the middle east so it's hard to tell the difference when things are happening so quickly as to what will actually be implemented the next day the nato delegation went to washington d.c. and started exploring how nato could do more in the middle east so president trump again gets his way sometimes when he makes these statements that may seem outrageous or unlikely and then in fact you know by bits and bobs they happen so it remains to be seen exactly on this case what nato will be doing to help take over some of some u.s. responsibilities in the middle east but there will be some changes and we'll be hearing more about those i believe next week with the defense ministers meeting and then heading into next week and in the munich security conference and we do you will be. as you always do teri schultz in brussels tonight here is always thank you

. on both sides of the atlantic political taboos are being broken we saw it today here in germany when chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party teamed up with the far right party to elect a regional leader now before today that kind of deal was unthinkable in the united states the unthinkable as well they are multiply the iowa caucus debacle it's an example or consider last night's state of the union address now throughout u.s. history presidents have used the speech to execute their role as united or in chief consoler in chief president of all united states or president the great disruptor he has broken that tradition last night trump said nothing about gun violence at schools in the us he did mention the rights of gun owners and this is what happened

did take a look so long as i am president i will always protect your 2nd amendment right. and reaffirming our it as a free nation we must remember that america has always been a frontier nation now we must embrace that x. ray ality the man who was being and if asked to leave us or to leave his name is fred is going to bear. and he is the father that the student who was shot and killed at a school in parkland florida 2 years ago. now. his daughter her name was james today he apologized for his outburst but he also tweeted that he is simply tired of the wise about getting tough on gun control this

sad desperate father remains tonight in search of america's consoler in chief. well the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either you took the news you can follow me of britain golf t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag today and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see that in about.

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