just one. comment for. we still have time to add. another turbulent day in washington politics for the same donald trump change the attack on the capitol no more we love you your very special instead talking about lawlessness and mayhem so what has brought about this extraordinary about face what will republicans do now i'm feeling this is the day. we will never give up we will never get. a new administration will be inaugurated

on january 20th we love you very special you do not represent our country or our country. we will take. this moment for healing and reconciliation i know that everyone here will be marching all over the capitol building like all americans i am outraged by the violence. and mayhem. welcome to the day well today the world saw a different donald trump to the president who incited his supporters to march on capitol hill 2 days ago for the 1st time since his election defeat to joe biden in november donald trump finally conceded and by will move into the white house in less than 2 weeks he also condemned those behind wednesday's violence after initially saying he loved them and calling them special but for many he's work too little tonight as

calls for his immediate resignation or remove will grow your the highlights from his speech. i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the united states capitol like all americans i am outraged by the violence lawlessness and mayhem the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy to those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent to our country and to those who broke the law you will pay my campaign vigorously pursued every legal avenue to contest the election results my only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote in so doing i was fighting to defend american democracy now congress has certified the results a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th my focus now turns to

ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power this moment calls for healing and reconciliation to the citizens of our country serving as your president has been the honor of my lifetime and to all of my wonderful supporters i know you are disappointed but i also want you to know that our incredible journey is only just beginning let's take a closer look at this with how lon bert's who is an investment banker proud pro trump republican a former chair of ted cruz's national finance company welcome to you which version of the of the president's thoughts about wednesday's attack is to you it hits in a do you love them are they very special do they represent the country. well i think when prison from city loved him he was talking about the people that were peacefully protesting obviously was talking about those that broke into the capitol and clearly you know i think in hindsight i think he probably should have finished

the speech that day before they went over the cattle saying look nobody go in the capitol building nobody follow the security rules do not attack anything and i think if you had done that it probably wouldn't have happened but there were a few people that did this and it's very unfortunate and it's obviously tragic some people died over this so i think it's good that he came out obviously more clearly and said look that's not what we're about and those people are not what we're about ok i mean and again what do you think of those people on those attacks on the catholics want to be clear the way you stand on those attacks oh absolutely reprehensible you cannot go into a capitol and demand to see people demand to do things break in break the law none of that should have happened should not have happened that way and it's really a bad idea for that to happen i think those people should be arrested that did that and be prosecuted what do you think come to this remarkable change of tone

from the president he started off as a site we love you go home it was all very collegiate and today he was talking about reprehensible behavior he was talking about the transfer of power what prompted that shift. i don't know but i suspect he probably got more information when he gave the 1st speech i think it was it was still happening at the time and he was telling people to go home i think after there'd been a day to see what the damage wasn't to see the people actually die i think he probably saw a lot more of what happened and realized how reprehensible it was on the capital that we can only speculate but what i'm the whole as i say in that argument that the president elect sort of a same thing i made a 7 minute speech in which a cold for common for all this to stop the presidents seeing the same saying the

same saints said oh we love you maybe you should go home and there was no element of condemnation bait the he knew what was going on well no no wait a minute most of the people of the vast majority of people were not doing those reprehensible things are ok that's the 1st part the 2nd part is those war trump supporters if they had been b.l.m. or m.t.v. joe biden wasn't out condemning those groups when they were doing what they were doing so it's it's not exactly a fair comparison to say that one political party didn't condemn their own and the other did not have people of insight into how that beta blocker lives matter protests that bet have been more bloodshed and it wouldn't protest as would have been killed by police that have been more police on the straight and that have been more more a protest is taken out. yeah i've heard that argument i'm not sure that comes from i really don't think there should be a race i don't think that should be

a racial issue number one number 2 i don't believe there's been any black lights matter protesters killed by police in d.c. during when they were doing the burning and writing in full in d.c. so i'm not sure where that comes from and you know they civil they didn't use tear gas on the people at the capitol there was tear gas you can clearly see that in the video so they didn't have shields there were officers with shields so it was certainly disorganized and not handled well by the capitol police i think everyone agrees on that the chief of the capitol police i believe resigned so it's that was certainly not done the right way and you see video where looks like in some areas they actually let people in the building they open the doors and let them in it's very odd i don't i don't know what the police were doing that day but it certainly did not secure the building and we can't have that well now despite the presence change of tone the coals for his removal appear to be growing as here in just

a few but i believe the president is dangerous. and should not hold office one day longer. he may have only 13 days left as president but yesterday demonstrated that each and every one of those days is that threat to democracy so long as he is in power the president is on vet and the president is on. and the president must now we wish control the executive branch voluntary were involved here a very dangerous person who should not continue and often this is urgent this is emergency of the highest magnitude. so we heard from chuck schumer that adam kinzinger and. pelosi poll that we included a republican within the what do you think should the president be removed for inciting this violence well i don't think that they have a peaceful offense has there been that already of peace and once they're trying to

talk about doing it again i don't see it happening i don't see it going anywhere there's not enough time for them to do it 1st of all i think part of this is political to try and divide the republican party further i think that's i think that's really what that's about and you know it certainly talks to their base as well so you know i think i think it's ultimately a political move on their part yeah but what does it say that you have republicans calling for him to go well i haven't heard from any republicans calling for him to be impeached there's certainly those that are that are upset about it and everyone's upset that people broke into the capitol breached the capitol street term all and lost their lives and i don't know anyone that's not upset about that the question is you know everyone is saying that it's president trump's fault i think i think that's too simplistic i think there's a lot of plane to go around and you know you look out and see the elections that

happen in november and there's a lot of people that believe that those were fraudulent in in many of the states they don't feel that they're it's been correctly to to kate it you had the protests in the summer that people watched and there didn't seem to a lot of consequences to it so there's just i think there's a whole number of reasons for this and it happened that way and we've got it we've we can't operate as a country this way we can't have violent protests or or protests that have violence at all ongoing for we just can't operate as a country that. you said as there's lots of blame to go around how much of a blame should fall on the president shoulders. well as a sitter earlier i think i think president trump in hindsight us should have ended his speech on saturday by saying look do not enter the capitol building and let live let me let me let me just interrupt you there because i think you've misunderstood where i'm going with that so what we're hearing is that the that this is just the culmination of

a series of nods and winks that the president has given to his to his followers that the trashing of election results that continual down talking down of the american and that total system that lets much capital do you do you see none of that as the the president having some pot to play in what happened on wednesday well you could are the argument could be made that as the leader of the republican party and as the president united states anything that happens on his watch a little he goes up to him so that could certainly be made that he incite people to do that i don't know that that argument is valid i mean i think he's been saying the same thing he said on saturday been saying for the past month which was that he felt that the election was unfair and that there was fraud in the election the fact that people were going down to march on the capitol 'd that's perfectly ok to do as well to march and go out there and have your voices heard what should have happened

was breaching the security and going into the capitol that should have happened i don't know how many people did it looks like a $100.00 or so people did that out of the thousands that were there and those people should be prosecuted. is the is the trumpet public in posse a fog right i ask not only because of the support that you get from white supremacists but also because republican congresswoman mary miller felt comfortable about quoting one of her rallies though she has since apologized. kind of here so it looks like we were having technical issues that. can you hear me . ok i can hear you knocking. oh right so it's going to have a composite under president trump is it a far right party no it's a populist party i mean if you look at the trump

a base which is now the republican party base it's very blue collar it is a people of all walks of life look he got more votes from hispanics than anyone i think since reagan he got more votes from blacks than anyone since reagan also he actually did much better with minorities in 2020 than previous presidential elections so i don't say that there doesn't seem to be the minority community screaming out same tromso white supremacists i think that's you know the media's been doing that about a lot of his base but that's because he's had a lot of the bases turned out in places like pennsylvania and wisconsin and michigan that had previously been more blue collar democrats we talk about what happened there why did your posse lose georgia staunch conservative state. i think we lost georgia because of mail in ballots and if we're going to if we're going to have mass mail in ballots and you have that happen in the states that are

going to be very difficult for republicans a so i think you can't there's not security around that it's very opaque and look i've seen the doubt of the raw data for people to say that there was 0 voter fraud is simply not accurate so just to be clear you had such interrupt you said that the problem enjoyed it was mail in ballots are you saying that the mail in ballot system or was fraudulent but that it was hacked that there was something wrong with the vote is that what you say. i'm saying that when you have 1000000 ballots and you don't have security around the mail in ballots and you don't know if the people that turn in those mail in ballots are actually who they are and actually residents of georgia then i think you're right for potential fraud and i think it creates uncertainty around the election it's not healthy it's not the way to operate you need to be able to verify the people that are voting are indeed those people and that they're allowed to vote so i'd have to press you on this so are you saying the

republicans lost georgia because they election was rigged. when you're saying riggs let me just let me just be very clear ok i've seen the raw data i have not seen a single media outlet do any investigation on the data have you i haven't seen anyone do it all i've seen them do is say there wasn't any i haven't had data analysts look at the data ok in short there were people that voted in georgia who's registered address was a u.p.s. office that was in a strip shopping center and whose mailing address was outside the state by the thousands so how did you get how you're so have you that full asked for inquiries into the georgia runoff races if you believe i'm a to have been hacked in this way have you asked for official inquiries what you're using the word hacked but i'm not suggesting or some sort of computer hack i'm suggesting that there were ballots that were unsecured that went out to people that

were not eligible to vote in the state of georgia and see how us last fall are now quietly into the way they the the mail in ballots one handled. the campaign a present truck did that and it went nowhere. might that be because there was no effort to go because the battle election was fine because when you when you look again when you look at the record of challenges that have begun no one has been upheld it's easy to say well we was rome's but where's your proof well i get it i get it well let me ask you this has there been any media an analysis of this do you know of him we don't need that to be meta analysis if you want to be his if there's been days of it the election was a fall some of the results was false you take you'll your proof your evidence and your take it's to be an election authorities have you done that and what have they

said you said you did it and they said there's no it's fine to the judges i look i didn't follow what the judges said closely but my understanding is that the judges in many of these places they weren't in allies in whether there was was fraud or not they were simply dismissing cases they weren't they weren't doing any kind of analysis on any of it there weren't trials they didn't do trials on the stuff they dismissed the cases so look i think if the if the media you're saying the media's job is not to analyze any of this even though there's no you'll say i said i didn't say that let's move on well so you would agree that the media should do that i would agree that i'm here to ask you questions and i'm trying to get some stray ounces let's let's talk about the state of the republican party because it seems like a lot of america them quite fractured do you expect the report what do you expect what is the republican party going to be without donald trump well there's

not going to be a courage ing of donald trump from the republican party so there's an aspect of just how. well they're going to have to figure out what to do i mean he had 7475000000 people vote for him if you if you looked at it in 4 and said well it let's say 10000000 of those people decided they're no longer going to vote because they're upset about present from republicans won't win any more races so they can't afford to lose 10 to 15000000 of the trump supported voters yet they're going to have to be a way to figure out now that i find that really interesting and the way that you talk about it is as though it's a separate entity the way that vai auguring to have to deal with his other 2 sort of republican potties. well i think right now there could be i mean i hope there's not a split in the republican party early seeing on some of the social media you're seeing people talk about the patriot party and that's of course the democrats would love

to see that they would love to see a split and have kind of you know say let's what you'd call establishment republicans on one side and trumped patriot republicans on the other side and and that would of course secure democratic elections from here on out so i that that shouldn't happen and that can't happen if the republican party wants to move forward so there's going to have to be you know that the emotions are high right now on both sides i think i think in a few months when things calm down some others can have to be a determination on where where do things go but i can tell you president trump is still the look what gives power to politicians the power of politicians comes from their ability to mobilize voters that's the same thing with with organizations the n.r.a. if you can mobilize voters you can have power present trump mobilizes voters and so as long as he's able to do that he's going to have to be they're going to have to be talking and working with president dropped and soon to be former president trump he's not going to go away so i think ultimately he is going to be

a factor in the party and that's that's just going to be the case fascinating good talking to thank you so much for joining us a how long but thank you. in germany 3 potential successors are going to battle faced off in a televised debate today a week before her conservative c.d.u. party is due to elect a new leader is the last time all of the candidates will clash be before 1000 wrong delegates a vote and a virtual party conference next saturday with a future leader of the c.d.u. will be hold position to succeed i'm going to match the next conservative candidate for chancellor i know and it's been a lot of items. this 9 let's have a look at the runners and riders with the doubles chief political editor because she's been watching tonight's debate welcome michela so who came out on top and

who's most likely to follow chancellor merkel's footsteps quests and welcome to german politics in stark contrast to us politics where forming coalitions is a staple for those politicians also entering the race to succeed machall so there was a 4th party in the room this evening and that was the green party who were tipped as likely coalition partner but let's 1st dip into international politics but that also played a role in tonight's debate and this is what 2 of the contenders had to say on the rather tricky issue of how to deal with an ever emboldening china. he. and before china generally only sticks to contracts when they're in it's own interests ruthlessly breaks them when it suits china's interests hong kong is just one example so we should be

a lot tougher we should reduce the dependence of the german economy on the chinese market german companies won't be successful there in the long run anyway because they won't be needed one day. and we should use the opportunity of the change of administration in washington to develop a transatlantic strategy on how to deal with china especially an all international institution its. strengths only comes through unity so we need a european china strategy and that also means that germany can no longer simply say that china is an important market. also market and i also call for a transatlantic china strategy that is now becoming possible again under the new administration. seen as a former magical adversary who altogether left politics over losing an election to

her and then from no but what can the parliamentary group on foreign affairs here in the german parliament china played a large role that can also be seen as a legacy of those trump he is calling on europeans and specifically germans to remember where true north is when it comes to dealing with china and europe trying to avoid being caught in the middle of that standoff but i must tell you that international politics didn't really play a large role apart from those issues europe and how to deal with china and almost caught in the middle of that debate was i mean last year to seen somewhat of a male angle americal who's seen as the man who would most likely continue the legacy of the machall years of that stability politics he's the only one who holds a regional state office the state premier of north rhine-westphalia he's the one

who stressed how important china is as a market for those european for those german companies and that's also why he was a lot more down to earth when he pitched for himself to become the one to succeed angola machall potentially as the next chancellor candidate this is what he said. i bring to the table. as the leader of a large state i can also interests. and i have actually already won an election which might be useful next elections are just. the future of our country. so more than a hint that those other 2 weren't seen as natural election winners because they haven't been in the past with fried fish mats calling for a much more conservative conservative c.d.u.

party and no but her skin trying to have much more of a geo strategic angle of the state of play but i can't really tell you who of those will come out top when those 1001 delegates meet in just a week's time from now because of course everybody wants to know who is going to be judges next chancellor. yes and when it comes to him who could potentially become that candidate for the conservatives all of those 3 don't really seem to play as much of role as someone who's not in the race to become ceduna leader and that's the bavarian state from you know here's the latest polling that just came out here and money and that sees ma course in the lead from the bavarian sister party of america alls c.d.u. he could in the end become the dark horse candidate to take over at that last

moment it looks like we're not going to learn that until at the very least off to easter with still family sitting on the fence how interested exactly he is but if those polls continue on the reject tree that are just seeing that now. let's have a tougher chief political editor about what's that like. to

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. this is state of the news live from growing pressure in washington for an early end to donald trump's term in office president elect joe biden says mr trump is unfit to serve i'm in paris once too for america and there are moves in congress to try to move him from the white house before his time is also on the program the e.u. doubles its fascination or different bartek pfizer securing not nearly half the drugs make its global output that's 300000000 doses. meanwhile german authorities are under fire over this over the slow pace of vaccination program as

a country because it's hives one very cold virus that. i'm still going to welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump says he will not attend the inauguration of his successor joe biden this month despite the president's condemnation of this week's storming of the capitol by his supporters pressure for an early and to his term is growing house speaker nancy pelosi has called for the president to resign immediately she also urged the vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment and declare mr trump unfit for office if he doesn't step down as both mad failed to take action house democrats say they will introduce articles of impeachment against the president for the 2nd time president elect joe biden has also weighed in on the issue. but i think it's important we get on with the business get him out of office

the quickest way that that will happen is our speeds were 20 where the action happens before or after that is a judgment for the congress to make but that's what i am looking forward to him leave the office straight to washington that will rejoin the correspondent on the senate welcome all about how likely is on impeachment well the house democrats are planning to invoke articles on m.p.'s of impeachment as soon as on monday but that phil can be considered a rather symbolic move the democrats there want to make clear that they believe donald trump is a too too dangerous of a man to remain in office even if it's just for the remainder off a little bit less than 2 weeks until joe biden's inauguration ceremony but it's also a move for the history books because donald trump would be the 1st president in american history to be impeached twice so what else did joe biden have to say.

well the speech was largely about moving forward really about healing the nation about his policy 2 plans ending the cold 19 pandemic that many americans of course are suffering from rebuilding the economy but he then also found some very strong and forceful words on the violence that took place inside the u.s. capital and also of course on president trump you called him unfit for office he said he was one of the most incompetent presidents in american history also condemning the protesters as criminals terrorists that have to be held accountable but let's just listen in what joe biden had to say yes it should be treated as they're a bunch of thugs insurrectionist white supremacist and i semites 6 and there's not enough i mean come on you know these church there were these are a bunch of thugs thugs and they're terrorist threats to tear.

it's going to be very difficult for joe biden to unite this country after everything that's happened that's right and that would have been a major challenge even without the events of the capitol but now of course even more so there are some polls and they suggest that almost half of the republican voters support the actions that have happened in the u.s. capital in a little bit more than half of them even believe that joe biden is responsible for the actions so really bizarre claims here if you look at the facts and just shows that a lot of trungpa supporters are really living inside their own reality a detached reality a bubble and there is even some more conspiracy theories circulating now that those people that stormed the capitol were actually not trying supporters but belong to the far left and tif group of course none of that is true but it just shows how very challenging it will be for joe biden but joe biden also is a centrist he has

a rhetoric that is less divisive than donald trump and therefore he will have his chance and will certainly try his best to bring the 2 sides together. all of the sounders washington d.c. . the european union has struck a deal with drug companies buying tech and pfizer for an extra $300000000.00 doses of their covered 19 vaccine as nearly half of the company's global production brussels has come under fire for securing insufficient stocks of vaccine and for the slow pace of immunizations across the block european commission president as you know found alive as the new order is a welcome boost with the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional $300000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine in other words this will allow us to double the amount of doses of biotech pfizer if you mention president. bush meanwhile and here in germany

a health ministry official has revealed that the country has agreed preliminary deals for an extra $50000000.00 vaccine doses in the summer and that's outside be a huge deal and the need is urgent nearly 1200 people died from coffee at 19 in germany over the past 24 hours a new record. a quick temperature check and then the shipment is good to go. here in eastern germany more doses of pfizer biotech's corona virus vaccine are arriving by the day there are some of the 600000 doses that are reaching vaccination centers throughout the country on friday. but that hasn't silence critics of the german government's handling of the vaccine rollout too little vaccine confusing registration processes and a slow vaccination timetable the list of complaints is long. but the german government is standing by its program and at this vaccination center in western

germany recipients say the wait was worth it. for me it's like winning the lottery my children didn't allow me to leave the house i had to stay at home all the time. so it's great being among the 1st ones to get the shot i know from going there. because despite the bumpy rollout there could be some relief in sight with a deal in to secure millions of new doses of vaccine and the possible approval of a 3rd vaccine by months and the e.u. is taking steps it hopes will silence the critics of its vaccine rollout let's get more from d.w. political correspondent simon young welcome simon i was this new e.u. order already on the cards or has it been prompted by criticism. well i think the negotiations have been ongoing but clearly there is a real sense of urgency around the e.u. around the world i think about the situation as far as vaccines vaccines

really are the answer to this pandemic as most people see it so there's agency of course there's also been criticism here is you mentioned in germany of the rollout of vaccines particularly the health minister has been under fire a lot of the federal states very unhappy at the speed of progress and the way that the purchasing process and ordering process has been handled so there are difficulties but i think looking at the sort of real world situation experts are really worried that we could be a about to see a big spike following the christmas and new year holiday period and you know the urgency to get hold of these vaccines is definitely at a maximum at the moment that's why it's obviously great news that the u.s. got 300000000 more doses they now say they've got enough to vaccinate 80 percent of the e.u. population and meanwhile germany. has done its own aside deal outside

the e.u. purchasing blockhouse in justifying doing that side deal while simultaneously encouraging a european solidarity. well indeed the health ministry again under fire for that they're trying to play it down a little bit i think looking forward saying today that it today with these vaccines announcements a great day in the fight against the pandemic the health ministry spokesman did say that. any extra doses ordered by germany will not be to the disadvantage of other e.u. members and of course that's important because e.u. rules do in fact prevent their individual member states from conducting their own separate negotiations to get hold of fact seen so i mean it's an important sort of political hot potato as far as the health minister is concerned anyway and how is

germany's health system coping is this new stricter lockdown having the desired effect well i think there have been problems with people of paying the rolls but what we have seen for instance looking at mobile phone data they suggest that mobility over the christmas period has been a lot lower people are moving around a lot less really important because experts say that even private meetings between just a few people really do excel rate the spread of the disease that's what we've got new restrictions in place in germany now we've got schools closed for a bit longer and so on so a lot of measures in place to try and turn this situation around nationally because simon you thank you for the. well let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world spain is struggling with snow fall lossing for decades after stalled syllabi of a broad base so weather to the iberian peninsula spanish weather service is describing the situation as exceptional and most likely historic lots of people are

making the most of a brad white house. 76 people aboard a ferry that ran aground off the canary islands have not been rescued the vessel was approaching the port of a getaway as stalled filomena slammed the spanish islands in the atlantic though it was injured in the rescue operation. a woman has died after being attacked by a shock of new zealand rescue crews say she was brought out of the water alive but died later with multiple negative is fatal shark attacks around new zealand are rare this was the 1st deadly incident in the region for more than a decade. of the flooding in central malaysia has turned roads into rivers according to local media at least 4 people have died tens of thousands of people have had to leave their homes the emergency response is being hampered by the country's soaring coronavirus caseload. last year matz to 2016 is the hottest on record according to the a used climate change agency as despite

a dip in emissions in 2020 because of the lockdown with extreme weather events likely to become more intense and more frequent as temperatures rise so anti say the need for action is more urgent than ever. fine is eat up a large swathes of a straightly and bush land in areas left tended to dry by drought dozens of people and millions of animals died in the blazes at the turn of last year. but these images were no peculiarity in 2020. month after month other parts of the earth burned or melted in record breaking heat. the cumulative effects of human made climate change. the state of the planet is broken. your friends humanity is waging war on nature

these suicide all. the pandemic lockdowns caused a temporary dip in greenhouse emissions but that did not stop 2020 becoming the hottest year on record tied with 2016 scientists are calling on governments and corporations to slash emissions to have any chance of meeting the goals of the paris climate agreement aimed at avoiding catastrophic climate change. every year and. to reduce their money. and of course reducing them are actually arguing about. with extreme weather events likely to become more intense and more frequent as temperatures rise the need for action is more urgent than ever and experts say the crisis caused by the global pandemic presents

a rare opportunity for countries to rebuild their economies to work for all of nature not just humans. germany's known for its rich aren't same but with a national lockdown enforced nearly all cultural institutions are closed now museums in munich finding creative ways to bring their collections on to the streets using projectors video and large open areas where people can safely space and sound out and work inside the city's museum is brightening up make up an empire and the project's creators hope to share more exhibits and installations in the coming weeks. is reminder of our top story the makers in washington are stepping up the pressure for an answer to for donald trump's term in office and speaker nancy pelosi is calling on him to resign immediately president elect joe biden has hold on mr as described president trump us an embarrassment to

america. as if you're up to date more world news at the top of the hour stephen beardsley has your business update in just a good. church. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one to be shut out and if your newspapers when official information as a journalist i have work off the streets of many cat interests and their problems are almost the same core to social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption who can afford to stay silent when

it comes to the fans of the human scene or microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is tony harris and i work. for business leaders wringing their hands over the u.s. one of the most important markets in the world has become more politically volatile in recent years but does that outweigh the power of its purse we'll talk to our financial correspondent. and german institution how floyd house may have closed its doors to the public through the pandemic but it's opening them for special clientele. welcome to the show i'm seeing visit in berlin good to have you with us well the past 4 years have been a mixed bag for u.s.

businesses and overseas firms doing business in the u.s. on the one hand tax cuts and slash regulations by a business friendly administration on the other hand what happened wednesday a mob of truck loyalists attacking the u.s. capitol and doing serious damage to the country's reputation. this is not the vision of america that manufacturers believed in and worked so hard to defeat i put the president not of the united states but of the national association of manufacturers timmons when he saw the scene unfold. the told with severe 5 dead at least 50 arrested chaos reigned for hours after thousands of militant tromp supporters stormed the seat of government american business representatives of a scene so worried about the impact those images could have this american that was shocking or fine and actually quite embarrassing the world so that. you know it's an extreme circumstance and i think it's not a surprise that very very concerned where this could all end and once cooler

at. which fortune believes what's in there. german companies operating in the u.s. have had their doubts about the political stability there the country's reliability as a trading partner was already being questioned before the violence in washington according to surveys conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce u.s. president elect joe biden will have the daunting task of unifying a dangerously divided country you knew when you were in some what happened on wednesday and it also shows what even just half joe biden is going to say if i'm in this presidency and then tell you looking at he did also that is look it's going to be in rights and. the incoming president certainly won't have it easy to trumpet ministration will end with a nation divided and sick the viruses wreaked havoc on the u.s.

economy and labor market the toughest times my lie ahead or let's go now to our financial correspondent yes court in new york yes what does this mean these actions that happened on wednesday what does it mean for the business destination america it's still one of the most vital markets in the world of course. it is but clearly china for instance is trying to take him advantage shelves elect of for reputation the us created in the past couple of years china tries to build to a global partnership sensor process of the united states as the biggest economy on the planet but having that said so far depending what measure you take the u.s. is still the number one economy on the planet was the biggest consumer market so far and also we're probably the most liquid capital markets so it's still the place to go for investments and then we also shouldn't forget that the dollar is still the world's leading currency so that also does help the united states so let's see

where we stand in 3 or 4 his years and then maybe we can judge better what actually . a pure taishan means for the so far number one economy on the planet. 12 more days of the trumpet ministries and yet what looking back what is the balance for business leaders after 4 years of triumph they got tax cuts regulation cards but a trade war 2 and then these events on wednesday. well i mean there is the short term picture and a mid to long term picture is short term clearly a company's business leaders they didn't profit from what you mentioned those tax cuts and less regulation that was good for the balance sheets of the corporations but on the other side we also shouldn't forget everything has a price so we also have a huge debt load and that could come back to haunt us in there rather than your future and then your did mention the trade dispute with china for instance we did

not see a trade escalation a europe so far and we also shouldn't forget the u.s. economy was actually looking extremely bright before the pandemic started but then the recovery off the u.s. economy also did not start with the u.s. president talking of trouble but already in 2009. barack obama in office so i'm skeptical if we were really see donald trump go down in the history books as the great businessman and the great person to drive up to your call to me as he sees himself right now with the latest from new york thank you. they're over to germany where 2020 turns out to be the worst year for new car sales by volume in 45 years the german association of the automotive industry saying that new car registrations plunged 19 percent last year to $2900000.00 correspondent chelsea delaney has the story. it was

a brutal here for germany's automakers and to some degree that was to be expected given the business to business disruptions of the krona virus given the are still in place here and germany but even so a 19 percent drop off in registrations this is one of the worst figures we've seen and unification history here in germany and it comes even as the german government really tried to do sales there were many incentives especially for electric vehicles there was a tax cut and all of that really didn't offset the declines that we've seen so now many automakers are looking forward to 2021 they are expecting a bit of a recovery in part due to the growth we're staying in china as well as the booming electric vehicle market which tripled here in germany in the last year but even with those bright spots many automakers say if they don't expect ever turn to pre-crisis levels until perhaps 2022 at the earliest. financial correspondent

chelsea delaney there in frankfurt let's talk about a virus not the one you're thinking of bird flu it's not harmful to humans but it's very contagious and it can devastate farmers that's exactly what it's doing in france at the moment the nation has already killed more than 200000 ducks it expects to kill another 400000 in the days ahead here's a look at one farmer who's been affected. a few days ago french farmer marilyn back east was surrounded by the lively sounds of ducks on her farm but the farm is just 3 kilometers from the latest bird flu outbreak and her pastures and stables are now silent because of the month. until saturday morning there were a lot of ducks here and over there and then you open the gate take the animals bring them to the truck load them up and the van disappears. and with it your income you're left empty handed. the reason has already had to slaughter 600 of her ducks and what happened to the

remaining 300 she finds out yes a mass. overall. good morning and your transport day is wednesday the truck arrives at quarter past 9 a lot of 300 animals have a nice day. free range poultry are particularly at risk from the virus because it's transmitted by wild birds but putting them in stalls is out of the question for they respond that's against tradition and doesn't necessarily protect against infection. the local agricultural association warns of the devastating consequences for farmers in the region. i think we're going to see a 1000000 ducks slaughtered in the near future since nothing can stop the virus today and we risk moving towards a generalized slaughter of poultry in our region. bird flu which originated in east asia 1st appeared in europe in 2014 cents then there

have been repeated outbreaks of the disease. we may have heard of the. german institution and they blow up a tourism spot but not this winter with the pen demick forcing its closure just like other restaurants before 104 house location in berlin the doors remain. open for those in particular need a look 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 kulacz made with pork knuckles onions gravy and dumplings. nina is a regular here she's 35 years old and homeless the relief organization to have her 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 and the pandemic has made their situation even worse many state run aid facilities are closed because social distancing regulations can be observed there the hoof right house has 2 floors with around $3000.00 square metres 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. you want 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 finally here's one company that could not distance itself faster from this week's storming of the u.s. capitol even though it probably didn't need to and someone snapped this photo of a discarded can of axe body spray on the capitol grounds the photo was tweeted out and it turned a quick reply from x. itself the company quote condemns the capitol storming and believes in the peaceful transition of power just in case you're wondering what your favorite body spray brand thinks about the state of u.s. democracy. and here's a reminder of our top story for today the recent attack on the u.s. capitol building has been branded shocking horrifying and embarrassing by american business representatives overseas speaking to you meanwhile several businesses in

the u.s. have fired employees to participate in the attack. that's it for me and the business team that's watching. to the point strong opinions clear positions international perspectives. for the 1st time in its history a member nation is much the european union the question is though can the united kingdom really fluids an independent future and washington times is going to have only to be doing so find out on to the point. to point. to set up on the t w. the finding against the coronavirus pandemic. how

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