that is hoping to run against all drunk cannot afford a repeat of last week's caucus chaos but rising star candidate pete who won in iowa he's hoping to do the same today and then there is billionaire mike bloomberg so wealthy he doesn't need to nations he wasn't even on the ballot last week today he is and polls suggest that this big spender could be a big spoiler i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. i'm saying here. that you don't have to stand while the president united states that nice climate change we have coming in the finals.

i warrant a good old bernie let's just hope he doesn't have a heart attack before the election. we're going to feed the radical socialist democrats are going to do it because you can chant it. also coming up in south africa celebrating and soul searching 30 years ago today nelson mandela walked out of prison on a promise of freedom he kept his word has the nation he left behind done the same. wow that is more and you. did it and it was. a to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day in one of the smallest u.s. states where huge hopes are on the line and on the ballot voters in new hampshire

are going to the polls in a presidential primary that will help determine who among the democratic candidates will win the party's nomination and the right to run against donald trump in november new hampshire is a primary follows last week's iowa caucus is different name a different state but the same goal but new hampshire election officials they are assuring everyone that the counting chaos following the vote in iowa last week will not happen again today 'd and for the candidates in new hampshire could be their last chance to compete stumble and still remain in the race still that applies to joe biden and the club which are and perhaps a lizabeth warm for bernie sanders who won in new hampshire 4 years ago and for political newcomer pete today is about winning winning 1st place. at the donald trump. donald trump.

5. so i hear a lot of republicans tomorrow will vote for the weakest candidate possible of the democrats as that makes as your people would be. my only problem is i'm trying to figure out who is their weakest candidate i think they're all weak the other candidates don't is that don't think they have longevity that bloomberg can can bring to the table i think he has the business sense and i think he is he you know he's the he's going to take on trump i think we have known for people to judge he's . most i feel like he's got the most unifying message and actually working on this campaign has made me a better person so i voted for america i voted for him because i think he brings the right blend of progressive policies that i think are really important but i think he does it in a thoughtful and intelligent way. good old bernie let's just hope he doesn't have

a heart attack before the election. another it's not a laughing matter to join me at the big table as my colleague when blue cross he's following this 1st of many primaries in the u.s. and ok that voter there he was laughing saying you hopes that bernie sanders doesn't have a heart attack bernie sanders did have a heart attack in the voters have not forgotten that he needs new hampshire to deliver for him again doesn't he does i mean i mean if you want to win all the candidates need to have sure to deliver for them i mean it is a neighboring state normally candidates from from the state or neighboring states do pretty well but bernie is far more to the left than your average new hampshire voter let's not forget new hampshire state motto is live free or die that's a fairly strong statement perhaps or is a very libertarian state but it's also older than the average in america it's wealthier than the average american college educated in the average for america really is the outlier when it comes to the united states in general and many of the

other upcoming primaries that we've seen are certainly comparison to iowa and of course here we have a primary where people actually go to a voting booth and vote and not one of these archaic caucuses that we had in iowa and i'm very cautious in going on. former mayor of south bend indiana pete. he was declared the winner of the iowa caucuses he enjoys the most momentum going into this primary but new hampshire as you said is next door to bernie sanders home state of vermont another 1st place finish would be a dream come true for mayor pete. would be a nightmare for bernie sanders oh i don't think so let's also make very clear that he did judge one in iowa by whisker hairs whisker and fact both parties want to recant this of that state in the a.p. won't declare a winner that's how close it is and then when you're looking at popular vote sanders a very very very well so booted judge it would be it would be perfectly within the reason that we would be perfectly reasonable that put a judge would do well today for all the reasons i just mention that makes but

a judge very attractive to your average new new hampshire resident so not a nightmare scenario that's a bit stronger say for sanders really when it comes to these 1st primaries you need to make a strong showing you don't necessarily need to be 1st place being to make a very strong showing to convince fundraise people who are major donors to you to convince your average voters in the upcoming states and also to convince us the media that you are that you are worth covering and getting new coverage is the new candidate in new hampshire and that is the former new york mayor mike bloomberg he is finance we have to let our viewers know he's financing his campaign out of his own pocket he is which has a double edged sword because that means he's less beholden to special interests and he can make that claim that i'm really you know speaking in your interest or what i really believe as a candidate but of course he's been accused of essential you know buying the buying the election that he's so rich he doesn't need to worry about money there are

basically 2 strategies to win the nomination one that is you spend all of your money in these early states try to pick up as much momentum everyone's favorite word momentum media coverage that inspires donors that inspires them voters to almost discourage voting for anybody else in the later states that's what sanders war and budaj are all doing well or if you have a lot of money and you started late like bloomberg did you forget all these tiny states that really mathematically mean very little if you spend all your money later in the game super tuesday the rust belt states that have big populations. big delegates you hope you rack up the numbers and come time for the convention in the summer you have the sheer numbers regardless what people think of a new hampshire iowa let's talk about bloomberg for a little bit more his stop and frisk policy for new york policemen did you a lot of criticism he was a few he was accused of being a racist but he has apologized for pushing that policy but today an audio recording from 2015 of bloomberg justifying that policy circulating on social media now u.s.

president trump he retreated the audio with the headline bloomberg is a total racist you see it right there trump you can't see it anymore because trump deleted that tweet and it's important to know that trump also supported stop and frisk not so long ago today bloomberg campaign issued a statement after trump deleted his tweet saying that the act of deleting that tweet is the latest example of trump's endless efforts to divide americans with racist appeals and hateful rhetoric. so trump bloomberg there are 2 new yorkers they do not like each other so what does bloomberg what does he mean for the other democratic candidates what does he mean for trump to wealthy very wealthy in new york today although of course trump is now something of a floridian for a time yes i mean of course donald trump is going to make any of those cheap political shots to try to take down candidates donald trump also just tweeted the

other day after those new york city police shootings that he he supported the n.y.p.d. and wants stronger policing and was criticizing the government now the state and city government for not doing enough to defend and support the policing so trump will come down to either side that he thinks might make him look good on any particular day bloomberg or really have to wait and see if his strategy of putting all his eggs in the basket of super tuesday and rust belt states that come after ohio states like that were pays off until that happens bloomberg is not polling very well in any of the states i don't think candidates like sanders and booted judge see him as too much of a threat right now but that doesn't mean that coming down the long way there's a long way to go i think i think the moral the story is this is a very long process and we shouldn't be making a media conclusions or judgments just because i are not going to do hampshire exactly before we run out of time iowa may never caucus again after what happened last week. this could also be the last time that new hampshire gets to open the

primary season would these changes would they mean an improvement in increase in democracy in the u.s. it depends what the what the alternative would be with a solution to be as we've been talking about united states for at least my lifetime something needs to be done with this primary system good doesn't work as unfair it lets small states that are unrepresentative the united states basically choose defacto the candidates who then everyone else is kind of stuck with whether they like them or not and we have only a 2 party system the united states which means if you're a republican you're probably going to vote for the republican candidate if you're a democrat you're poor. oddly enough the democratic candidate even if you don't particularly like them or think they were really the right person but they got chosen months before and a state that either you don't live in and doesn't really represent you so certainly changing something will be better but what that change is that we have to save that the devil you know is part of the definition of 2024 that seems like another world away let's get your 11 campaign at a time for us as always william we appreciate your insights the whole time.

our it's speaking of politics here in germany the party of chancellor angela merkel is still retrenching after the shock announcement by her anointed successor that she plans to step down and already senior members of merkel's conservative c.d.u. party are questioning her timetable for leaving the job as well now on a grid and bauer who is known as a k k says she wants to stay on the job until it is clear who the party would choose to basically replace her and to lead into the next elections but that decision is not due until the end of the year and they wait that long. all right so let's go to some younger political correspondent he joins me now from our parliamentary studios good evening to you simon are we any closer to knowing how the c.d.u.

party is going to get itself out of this crisis of succession who's going to lead it who's going to be the chancellor again today. why though that we are yes brand it's only a day on from this bombshell decision that makes it look as if angle a miracle is going to outlive her own political success that was supposed to be a cake a now i k k has a plan she says wait till the next party cone grass then pick a new leader and that person can also be appointed the candidate to succeed nicole when that time finally comes only problem is that the annual party congress will be held in december a lot of people are saying that's way too long it lead to stagnation and confusion something has to be done earlier and this battle is going on at the same time as a battle for the soul of the christian democrat party there are plenty people saying they want to pull away from merkel's sort of soft fuzzy policies as many of

them see it pushed further to the right get tough on immigration and many other areas so all of that is going on it's a really crucial time for this party and a lot of people are saying you know we can't wait for months and months with uncertainty and another thought brant if i may yangon america is a really hard act to follow she's been. 14 years she's instantly recognizable figure on the world stage she's been on the cover of time magazine and you know it's hardly surprising that they're struggling a bit to find somebody to fill those shoes i think we should say that just balance and we know that germany is going to take over the presidency of the e.u. this year how are they going to be able to push ahead with a reform agenda for europe where they've got a lame duck chancellor and now

a lame duck leader of the conservative c.d.u. party. it could be really tricky when bolin sneezes brussels catches a cold as my colleague in brussels was just saying to me and you know the european council president say that germany will be holding from july on woods you know could be really important they want to press ahead with a lot of policies on the environment the european green deal but also on strengthening europe's asylum procedures and its external borders there's a lot of important stuff but that'll make it overshadowed obviously if there are these wranglings and. let me just switch gears for a 2nd here let's talk politics in tech. you know a big announcement tonight that the conservatives have agreed on their position when it comes to 5 g. 5 g. networks and building those and that position means they will not exclude the chinese 5 g.

equipment maker who weigh what effect is that going to have politically i mean it looks like a a gamble for any party that says we're going to do business with who way. well indeed i mean sensibly what it does is open the way for legislation to go through the bonus tog the palm and all that see the telecom security but it what it really does is put germany on a collision course with the united states very worried about huawei and chinese potential influence or even espionage through telecoms infrastructure so you know the people are calling for even tougher checks and sanctions against companies that are keys to spying but that may not be enough to satisfy a skeptics in washington all right now who correspondents i mean young on the story for us tonight here in berlin simon as always thank you for. remembering when mandela's walk to freedom began today february the 11th marks the

day 30 years ago when the south african apartheid government released an elson mandela from prison but now these are those iconic images from 3 decades ago mandela and his wife winnie walking through the crowds with their fists raise mandela was in prison for 27 years he was 71 years old when he finally felt freedom but age did not diminish his commitment to ending apartheid and establishing majority rule he went on to become south africa's 1st democratically elected president. was a day one of those to follow in mandela's footsteps south african president cyril ramaphosa he honored the father of the free south african nation from the balcony of cape town city hall he echoed a speech by mandela delivered at 30 years ago today a speech which ramaphosa said birth to the nation today after 3 decades of rule

by the african national congress mandela's party south africans can celebrate but there is also a need for so search. millions of our people continue to live in poverty millions of people especially young people i'm employed the divide between the haves and the have nots continues to widen we must intensify our efforts to make good on the promise made by my dba and his generation of leaders why has that been done apartheid ended with the 1st free elections in south africa in 19044 years after mandela's release it marked the 1st stages of reversing decades of racist policies and there is still work to be done our next report takes us to an area of cape town known as district 6.

an emotional stroll down memory lane as a child. used to play in the streets but on the 11th of february 966 the apartheid regime declared his multi-racial neighborhood in cape town a whites only area 50000 people were forcefully evicted about 300 meters from here our house and i can still see the day when the group. of people came to my kid and fall there and told him that he had to move. thousands of families were up rooted and scattered in the outlying townships of cape town after apartheid ended in 1904 new laws allowed for distribution but only a few families were taken back to district 6 shaheed a chat is the community spokesman he feels the government simply wasn't up to the task they didn't have the necessity skills you know the new you know that acquired

manpower nor the infrastructure and most of all although there was money the money was squandered. in 2018 legal representatives for some of the families led by show he took the government to court and won the court ordered the government to build 950 homes and relocate the families by 2024 because he never thought he would be able to go home to district 6 and despite the law not ruling not everything is resolved. the trauma. is there it happened already so long fixed even though we're moving back to the cities this trauma will never will never leave you who still need him because he was part of a neuron is more optimistic for the future.

family. apartheid has left scars all over south africa most visibly in the on equal distribution of land if done right the decision to finally allow district 6 residents to return home could be a step to healing past injustices. so for more on this anniversary i'm joined tonight here at the big table by the south african journalist and author and least surfin to you know me it's good to see you again we want to remind our viewers of the gives us the story before but you were in south africa today 30 years ago tell me what you remember about just the atmosphere when he was released mandela was released while i was actually inside wait here because we expected him to be released and say wait till we unhook 24 hours before he would be cape town and i was in the street where he lived with some of his neighbors in the lounge and when he walked out on those screens i mean people were screaming they were crying. it

was just this amazing atmosphere and i think for the 1st time ever black people felt empowered it was such a magic moment and and people were sort of in some ways not believing it and it just like this party went on till he came back to sit which are then 2 days later and they knew that he was going to be released. partly because of the work of your father your father was also a journalist and he had the scoop he was in touch with mandela mandela had told him that that he was in talks with the government and that he was going to be released i mean this was a huge huge development and your father reported that so you've really almost had a front row seat to this change yes very much very much so and it's also like you know mandela shrewd politician in some ways also using the pris sending a message to my father what

a well known journalist at that knowing he could pick it. apart that context that he wanted to story to come out that he is in talks and he had at that point been in talks for 3 years with the south african government apartheid government and no one knew it. like this was still maybe a few people in maine seeing knew that but it was very much still top secret and it would have been wishful thinking for a lot of people and there's a lot of wishful thinking still going on today when people look back on what was promised 30 years ago and what is reality today why would you say that a lot of the goals and dreams from back then why haven't they been realized. i think people and is to me to do maybe we just want to underestimate it at that magic moment then the legacy of a process how deep the divisions in society amongst the races read and

like it will take another $12.00 generations before we would overcome it but we thought like in a no and then i was free and now we can be one happy family and forget about the pause and the balls to think of caught up with us because today race is a bigger issue in south africa than it was when he was tell me about that how does it manifest itself. i think it's a new generation saying you know we was sort of may be. cooked out of us of what should have been our sort of frightful legacy you know why are black people still poorer than white people why didn't we have jobs. inequality it's it's one of the most in equal societies in the wolves and the. seeds are they

being held responsible for for this the way you think they should be held responsible i think we don't have a civil society is certainly holding them says no but the opposition parties in south africa are still too weak to hold in responsible of the leaves he is getting weaker and a.n.c. is getting weaker and that on the other hand you also have a divided and you have a president term of course as in c. and then you still have jacob zuma as a see co-existing and i think all that problem hasn't been resolved we still have quite a few issues and there's this old we've got 30 seconds i want to ask you where will something africa be what kind of country do you think it will be on the 50th anniversary of the release of nelson mandela from prison well i hope it then becomes the rainbow nation if you all dreamed about this a lot of the soul of me for that especially corruption you've got the right attitude that's for sure on the servant he was always on leave it's good to see you

we appreciate you sharing your insights thank you thank you. well the day is almost done a but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at g.w. news you can follow me at brant goff t.v. and don't forget to use the hash tag of the day and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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