this is e.w. news live from berlin and donald trump turns his fury on his enemies after a u.s. senator threw out the impeachment charges against him the president hailed his acquittal says he suffered a terrible deal and promised the trial just grates. and german politics rocks via scandal involving the far right the premier of the eastern estate's ephedrine steps down a day off to being elected with the help of extremist.

on hand on free glad you could join me he was president donald trump has been addressing the nation a day off to he was acquitted at his impeachment trial on a wednesday your make is in the republican controlled senate found trump not guilty all the abuse of power on obstruction he was alleged to have with withheld military aid to ukraine to benefit his own reelection campaign speaking from the white house president trump said that he was the victim of a long and corrupt process that we've been going through this now for over 3 years and it was evil it was corrupt it was dirty cops. it was leakers and liars and this should never ever happen to another president ever. i don't know that other presidents would have been able to take it some people said no they

wouldn't but i can tell you at a minimum. you have to focus on this because it can get away very quickly no matter who you have with you you can get away very quickly it was a disgrace. well for more on the president's speech and what is now a pivotal post impeachment pre-election period for the united states i'm joined by . washington. judging by the president's speech any lessons learned from this impeachment trial. certainly doesn't appear so helena it's an incredibly triumphant speech i say incredibly because president still speaking out the at the moment he's reiterated time and time again that he is innocent and he spoke once again of a word that we've become quite familiar with which is a witch hunt and he thanked you know the republican party he thanked his legal team his wife his family it was also quite interesting to hear some of what he had to say mr ridge one or 2 of the quotes he said that this is really not

a news conference it's not a speech he said it's not anything it's just sort of a it's a celebration he said and he said that i've done things wrong in my life i'll admit but this is what the end result is he also had some very harsh words for mitt romney of course a republican who voted. with the democrats in the impeachment trial and also surprisingly very harsh words for the leader of the house of representatives. said the democrats top politician of course nancy pelosi who has been mentioned time and time again in this speech which i said is still happening at the moment i mean you point out who's probably that speech is still ongoing but with regards to the acquittal is the american public satisfied with that result. it depends of course when you speak to because this is a deeply divided country now what's interesting and president trying to set it in his in his celebration as he's calling it is that his approval ratings are in fact

the highest they've been since he took office back in 2017 now the majority of that approval is coming from republicans standing over 90 percent approval democrats on the other and are not very satisfied but you know maybe it doesn't come as a surprise i'm bored of course if you hear what the democrats have to say and it's interesting to hear of course as i mentioned before nancy pelosi the top democrat she spoke earlier today and i think it's best if we hear from her now. and pretty hard for him because he's so off the track of our constitution our values our country the care our children breathe the water they drink and the rest he really needed repairs so he can say whatever he wants and say very once but i do pray for him and i do so sincerely speaker of the house then the top democrat

that how do the democrats dust themselves off pick themselves up after this one i mean do we know what their strategy will be now. well they they basically have to divide the divide themselves and they have to decide are we going to continue investigating president trump because there are investigations into him that are ongoing or are they going to concentrate on the issues that are affecting the american public such as health care such as go in control let's not forget of course this is an election year now with regards to the investigation you know president trump at the end of the day he's come out of the motor pro but now this impeachment trial essentially unscathed so you know the democrats have a very tough decision to make but of course time will tell and it's been a very good week for them because of course there is this whole debacle with regards to decision. which is is really not helping matters in the party at the moment and also what is really great to help them is once we know who

exactly will be the presidential candidate but we have quite a while to wait until that's actually decided because it'll come in the summer right plenty of issues there in the mix our washington correspondent for the las there as that speech from president trump continues after the acquittal for him in his impeachment trial thanks a lot for we are not asis. the world health organization is calling for most 700000000 dollars to help fight the coronavirus it says that the money is needed to help countries that do not have systems in place to combat the virus meanwhile the death toll is approaching 600 more than 28000 people have now been infected with china's capital beijing is not at the center of the outbreak that correspondent he is putting on streets and squares deserted as the government attempts to bring the disease under control. a rare sight in the dry winters of beijing the

gate to the forbidden city covered in snow a few people have come out to take in this spectacle but getting inside is out of the question just like almost all publicly solidities beijing's most famous historic site remains closed thank you to it's good that the government took these measures we support them we depreciate even strength to measure is your. business activity has largely come to a halt across much of the capital this is usually a bustling commercial street lots of souvenir shops knock shops tourists who visit beijing usually come to spend time here today i'm the only one. every day human interaction has become suspicious this shop asked its customers to stay outside and communicate their needs from the outside. some pharmacies take the same approach everyone is wearing. because the younger it's a national emergency we stand together for one hour standing together should not be

taken literally residential complexes keep strangers out in this compound visitors have to register with their id the guards look for the place of birth who are overweight people can't get any even if they live here they'll be quarantined. people from who province where the virus originated are to be isolated in this hotel discrimination against them is now rampant. at the entrance to the subway system the mandatory temperature. at the same site as everywhere in the city lots of space. trains are running as usual routes the passengers were in. this circle i met some of beijing's most patient in the shopping area as the railway station. they. wouldn't believe it.

beijing has reported less than $300.00 cases so far but fear here has spread much faster than the virus ever could. when a scandal over the involvement of a fall right in a normally obscure regional election has shaken german politics to the core now the right wing extremist alternative germany party helped install a liberal premier in eastern state of state or in jail he's now been forced to stand down after widespread condemnation for the affair is seen as having broken a to do against mainstream german parties cooperating with the far right in government. just 24 hours after becoming state premier thomas keneally announced his resignation. we will be requesting new elections in order to rid the stain of a hefty support from the office of state primary this mr president.

to pressure the proven 2 great candidates found himself on the front page of almost every german newspaper the election of the free democrat politician with the help of the far right a hefty had set off a political earthquake the shock waves reverberated all the way to south africa where the visiting and numerical made her position clear. up the power as this was foreseeable it must be said that this is unforgivable and that's why the result must be reversed. there would. be people come of age had been the head of the smallest party in the state parliament his election by lawmakers was only made possible with votes from the a.f.p. and anglo-american c.d.u. party in the state. for the 1st time in german post-war history a far right party was kingmaker. the handshake between the new state premier

and their india's 50 chief b.n. hooker left many disgusted the head of his left party through have ok of flowers that come on the street during the inauguration of the party's join the chorus of criticism. is this activism inacceptable breach of the should be elected state premier with the votes especially with a vote of mr. go. to a concert again with a very clear goal that he has good. enough to enter into a joint alliance and the next states prime minister president in vienna. within hours of the vote people had gathered all over germany to protest. demonstrations continued into thursday with protesters standing against fascism i'm rejecting the state premier who made it into office with the help of the far right.

well to unpick this story i'm joined here in the studio by d.w. political correspondent emmanuel shaz emmanuel this story has quite a few twists and turns the latest big now that the free democrats say they want to dissolve the state parliament what would that mean well thomas cameras to a new elected premier of already say that he was stepping down and he called for new elections but the damage has already been done in the sense that the red line has been crossed traditionally traditional parties just don't cooperate with the far right that's the line they crossed both for democrats and the conservatives by enabling. the far right of the if they to support a free democrats now what's happening next that will be new elections there were bound to happen anyway because thomas cameron it's a would have benefited from the support of any party save the if the. in the ranger and the results might be surprising because people have seemed out to be so the

shock waves sent to germany so people taking to this trade so the results of new elections might have some surprises for traditional parties but not positive surprises because there's a clear breach of trust there one thing that i've been wondering about is that now we've seen the democrats come out and say this talking about you know the parliament being dissolved turning their back on the a.f.d. within you know the space of what 24 hours something like that why haven't we seen the c d c do you say can we expect them to well there have been some strong reactions from the city opposed to the general secretary of the city who had called for a new elections as early as yesterday and i'm going to america have been silent up until today but she didn't use very strong language she said it was unforgivable what happened yesterday she said it was inexcusable a bad day for democracy she called it and she said something must be reversed so she took a clear position and she repeated her vote to never corporate with the far right that being say see the entire injure and had never hidden the fact that they wanted

to prevent a left party to ever be in charge again and 3 inches in a space at the end of the day especially for international viewers we're talking about a state election but i can't help wonder whether this could then have consequences on a federal level well it's already has because it hasn't covered in a way the underlying tensions brode by defying the far right is fairing pretty well here in germany at the moment and whatever the outcome now this is a success for the a of the for the far right because there where they wanted to have the old parties to force what they call the old parties to collaborate with them so a lot of soul searching to do for traditional parties here in germany tonight indeed d.w. political correspondent in many ways shows thanks so much. well you are watching news from biden coming up next business news africa with ben visit in the can was given aces news and information around the clock on our website that is. going on

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