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this is day to be business on robots in berlin welcome to the program. now the fallout continues from wednesday's mob attack on the us capital by supporters of donald trump several of the president's aides and 2 cabinet members have resigned and their own there are increasingly loud calls him to be removed from office 5 people including a police officer have now died as a result of the violent protests of at least 68 have been arrested from patting courage supporters to march on the capitol building where a joint session of congress was certifying joe biden as president elect. more u.s. industry groups and chief executives from some of the nation's largest companies have called on president trump and other officials to put an end to the unrest and deliver a peaceful transition of power the business round table group of chief executives has tweeted it says the chaos unfolding in the nation's capital is

a result of unlawful efforts to overturn the legitimate results of a democratic election the country deserves better it says the national association of manufacturers has also commented it also called on what it called the people who stormed the capital own folks and has called on vice president mike pence to seriously consider working with the cabinets to invoke the 25th amendment of the a member could remove president trump from office and preserve democracy so let's speak to stormy milton who is head of the aspen institute germany and a leading expert on transatlantic relations it's great to have you on g.w. business the the united states partners in europe must be watching developments in washington with their mouths agape. oh absolutely i am and you could see it

and his and his speeches and comments on wednesday and also on the 1st day leadership in that you're looking at union and the head of state stuff the european countries are extremely worried in a sense what happened on wednesday on capitol shouldn't really surprise anybody after the last 4 years and after the last couple of weeks when president we need to fully fueled the hate and also the potential clients office supporters but nonetheless i mean it's really were some what happened on wednesday and it also shows what you just have joe biden is going to face in his presidency and tell few looking that he does also that his look is going to be in riots and the beginning you know why it's important for america's trade allies and in particular. the institutions in washington seem to be stable. already and that the united states i germany is most important export partner we

are exposed to nearly an interdependent when it comes to economics to trade to invest men but also there is that if you look in companies in that unit in the united states so what happened in the capital has and needed effect on us on the economy is often you can states let it go on on on well politics so it's extremely important to watch what happened what's happening in the united states we are just so important trading partners for each other and there are now tangible efforts to have for them sort of removed from office even before the 20th of january when he's jew to leave is that something that allies would welcome. well they were certainly recount is a peaceful transition and if we look at the prospects for the u.s. economy for the next year it still looks pretty bleak and we're not out of the

slump in the economy and all that i mean it's a crisis really on so many fronts and the health crisis the social crisis the growth dropped by about 4 percent in the eye and. the estimates for 2020 and it will take many many years until the economy lady comes back to the state it was before the crisis so president biden really needs all hands on the right and he needs bipartisan support to do the banks the economy better and if he is planning for infrastructure investment for health and for investment in education to test the quantity i mean that will take a almost inhuman effort on both sides of the aisle and for this to be needed really peaceful transition and not the continuous in house fighting also among the republican party still male head of the aspen institute germany thank you so much

for joining us on day to over your business well thanks for having me. jim and biotech company kill vaca and pharmaceutical giant by partnering up to bring job x. coronavirus vaccine to markets the firm hopes to use buys expertise in studies and regulator issues to get its job approved it may be their 1st collaboration but the property won't be the last. german biotech firm cure back has developed a covert 900 vaccine similar to that produced by madonna and pfizer biotech but easier to store and manufacture your back is packed in with pharma giant buyer to mass produce the job do the logistics and use buyers network worldwide to distributors the partners plan of producing several 100000000 doses of the vaccine a soon as they are granted approval by or will decide your in the 1st quarter whether to of manufacture the vaccine for cure back to cure of a buyer link up

a similar to the partnership between the german vaccine developer biotech and the u.s. pharmaceutical company pfizer or the collaboration between researchers at oxford university and britain's astra zeneca. in all 3 cases it's the small companies and research institutes that do the development while the drug industry's heavy hitters produce and market the vaccines. their business partnerships worth billions with all of them fighting for market share the demand is huge for the biotech companies and research institutes that develop the vaccines one thing is clear they need the huge corporations infrastructure to get their lifesaving vaccines distributed. let's cross to our financial correspondent and frank that chelsea delaney chelsea how important is this kill that vaccine to the use broader vaccination plans. it's crucial for the e.u. the e.u. actually has a lot of hopes on this cure a vaccine they've already ordered

a little over 400000000 doses that's the largest order they have for any vaccine including the ones that are already approved here in the. biotech pfizer vaccine so they are very dependent on this and it also comes as the e.u. is really lagging behind other countries in terms of vaccination in part because they are facing a big shortage of vaccines right now they've only here in germany we've only vaccinated about 400000 people that's compared to over a 1000000 in the u.k. and over 5000000 in the u.s. so getting this vaccine to people getting getting a mass produced in a large supply is very important for the e.u. and suppose the more vaccines the marriott well we're going to washington remains in a state of disarray how taking. markets continue to brush this off and i mean in the things we've seen markets fresh off

for the past year the krona virus pandemic this is this disarray and washington they are very very optimistic and they seem to be focusing very much on the future and what the biden presidency could mean in terms of a large stimulus package so we saw u.s. stocks hit records yesterday the dax here in frankfurt across 14000 so markets continue to be extremely optimistic. josie delaney and frank thanks for bringing us up to date. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news boeing will pay a $2500000000.00 fine to settle a u.s. justice department investigation into 2737 max crashes the company admits that employees misled regulates has about the safety if the aircraft crashes killed 346 people and led to the grounding of the model. a local government in germany has come up with a way to protect controversial gas pipeline oil stream 2 from sanctions the states

of mecklenburg western pomerania is putting all the north stream associated companies into a foundation trust the measure will legally shield the companies involved from u.s. sanctions. and the musk has overtaken amazon's jeff bezos to become the richest person on the planet with a net worth of $185000000000.00 his wealth has surged in the past year due to the inclusion of his card company tesler in the s. and p. 500 stock index. of the berlin winter can be harsh with temperature is barely getting above 0 for months on end is particularly tough for the homeless but one of the city's most popular beer balls house found a way to help them berlin might be on lockdown but there's plenty going on in the host right. house kitchen chef dennis schmidt is preparing something perfect for this time of year a hearty dish that sticks to the ribs. today we're preparing

a coachman's kulash made with pork knuckles onions gravy and dumplings. nina is a regular here she's 35 years old and homeless the relief organization berlin has teamed up with the whole fry house to help people in need for nina this is the only way to keep warm. especially with the temperatures around 0 degrees or less it's hard to be outside all day and for me it's the cold air i breathe in cold air all day long and my body can't manage to keep warm. an estimated 10000 homeless people live on the streets of berlin the pandemic has made their situation even worse many state run aid facilities are closed because social just unsing regulations can be observed there the hope right house has 2 floors with around 3000 square meters of space so there's plenty of room to socially

distance around $120.00 people come by at lunchtime to warm up and eat before the pandemic up to 5000 liters of beer were served here every day for the manager bjorn trots it's not a money making venture he donates the rooms for free the berlin senate pays for the food and the personnel. that our motivation is really just to do something good we have a central location right at alexanderplatz and we're empty we're closed and we have nothing to do we're only allowed to do deliveries so we can't even use the space anyway he wants. his been living on the streets for just over a year after someone close to her died she lost all hope now she's getting back on track. you guys want to trigger a few like this one stroke of fate and there i was at rock bottom for a few weeks i really couldn't take it anymore i didn't even think about going to an

aid organization because i was just too messed up it hit me all at once. that. nina can relax in the white house but the respite is all too brief after about 4 hours she'll head out onto the streets again. and that's all from us by. an. exit. in the middle of the colona pandemic. it's a disaster for the british health care system since qualified personnel from deep countries places in valuable role in hospitals and nursing homes. now many are needing britain for good leaving a massive void behind that. smoke is under. on d.w. . literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see

as the kids finds growing up. to share with their friends. the books on you to. pick up the. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe i'm liz show and this is the very 1st show in 2021 the new year comes with some changes here in europe brags it has been finalized and the u.k. is now out of the european union and russell's that's meant goodbye to the british union jack the e.u. has.