not guilty guilty not guilty the senate a judges that the respondent donald john trump president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the 1st article of impeachment donald john trump president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the 2nd article of impeachment it is therefore ordered and adjudged that the said donald john trump be and he is here by acquitted of the charges in said articles. and there you have it not guilty on both charges the verdict of saving the presidency of donald trump came as expected almost all republicans voted to acquit democrats voted to convict the verdict of history well that's yet to be delivered tonight beyond impeachment and beyond iowa was the democratic front runner in the race to challenge donald trump in november the man with a global name recognition joe biden he's no longer in front of the relatively

unknown newcomer with the nickname mayor pete pete he's now leading the pack i'm burned off in berlin 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 a bit. better late than never at this richard might get the 1st after all but i am confident that here i'm sure i'm going to be able to count you both so i don't lecture them they show our campaign the 1st place i'm feeling good.

also coming up trumps state of the union address and the front row seats to the politics of mutual disrespect i there are those who want to take away your health care take away your doctor and abolish private insurance entirely. i'm. going to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united. aids and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the acquittal of u.s. president donald trump for only the 3rd time in u.s. history a president has been impeached forced to stand trial on impeachment charges with the verdict then being not guilty the end came as expected almost all republican senators voted tonight not to convict on the trouble all democrats voted in favor

of convicting trump is now cleared on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress he will however forever remain and impeached u.s. president. for more now i'm joined by our correspondent in washington oliver salat he's been covering this following the verdict for is good evening to you all over this verdict it is the end of this national ordeal it was almost anti-climactic because we expected it to end the way that it ended it. predictable quite predictable brant that the senators will have to stay largely behind party lines here and it was also a historical moment really that because just consider that this impeachment trial and impeachment trial like this only happened 3 other times in the history of the united states and this time was different though there were no witnesses and no

evidence allowed in that for the 1st time here so we're looking at a situation where we might even learn about details evidence and witnesses after this trial is ended after the acquittal of president trump the house of representatives is now looking into a subpoena national former national security adviser john bolton. to testify which he was not allowed to do during the impeachment trial so this trial and this acquittal certainly ends with a certain taste to it the senators voted against hearing all these details they just wanted to get it over as soon as possible a verdict resolution but no closure trump is cleared on bugs impeachment charges what does this verdict what does it mean for him. well we will certainly celebrate that's also something quite predictable he will continue with his rhetoric that he's been using over and over during the whole impeachment proceedings he has been

calling it a witch holds and he will certainly also try to capitalize on the acquittal saying that he was in assent and this will all it was all set up politically to damage him the democrats then of course will be saying that he will remain and impeach president so there have not been many impeach presidents before him and that's certainly a light on him as well a certain life and do not forget he will be the 1st president the 1st impeach president in fact who will have to go into a reelection campaign and that'll be interesting to see what kind of impact that had the democrats will certainly be trying to get political gain out of that as well yeah but definitely see how much political capital can be harvested from all of this our correspondent oversell and on the story for us in washington over thank you. well there is no clarity some clarity for president trump we cannot say the same for democrats after the iowa caucus crisis this is what we know

so for monday's caucus vote in iowa was the 1st in the process of determining which democrat would challenge president trump in november it 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 that no one would have predicted just a few months ago the former mayor of south been indiana a newcomer to national politics pete 2 digit is leading the pack of 11 candidates former vice president joe biden considered the front runner suffering a setback in 4th place behind me repeat bernie sanders and elizabeth wore 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 version 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 impeachment to the vote in iowa joining me here the big table is rachel rizzo she

is a boston fellow here in berlin and the u.s. politics analyst good to have you back here at the big table and in washington our very own correspondent publisher 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 yeah i mean the public you know what we're hearing more and more

criticism about the that is that the core of the caucus disaster in iowa some people saying we've got too much tech in us elections 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 they're 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've decided for the state's governor in the 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 do paper never. do remember hanging chads from 2000 and be rich when we hear the criticism of too much text in u.s. elections i mean how does that result here in europe with us now live well i think whenever you put the words technology and elections together you think russia you think of the 26000 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's what he 16 you would have thought that they would have practiced $100.00 times extra 420-2040. 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 it so it was it it wasn't tested it wasn't 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 your take on the upset in the results 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 it

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 the problem we have to remind ourselves do the your will is really just the beginning you know 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 and the democratic candidates have already moved on from why what their focus now is in new hampshire while you know this debacle over at the aspen so juan 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 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 although i hope 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 is already started his reelection campaign with the state of the union address on tuesday yet in public you know we know that he's not known for being a 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 he was referring obviously 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 is 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 in 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 speech 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 donald 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 house's

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. 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 a story poverty is plummeting crime is falling confidence is surgery and our country is thriving and highly respected again. i 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 in 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 need one why go he was watching from the gallery the legitimate president of venezuela the best is yet to come thank you but this trauma drew to a close it was what was going on behind him that stole the show nancy pelosi ripping up his speech the bitter feud between the 2 boiling over once again oh yeah and you could not miss that ripping 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 is expected to 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 he 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 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. he didn't mention his only he did not mention the called his crisis you know there were some who expected that he would try to you know rub salt in beer he didn't mention that to me how did you read the missions i mean he didn't mention iowa but he did rail against the democrats problem mentioned before he talked about a potential socialist takeover of the united states' rights so while he maybe didn't mention it by name the. against 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 impeached 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 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 this presidency 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 more about you i mean he's got this is

a long process the pietschmann behind him he's been boosted by what we saw monday in iowa is it stronger. well he's certainly feeling stronger i mean the approval ratings rachel said it there you know they're starting it 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 impeachment focus on the positive things as he sees them such as the economy doing well and 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 i was cleared the acquittal is behind us the 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 regards to his approval rating and the vast majority of republicans actually approve of and what's interesting is that in several polls the number of people who have not yet decided who they would vote for stands 0 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 code 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 us in washington to both of you excellent analysis think you are has been a busy 3 days so far in u.s. politics that you. well 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 until today that kind of deal or that would have been unthinkable in the united states the unthinkable zx there multiply the iowa caucus debacle is an example or consider last night's state of the union address throughout u.s. history presidents have used the speech to execute their role as you night or in

chief consoler in chief president of all united states president trump the great disruptor he has broken that tradition last night trump said nothing about the scourge of gun violence at schools in the us he did however mention the rights of gun owners and then this happened. so long as i am president i will always protect your 2nd amendment right. and reaffirming our words as a free nation we must remember that america has always been a frontier nation and take it there that the man you see there in the gallery the man he was being escorted out is that man is fred who can bear his daughter jamie was murdered 2 years ago in a school shooting in parkland florida and now the president he appeared oblivious

as you see there to what was going on oblivious to his kept promise after parklane to tighten gun controls well today mr gutenberg apologized for his outburst but he also tweeted that he is simply tired of the why is all talk no action while the killing continues this grieving father's search continues for closure for a president with the slogan people 1st for a console or not a disruptor in chief. well the day is almost done the conversation it continues online you'll find us on twitter either at the w. news you can follow me aboard golf t.v. don't forget to use a hash tag the day every member whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

to brothers in slovakia caught between corruption and chaos. money and caution are a businessman accused of hiring a hitman. even kasha a cafe owner fighting for democracy. 2 brothers who couldn't be more different

and their torn country song on drugs. thrown into china's cultural revolution. the red children. born to immigrants who have come to help build a new nation. raised to be loyal to the regime and eventually to the great helmsman mao zedong. until the present kiran is that paris opens that lines. so the truth. jon stewart under mao. in 45 minutes on d w. happiness fears for everyone schumann penises are very different from primates you know we have a totally ridiculous amanda sided view of nature and there can be that this is climate

change crisis sex happiness and pre-book so you get smarter for free to double your books on. the w.'s crime fighters are back to that africa's most successful radio drama series continues all of us odes are available online and of course you can share and discuss on t.w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms to crime fighters to mindanao. oh and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter correct then and we begin in slovakia a country where tensions are running high the head of upcoming parliamentary elections and a country still traumatized by the 2018 killing of

a young investigative journalist probing corruption in high places. on kucha as a business.