the taboos that they dare to break in washington d.c. u.s. president will trump celebrating his impeachment trial acquittal with prayer and accusing his opponents of using god against him and here in germany a pariah political party becomes a kingmaker a royal embarrassment for chancellor angela merkel a move by her own party a move that she calls on forgivable i'm for golf in berlin this is the day. it was a bad day for democracy. is not this matter is inexcusable to counter the threats need democratic majorities. we do not accept mature he's achieved with help from the amish. and to unstick stream us on the right and left. the result must be an unknown. and examine

it did not are not and will not cooperate with the safety of the it. also coming up there given the choice but to suffer for the rest of their lives are you an effort to stop the practice of female genital mutilation. but i had my daughter's cut because i was afraid of my mother's influence. but you can see her picture there she said if you don't have it done to your daughter's death prayers won't be hurt. so you put it. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with 2 unprecedented moments in politics one american one german today in eastern germany a controversial state premier resigned just a day after being elected with the help of

a far right extremist party that party is the a f d every mainstream party including german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives has refused to consider any government that could include the a d. well yesterday a taboo was broken in what became an unprecedented 24 hour hold on power it happened in the eastern state of the range thomas kemo face was elected state premier in a deal that included support from the. that deal also included the chancellor's conservative c.d.u. party when chancellor merkel found l. and she reportedly called the arrangement inexcusable to marriage today resigned saying that should help remove the stain that was created by doing business with the far right. and joining me here the big table is my colleague on your call she's one of our political correspondent she's also from the range here were all of this happened on you you covered elections there in the last october the elections that

have yet to produce the government in that state how surprised were you i have to say i was really surprised i did not see it coming at all what we didn't know right after the election was that it would be very hard to form a coalition government in the state of georgia because simply because the elections haven't didn't bring any clear majority vote the city you and democrats conservative in turn into had ruled out right from the beginning to collaborate in any way with the fall right and i'm i was really surprised that they did not keep to that promise what. would you think when you found out 24 hours ago that he was going to do this i was extremely surprised because the a. special a 50 could use you could say it's one of the most extreme groups within the a 50 of the one in 7 days so i would never have imagined that these city you would

collaborate in any way with that kind with that specific group of 50 you know that we want to take a look now at the i mean that party has established itself in all of germany's state parliaments meanwhile extremist tendencies they are becoming clear especially in the range of the party is dominated as we just heard by aggressively nationalist we take a look. it is the party leader entering he's pushing the far right party even farther to the right that's the divisions within the party itself but they could lead the public face of the party and its internal tensions have passed frequently march alongside well known right wing extremists nevertheless he's been a member of the 2 engine parliament since 2014 if the politicians have won seats in all german state parliaments it's the biggest opposition party in the bundestag where its members often provocative. means our work us book as it

heads cover girls and men was nice living off benefits and other good for not seeing are we not secure our prosperity economy grows and in particular the welfare states. migrants particularly muslim migrants are the main targets of the f.t. which started out as a euro skeptic party the emphasis on migration issues has won over many voters big tent parties like c.d.u. and s.p.d. under more and more pressure especially in eastern germany where the a.f.p. has won up to 28 percent of the vote in recent elections it's increasingly difficult to farm polish and without the far right party but it's a different story at the national level the recent surveys show that if the next federal election was held today the f.t. would only end up with about 14 percent of voters in any case all party leaders in the bundestag have ruled out cooperation with the of the nation white meanwhile into injure a significant faction of their own hook associates within the a.f.p. is shifting even further to the right the question is how far will they go.

how far could go and yet mean what we're seeing in this small eastern state of is it something that could be replicated in other states across the country or 1st of all we have to keep in mind of the a of 50 has established itself in every state parliament. let's talk so technically this would be possible bob as we just heard in the report the tends to be stronger gets you more votes in the former communist part of the country in the eastern states of the country so enjoy used to be part of this communist region but i think what's also quite remarkable is that it took only hours after those after that election people went out and took to the streets and demonstrated against it now you have to keep in mind the range it's a pretty small state. feel it's far way no big towns in that

state no cosmopolitan centers so going out and demonstrating spontaneously is not something that is not on the daily basis they are ok it's a rather unusual so i was really surprised to see that even in small towns people would go and take to the streets and i thought that was quite remarkable and you know with remind ourselves and our viewers the right now in the german federal parliament they are the war just opposition group in parliament so what we saw could it have consequences at the federal level i think that it already did it because as i said the city you only have to pee into ringette broke their promise not to collaborate with the dia think that damaged their credibility also on the federal level and keep in mind that both are going to the chancellor and i'm going to come on the leader of the christian conservatives the c.d.u. did not approve off that election i'm going to come come and go and try to intervene to make sure that this will not happen well it still happened and i think

it shows us that that might not have complete control over the party at all times if there's an obvious disconnect there in that party for sure and you call as always on your we appreciate your insights and your reporting thank you. is a practice that usually causes wife long physical and psychological damage female genital mutilation it consists of the partial or total removal of a girl's external. and is most prevalent in africa the arab world but the united nations says it's also a problem here in europe our next report takes us to france to meet a group of women fighting to stop the practice and the pain. fatima john her daughter son amata enjoy preparing food for their extended family some cousins live with them and friends often stop by they enjoy having an open

house. making yaffa it's an african dish that's eaten in the sun have especially in mauritania mali and above all in senegal. right now cooking is one of the traditions she holds dear from her country of origin mauritania but there are other traditions that she strongly rejects. me. i was cut. my 3 oldest daughters. i know that my 2nd daughter had complications when she gave birth. but i had my daughter's cut because i was afraid of my mother's influence. you can see her picture there she said if you don't have it done to your daughters their prayers won't be heard.

working as a midwife in mauritania in the 1980 s. turned her against the practice. i've met many women who've suffered from fistula or incontinence they couldn't hold back their urine anymore they have to change their clothes all the time there are even some who have become completely isolated . when fatima joc came to france as a political refugee in the 1990 s. she started her campaign against female genital mutilation she founded an association that campaigns for women's rights in communities where the tradition is still accepted she's also part of a european network the lobbies members of the european parliament to take a more active stance against it her daughter solemn ata has also joined the effort. i was lucky not to be affected by f. g.m. i grew up in france and i think the question never came up for me but people around

me people i know are affected by it in my community even in my family that's why i feel it's important to fight against it. sell a model and her cousin a launching a youtube channel about the risks of f g m. hello to all and welcome to the you tube channel purple chair my name is hala. f g m is illegal in france and the rest of the e.u. still there are as many as 125000 survivors of the practice in france alone john are confident about the impact of their outreach. to the alliance for this is an act of violence done to small girls who've done nothing wrong maybe it'll follow them until their death that's not good whatever happens i know this is a fight i will continue. and i won't give up before i see concrete results.

well for more now i'm joined by flavia when you go over from the in geo equality now and she campaigns against female genital mutilation for years good to have you on the program you know this is a this is a difficult subject to talk about but it has nothing to do with with sexuality or with sex does it this is all about since reason centuries of men thinking that this is what you do to have control over women how do you how do you change that when you talk to people who could be possible victims of this. thank you very much for having me on the program indeed as you rightly put it it's a centuries old practice and that is one that is really deeply rooted in genting and of course they show. issues around controlling women's sexuality

so that for me the very critical starting point to india whenever we are trying to address this is because if we do not really address the root causes of why it's happening in the past and it means all other interventions not really yielded much and unless we talk with the social norms and the substructure and it is gender equality violence against. elections and what does it look like when you are let's say for example here in europe in france where there are story was put together when you're when you're talking to women because women are the ones who actually perform this practice on young girls or women and what do you what is what do you say to these women explain to me the process of actually trying to to change the way they think. i think the 1st thing is of course just understanding that the basis of it why is this happening and also appreciating

that female genital mutilation where you took as much as yours is a saying that we meant that biggest constituency in terms of who is actually coming of this i think it's important to underscore they should around. where is the choice or does it mean to not have to not undergo this practice how does a woman or girl featured in a community or society for that and so the issue is really to address everyone in the community that we men and every every one of the community because if a woman has a choice if she's not able to perhaps attend meetings of. other women in the get what the market except opportunity public events etc simply because you've got her children were not able to get married and things like that so it's important that we actually address it or at least equally and and be able to tackle this issue from a very old wide perspective and approach all the members of the set and not just limited to the women as much as the gender inequality is but be treated by.

brought up i think. not just that women but as you lessons that will problem for me what about the men i mean when you talk to men who are are are the men are they the biggest hindrance here in stopping this practice. i hesitated to look at it from a man we meant by suspected by look at agenda which is a system as an organizing of how society functions so well. basically i think this is the more reach out to be generally quality it's really. that those values if i leave that to dr to check and dr j. so i would say that you put some sometimes we find that a man does not want. children for example to be cut but find that their woman is pushed because it's a sure out thank you short on your social club so for people this is.

a time for a product of that men and of course the women who are trying to also get what you see from god such a social social privileges or a way of doing things so yes when a critical agents of change weight comes to. the brothers and even the leaders so are the event but when it comes to men to force the discussion around fitch alkie of course is largely populated by men at the biggest beneficiaries of the same system but it's also critical to look at them was also agents of change in our lives in the process yeah agents of change that's right very important to know them and to reach them flavia when go if you have with the in geo equality now joining us tonight from brussels lobby we appreciate your time and wish you all the best with your work it's important work thank you thank you for having me have a lovely and thank you. we were treated unbelievably unfairly russia russia russia it was all bush so

we had a camp a little did we know we were running against some very very bad and evil people we thought after the election would stop but it didn't it just started with a fake jesse ace should be ashamed of themselves today stay knew that we were totally innocent but they kept it going but this is what the end result is. there you heard of the u.s. senate would have acquitted president donald trump on both charges of impeachment the senate dominated by the president's fellow republicans voted to clear him of charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress the acquittal in the bid by democrats in the house of representatives to convict and alst truong from office it is therefore ordered and it judged that the said donald trump b. and he is here by acquitted of the charges in said articles bruised but ultimately

unscathed donald trump is free to remain in office thanks to a predominately republican senate which brought some end democrats hopes of seeing him from the white house senate has voted in favor of acquittal on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress only one republican senator voted to oust the president and leader of his own party mitt romney of utah a former presidential candidate himself who crossed the political aisle to convict the president on one charge abuse of power were i to ignore the evidence that has been presented. and disregard what i believe my oath and the constitution demands of me for the sake of a partisan end it would i fear expose my character to history's rebuke as republican senate to celebrate today slim significant victory of that democratic counterparts protesters gathered outside washington d.c. capitol building to make that disappointment known. i think it's

disgraceful i think it's clear that trump was guilty it's clear that he would be used with power as the result brings to an end a trial that has deeply divided the u.s. and leads the president free to focus on gaining a 2nd term in office november's election will be the 1st in history to include an impeached president on the ballots. well this is the image that the u.s. president presented to the world today the same pose was captured when arrived at the national prayer breakfast this morning it was troubles 1st public speech after his acquittal wednesday by the u.s. senate the impeached president took aim at the only republican senator who voted to convict trump mitt romney from utah all now this is what romney said after the verdict was delivered yesterday as a senator juror i swore an oath before god to exercise impartial justice i knew from the outset that being tasked with judging the president the

leader of my own party would be the most difficult decision i have ever faced i was not wrong i'm sure to hear abuse from the president and his supporters. does anyone seriously believe. that i would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before god demanded of me. you know what those consequences are coming apart in strong romney leaned on his faith to lean out against his own party now i'd like for you to listen to how the u.s. president characterized romney's reliance on his religion i don't like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong nor do i like people who say i pray for

you when they know that that's not so so many people have been hurt and we can't let that go on so that's the message from president trump today his 1st opportunity to speak to the nation about his acquittal compare that to what former president bill clinton said in 1999 following his own acquittal at the end of his own impeachment trial. now that the senate has fulfilled its constitutional responsibility. bringing this process to a conclusion. i want to say again to the american people. how profoundly sorry i am. for what i said and did. to trigger these events in the great burden they have imposed on the congress and on the american people. and what stands out today in 2020 with that reminder from

1999 president trump does not say he's sorry his version to apologizing is well documented in fact his resentment is part of his identity as a mayor culpa of any sort is anti-trust and that appears to be history now contrast that to the german chancellor angela merkel when she learned today that her own conservative party had broken a taboo by entering a deal with a far right party in a regional action she called that move and forgivable in other words you've done something for which saying i'm sorry we're not be enough to fix the result that deal fell apart today why is this all important and with the words that leaders use and western democracies they are instruments of power they also influence our moral compass and tonight that compas well the needs recalibrating this

is what trumps sun done jr posted today on instagram after his father's verdict was announced a photo of mitt romney with the message mom jeans because you were a i can't say the word here on television but you know what that word is. at the beginning of this week we reported that the western world is asking what has happened to our democracy when the events of this week demand an addition what has happened to our democracy and our decency. the legendary oscar winning actor kirk douglas he has died at the age of 103 he made his name in hollywood's golden age of movie making him was one of the biggest box office stars of the 1950 s.

and sixty's his son the actor mike douglas announced the news of his father's passing saying to the world he was a legend but to me and my brothers he was simply de. in film as in life he was the underdog who refused to take things down cut douglas his most famous moment was asked and. do that a slave revolts in the 1960 movie spots a cuss i was like champion trying to punch my way to success. you see george it was easy for me to. say a line like. i don't want to be you hear you on my life. i want to hear people call me mr. the son of russian jewish immigrants douglass sport hard to reach the top even working as a 1st round wrestler to pay for acting lessons he appeared in more than 80 films and his cleft chin became his trademark ductless enjoyed playing villains and

characters on the edge after being nominated 3 times he was finally given an oscar award for lifetime achievement in 1996 or you and i thank you a touching tribute from his son actor michael douglas dad i love you so much and i'm so proud to be your son the last hero of hollywood's golden age has passed away at the age of 103. what a life when the day is almost done the conversation continues online to find us on twitter you can follow me aboard got t.v. don't think you can use the hashtag newday and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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