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congress has agreed that president trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from germany must be reversed that's just one of the provisions of the final draft of the national defense authorization act which congress still has to vote on and the president has already threatened to veto i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. so we're going to be reducing our forces in germany some will be coming home and some will be going to other places as ever we can't say what the plans are whether they exist at all i'd like to try my important during the next couple of months. to have any. earth shaking changes or as i think of 3 new american leadership with you those dates back to the head in favor but of course the u.s. presence in germany just for the whole nato i'm letting him know that america is

back we're going to back him again. also on the day it's crunch time again and post press that negotiations between britain and the european union this weekend could be crucial oh not we had expected . a fast process of negotiation it's that the 1st time we thought that we would we will have a clear time each for the end of the decision we will see what would happen in the next. welcome to the day we start in the u.s. where lawmakers in congress are preparing to block president trump's order to withdraw u.s. . troops from germany in july the pentagon announced it would pull out about a 3rd of u.s. troops based here but in a rare example of bipartisanship the final version of the annual defense bill

support see continued presence of u.s. forces in germany and requires a full impact assessment to be carried out before any troops are withdrawn the package of measures still has to be voted on for now it looks like all $34.00 and a half 1000 u.s. troops in germany will be staying put for a while longer here the defense bill before the u.s. congress puts a 4 month hold on plans to withdraw american forces news that was welcomed in berlin. but this is we are glad that there appears to be agreement between republicans and democrats in washington on revisiting this decision we will certainly discuss this with the new american administration in jew course that's right but and i'm like. they should. president donald trump announced the surprise withdrawal in july a punitive measure against germany who the president clients is delinquent in his nitrate payments. he's planned to reduce american forces stationed in germany 12000

troops beyond that the details are unclear. it's just whether or not they stay in germany or whether they are moved to other places in certain instances so bad has been well it has been put forward but it certainly will be open for another administration to look at mr president analysts expect president elect joe biden to reverse all or at least part of trump's plans u.s. lawmakers are also wary of the impact on already strained u.s. german taz. yet we're now seeing congress taking up the matter and questioning the purpose of the withdrawal the u.s. wants to define its national interests but it also wants to keep germany as a strong. the cost and logistical complexity of relocating thousands of u.s. troops may also persuade washington to leave them where they are well jeff rath is

the president's half a american institute for contemporary german studies at johns hopkins university he joins us from washington d.c. welcome to think of the u v the national defense authorization act it's a huge a piece of legislation which covers a lot of areas some of which we might touch on tonight but let's start with a space 36000 troops here in germany what was it about president chum's desire to bring u.s. troops home that was able to unite such a fractious congress. well thank you for having me you know that the the congress is united because they had deep misgivings about the the impulses behind president trump's decision you know that the number is 34500 in the legislation that you've described and there's nothing magical about the number 34500 but if you're going to change it there needs to be a strategic rationale there needs to be consultation with allies there needs to be

an explanation to congress and none of that happened the 1st time that donald trump brought up the idea to reduce the troop numbers and so that's what the congress is now requiring of of any administration before it makes any changes to the to that forward deployment so it's interesting to question the status quo i mean what is the argument for a wealthy sovereign nation like germany subcontracting its defense to the united states. well i wouldn't say germany is sub contracting its defense to the united states germany is part of a multilateral defense alliance nato and it has all of its forces integrated within nato the united states is in europe in part to deter russia and to fulfill nato's most important obligations but it's also there to help strengthen the

troops of allied forces to train with them to ensure that they are a cohesive fighting force if there is ever a need for them to to deal with hostilities so you know germany is not relying on the united states to provide for all of its defense instead it is working alongside the united states in a symbiotic relationship that's been pretty beneficial to both sides for you know the last several decades in august my pompei of a secular state assigned to deal with poland to redeploy some u.s. troops from germany there so what would happen to vote deal if congress scraps president trumps germany plan. well that's a good question to the law that is just been laid on the table and should be voted on next week it focuses on germany but it doesn't actually mention anything about poland by name so all we know based on this act would be that the united

states would have to present a strategic rationale to congress and would have to wait 4 months before making any changes now any significant changes a consolidation of facilities and headquarters is a huge undertaking and in your piece adding this up made that clear it would cost a lot of money it would take time it would require political and other kinds of permission so you know this doesn't in danger the change in american presence in poland it might make it a little slower to be realized but but it doesn't stop the united states from carrying out to the changes in poland which really would have meant adding about a 1000 troops or so to the existing number that the united states already has there that can still happen. and interestingly president trump has already threatened to veto the and e w but not because of the u.s. troops in germany but because of dead confederate generals and social media so just

because you just took a survey that the those couple of things that appear to be puzzling the president. right well so the the the n.d.a. would set up a process for renaming u.s. military bases that as you said are named after former confederate officers that would take place over 3 years and you know it's a complicated process. the president is opposing this move it's really a little hard to tell why frankly because you know republicans are are willing to vote for this act as it's written as far as we can tell and so he seems to be you know willing to die on this hill but there aren't too many people who are willing to die with them when it comes to the social media issue you know it revolves around a provision of us totally different piece of legislation that insulates social

media companies from you know libel suits and other liability for things posted on their on their platforms. no one sees this in any relation to the national defense authorization act so you know there's there's no enthusiasm in the congress to start mixing up these issues and it's now a question of whether the president is going to you know carry out his threat to veto the law and then everyone is going to be watching early next week to see what the majorities are in the congress because if they pass with bipartisan support they might indeed have a veto proof majority which would be kind of a capping you know irony at the end of donald trump's presidency if he if he had a few tow that could be overturned ok so. vote next week how long depending on the size of the majority of donald trump may or may not be able to to

scupper it. yeah i mean there's nothing that donald trump hates more than losing we've seen that in the way he's been trying to contest the election results over the last several weeks since he was defeated by joe biden and so if he sees that the congress has the votes to overturn a veto he may well you know find some kind of excuse to to avoid that kind of an embarrassment at the end of his presidency because that's very clear thank you for joining us jeff rafi from the johns hopkins university thanks so much. time is running out for the e.u. and the u.k. to reach agreement on the post trade relationship the transition phase smoothing britain's departure from the european union and the end of this year in less than 4 weeks there's no sign of the 2 sides reaching agreement on what happens after that but the talks are continuing and both sides say they're committed to finding

a deal i don't intend to make any prediction our position is clear we want to do and that's why we we have streit this is the very beginning to be a loyal partner in the framework of this difficult but important that the decision . we already all the possible options we what we want to did not at any just of the people talk about fisheries or issues around level playing field you forgive me for the particularly since we're at such a sensitive time this discussion i'm not going into the the precise details of those discussions but you know we are at a critical phase. just to see how you could get a fishery on a level playing field they wus a brussels correspondent matters in speaking with a european parliament former coordinator gave a hofstadter and asked him whether a deal can be reached i don't know i don't know i hope that there will be a deal because i think it's in the interest of both parties to have

a deal in the interest of the europeans and certainly in the interest also ok but you never know so i'm quite optimistic about it i think that what is happening now is quite normal i have never seen in my political career. that a deal was done before the end of the of the time frame i should say before the the limits. of it in member states there are concerns that maybe the u.k. gets to get a deal do you think these concerns are overblown. no but it's what is true that is that you could not have an outcome of these negotiations were the u.k. has the position has an agreement that is more favorable for them than to be a member of the european union you cannot have all the advantages of the european union without the obligations and without paying into the european union that's

impossible you feel there is a risk that this may be the case i think there is a reason that damned by by people in the u.k. to reach a deal that is as good as possible what is normal without having your began she said that is certainly the case for some of them but they think that will never succeed because the european union can never except that a country outside european union is better off. a member states of the european union that is impossible who's to be blamed that we're in this situation now that it's taking until the last moment at the moment of the referendum. johnson and michael gove and all those have said there is no problem we will have a deal like. norway or turkey or at least. with the european union and while they are in fact for the moment negotiating around the table is the last

turkey and certainly less than norway and maybe even less than. so they have told in the past that it was possible without all the difficulties in the negotiations we have today it takes 2 to tango should the you not have made some more concessions i don't see where we could have made more concessions. because when we talk about the playfield it's normal that when you give access to your internal market you are asked that the least the day after live more or less the same rules we are asking that from japan we are asking that from vietnam we are asking that from canada in the future we will oz debt from the united states of america if we conclude a trade deal so what we are doing is quite normal but is it is seen in the u.k. as to their sovereignty so in fact what they want is to have all the

advantages of a free trade deal but not the inconvenience not the obligations not the payments that they have to make and that is for impossible because if we do that yet then we destroy european union thanks a lot for. africa faces some huge challenges when it comes to acquiring and distributing coronavirus vaccines many countries are carrying massive debts and don't have the funds to buy them well this means they could be left behind as countries around the world race to secure their own supplies so 200 countries have launched an initiative aimed at working with pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide fair access to vaccines. but elisa is about to get her 1st covert vaccination she's taking part in biotech pfizer's vaccine trial and you're on a spark wanted to i think you know. she

would not be able to afford the vaccine herself regardless of which vaccines are approved they will cost billions of dollars to purchase and distribute that's money most african countries don't have it's a pipe dream to expect that the entire continent will get the vaccine politicians and doctors insist that africa not be left behind. you to be unfree as an example for 80 percent of the population of germany to be vaccinated but the high risk individuals in south africa and the friend plant health care workers in south africa are not gaining access to the vaccine until a pandemic is bought and we need to bring about that sort of calibration in terms of access to this vaccine for many countries kovacs is their only hope that scene initiative set up by

a $190.00 countries including germany the tourist members are to receive cheaper access to the vaccine so they can vaccinate at least part of their population. through the coverts we aiming to have an initial supply of vaccines to cover. 30 percent of the population so the highest priority group to be covered and we're expecting this will be health care workers and also has already been said the most vulnerable group which is their elderly but money isn't the only concern distribution logistics presents another hurdle for example the biotech pfizer vaccine has to be stored at minus 70 degrees celsius the necessary infrastructure it doesn't even exist hopes lie in the vaccine for master seneca which can be stored at refrigerator temperatures but it must also be paid for and distributed to africa fears it will fall by the wayside. if one part of the. vaccine. becomes. less people from africa.

and. more difficult if. we do not want to live. in many countries the pandemic has triggered and word economic spiral in south africa alone millions have lost their jobs without a vaccine their future looks bleak. pandemic is also. a major. i think at warner brothers for its film releases next year shares in cinema operators nosedived after the studio announced that it would debut 2020 one's u.s. film releases in cinemas and on its streaming service h.b.o. max that's a plot twist that many in the industry say they didn't see coming. unprecedented times call for creative solutions that was how warner brothers executives described

their historic gamble. revealing that they would be releasing their 2021 blockbuster movies in theaters and online similar tediously in a major shakeup for the entertainment industry. for the way it is the latest salvo in the streaming wars which pits warner's video on demand h.b.o. mocks. netflix. plus. film fans welcomed the news h.b.o. is a great company have always liked that. i think that's a great idea for their profit margins i guess so i don't have anything against it i think it's good.

studio executives said the strategy would be in place for just one year offering a glimmer of hope that lucrative box office revenues will return and already hard hit cinema companies plunged you know what it comes back i think people are going to be looking for that kind of a theater experience because quite frankly they already got enough of the home theater experience you know to me. the warner brothers bit marks the beginning of a new chapter for hollywood the question is will it change habits forever. matthews joins us from los angeles welcome k.j. what do you think how big a deal is this. this is massive this is a huge game changer and i know it's having a huge impact because just yesterday

a lot of the stocks for movie theaters they fail people are very concerned that this is changing the way we see films prominently now so people are very very concerned about that a lot of reports saying they don't like it because they love the experience of going into a movie theater having popcorn ordering a hot dog food going out to a date at the movie theater so which is a different experience but we are living in cold it 19 times so this requires a lot of changes and think we should believe one of brothers when they say this movie is just temporary yes and no i'll tell you why it is temporary because remember we are probably a couple months away from having vaccines for a cold at 19 so this was really brought into effect because of the fact that we're living in a global pandemic the global pandemic will not last forever so once movie theaters

start to rebound people will want to get out and go back out to see the movie theater already people are are getting very antsy about staying home and being part of the lock down so i don't think this will last forever however i still do believe that there will be a lot of films being released on streaming platforms you will not see every major motion picture release in the theater even after the global pandemic so as far as the cinemas are concerned they just have to sort of dig in and hope that they can then last the next step few months until people start to come back after the vaccine is out there. yeah you know interestingly a large movie chain here by the name of amc was really a gas and very upset at this decision the sinjar of that company basically said we had agreed with h.b.o. to allow one film to be released in the theater on the string platform but they

were just really taken aback by the fact that h.b.o. max once to release the entire slate in both the theater and on the screen platform and they said they're not in agreement with that that would cause them to lose a tremendous amount of money and they don't see how they could sustain this. going longer than even a year so they're fighting back a summer movie chains are even open yet because of the fact that there are so many love lockdowns all around the country so we'll just have to wait and see but across the board mini movie chains don't like this obviously will cause them to lose millions and millions of dollars ok so we can we can see the want to brothers russia now people are going to cinemas so let's let's push it into their homes but one wonders how was h.b.o. monks performing before this announcement i wonder how much this is about trying to sort of boost that particular platform. that's exactly what this is about this is

about them trying to level the playing field because there are feels like a 1000000 screaming platforms out there and try to make headway keep your head above water with far the competition is hard or very hard so the way to do that is to bring people in by saying look we're going to give you every single new release and guess what it will work lots of people who are not subscribe to h.b.o. max who maybe fisk right to netflix or hulu or amazon are saying you know what it's worth it i pay the $15.00 and come on and i will go ahead and sign up for a film back so they will bring about a lot more subscribers by doing this unfortunately it's at the expense of the the major movie change so briefly case they should we expect of the studios to do this i don't know i was really heart you know there was a filmmaker here on television just the other day and he was saying this really is not sustainable because he was saying that when you make

a film that cost more than $100000000.00 there simply no way to recoup that money it's not sustainable if it only is released on a streaming quote for what people pay $15.00 a month to see a medal to 2 to films it's just not sustainable so they're saying they think this is more of a temporary thing but if you really want to see blockbusters and you really want to get blockbusters to be made they cannot be made and only be released on stream clock ones because there just isn't enough money there so i do think this is temporary and i think it's not need jerk reaction to the gloved hand in it i can't see this being the case and 20232024. as ever and statements journalistic a.j. . and i thank you. i'm not whilst but i am a good. high

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