this is coming to you live from the u.s. president recorded trying to change an election result. and there's nothing wrong with it thank god you know. 2 that you agree councilman. chris is the election official in the state of georgia saying he needs to quote find more but the president still refuses to concede the election won by his democratic rival joe biden also coming up german chancellor angela merkel's government under fire for its brand of ira strategy despite tougher restrictions infections remain high and

vaccinations for all to a sluggish start. plus julia finds out soon if you'll be extradited to the u.s. there this week the leaks founder faces 175 years in prison if convicted espionage charges. hello i'm terry barton good to have you with us a recording has emerged to present a whole trial apparently pressuring a state election official to change the outcome of the november ballot the washington post has released audio of a phone call in which trump expresses his frustration with what he calls voting irregularities and then tells georgia's secretary of state he needs to quote find more votes democratic rival president elect joe biden won the state of georgia by a slim margin. 2 months after his election defeat donald

trump is still hoping to reverse the voters' verdict the us president has long refused to concede the race citing unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud now there's evidence the trump pressure to georgia's top alexion official to alter the state's results. well all i want to do is as i use one of. 11780 loans which is one more that we have because we want to say the people of your you're angry at the people because you're raving and there's nothing wrong with saying that you know. 2 2 2 that you've recalculated well mr president determines that you have is the day that you have. trump suggested that prophets parker a republican could face prosecution for refusing to cooperate. you know what they

did and you're not reporting and that's as you know that's a criminal that's a grant of the fans and you know you can't let that happen that's that's a big risk do you want to ryan your lawyer and that's a big risk trumps comments drew swift condemnation from the incoming administration and. most certainly then and it was. any. how or why the president of the united. comes at a crucial moment for the state of georgia and the nation on tuesday millions of georgians will cast ballots to runoff elections that could decide which party

controls the u.s. senate and with polls showing a close race comments could have a significant impact on the eventual outcome of those contests. is covering this story for us peter the recording of the trump conversation with the georgia election official quite a bombshell what do you make of it right well i think you know this is an unprecedented move that many legal experts now say you know is possibly a criminal offense maybe even impeachable where having the president of the united states on tape using or abusing his power some would argue to essentially try to pressure the secretary of state of georgia to overturn the results of a fair and democratic election in one point that especially stood out but we also saw in that report there was you know it really reminded me of back when trump had his famous phone call with the ukrainian president that ultimately led to his

impeachment and in this case we're seeing trump again trying to like i said use the powers office to try to pressure. a nother official and basically threaten them to get what he wants he you know set that secretary of state brought raffensperger was taking a big risk by not pursuing trump's false claims of voter fraud and the thing is georgia has already done i mean they've already had several audience of have several recounts at president a whole trumps requests you know which found any wrongdoing no regularities no evidence of fraud and so. a little unclear why don't trump continues to pursue this especially seeing as overturning georgia would not change anything joe biden would still have enough votes nationally to remain president elect of the united states. really i think confirms that donald trump is not you know 2 months after the election is not willing to accept defeat and that he's will do almost anything to

undo history in really is willing to split his own party who will now have to choose between whether to back trump or you know distance themselves from him this is happening in georgia of course which has those crucial senate runoff races what impact could this recording have on that i mean obviously it's too early to tell but it's a very very tight race and we're already seeing democrats jump in on this saying that this shows that the republican party essentially has no respect for georgia and georgia's right to conduct its own concept constitutional right to conduct its own free and fair elections it also really puts the 2 republican candidates david perdue and kelly lost in a pickle because they've run a staunch trump supporters and essentially now they have to in the uncomfortable position where they have to either stand up for their state in georgia republicans or to site with donald trump ok just a final word on what's happening on wednesday a very big week in us right now and on wednesday the congress is supposed to vote

to confirm the the electoral college vote on the presidential election what do you see happening there right so what we're seeing what we have seen over the past couple days is over 100 republicans in the house and in the house of representatives and now over a dozen senators republican senators who say that they will try to contest the election that is not likely to go anywhere the democrats still controlled the house and unless you have both chambers objecting or rejecting diverse souls that's not going to go anywhere president elect obama is still going to be confirmed in an operating on january 20th peter thanks so much peter thanks. now some other stories making headlines around the world today a 7th body has been found after a hillside collapsed in a norwegian town on wednesday a search mission for 10 missing people has been underway for days after the earth gave way and several homes slid into

a pit king and queen of norway visited the landslides in on sunday. the u.k. is scaling up massive vaccinations against cope with 19 the 1st immunizations with the newly approved oxford astra zeneca vaccine have begun the job is likely to cost only a few euros per dose and the immune response could last at least a year. germany's 16 regional leaders are due to meet with chancellor merkel to morrow to plot the next steps in the country's coronavirus response weeks of tougher restrictions on public life have so far failed to effectively bring down infection rates sent to the country's vaccination program has got off to a sluggish start. appeals to stay home seem to have little effect in this western german winter resort town a ban on entering the ski runs failed to 10 large numbers of people from hitting the slopes at the weekend so many that police intervene not stopping when to

enthusiasts in their tracks. germany's government together with the heads of its regional states must decide on how to proceed with anti coronavirus measures there's consensus that a lockdown will have to remain in place beyond january 10th the very it wants it extended by at least 3 more weeks so answer the numbers are still too high and we're not yet able to assess how the situation has developed over christmas new year and especially through the large numbers of travelers returning home that's why it would be irresponsible to relax the lockdown now it should be extended until the end of january looked on the honor of filling up. on choose day state heads will discuss how long the lockdown should be extended for and whether the current measures should be adjusted states with low infection numbers want to shelter lockdown while those harder hit want to measure is tough and. we need to act in those areas that are most affected in this case that saxony and.

so we'll be toughening measures for our schools and child care facilities in tow january 31st just as will be done with public life will be increasing restrictions even more chilling. a key topic on the agenda is whether nurseries and primary schools should be closed some argue that young children struggle with online learning. germany central government remains skeptical about whether physical teaching in schools is a good idea. the court in london studio rule today on whether wiki leaks founder julian assange should be extradited to the united states washington has charged song with violating the u.s. espionage act through his 2010 release of thousands of secret files on u.s. military activities in iraq and afghanistan is supporters say he exposed potential war crimes and should be protected he faces a prison sentence of up to 175 years of convicted in the u.s.

a songe has sought to avoid extradition ever since he was 1st arrested in britain 10 years ago seeking refuge in the ecuadorian embassy where he spent 7 years. let's bring in correspondent she's in london following this situation for us to get today's hearings come after more than a decade of controversy surrounding is. wiki leaks what an extradition to the united states mean for him. well he joining the songes supporters offering that there could be a lengthy prison sentence up to 175 years in a maximum security prison because the u.s. prosecutors say that julian assange has helped endanger lives and that he helped to bring the ask you not act on the classified information so very severe charges could be following on that and that's why his supporters are appealing to the u.k.

government if the judge today ruled that julian assange should be extradited to the appealing to the u.k. government actually not to grant it and to help shelter julian assange and not to extradite him to the u.s. . the heading of the decision from the court today in london is unlikely to be the final act in this extradition drama where will it go from here. if if this court does rule that julian assange should be at st ives at 2 to the s which of course we don't know at this point it's definitely not the end of the. julian assange just always could appeal to the supreme court in the u.k. or even to the european court of human rights say it's not the end this really long saga that also so julian a song in the ecuadorian embassy for 4 years on and having people practically

camped out that and really voicing their support in a very big way it's not the end of julian assange chair here in london to get things very much to be as big at last in london the prime minister of new gerry says at least 100 people have been killed in attacks on 2 villages in the country's west the 2 villages are in the bury region which also includes the company ami new group has so far claimed responsibility for the massacre but the west african country has suffered repeated attacks by jihad ists near its borders with mali and rypien a fossil. these dusty graves are where some of the 100 victims of saturday's attacks have been laid to rest the latest casualties of islamist terror that has ravaged this desolate border land in recent years. prime minister. of the remote region

bringing the surviving villagers promises of justice. situation is simply horrible he said committed by unidentified individuals. and investigations will be conducted so that this crime does not go unpunished. officials believe the militants responsible traveled over the porous border from mali after villagers killed 2 of their fighters despite a hefty peacekeeping presence attacks have been on the rise in this a hell driven by poverty religious extremism and climate change and there's locals here mourn the dead they can only pray it will be the last. just a quick round up of bonus leader results from 14 to round off the weekend. mines

and the full sport on saturday there were wins for leipsic. own. or also took all 3 points. you're watching g.w. news i'm terry marchant thanks for being with us. and you hear me now on yes we're going to need you and i last year's german sunflower will bring you i'm going to a man called and you've never had to have surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves and want. to talk to people. on the way maurice and critics might join us from echols last august.