ah, the news . this is the w news live and from berlin tonight, a farewell visit to the united states. german chancellor. uncle america, is with us president joe biden at the white house for dinner and talk. we will be going live to their joint news conference in washington. also coming up at least 50 people in western germany are dead and some of the worst flooding in decades. days of torrential rain, the communities along the belgian border cut off. hundreds of homes are washed away or in ruins. and a renowned dutch crime reporter has died. peter delivery was gone down on the

street in amsterdam last week. we'll take a look at the remarkable legacy left by the best known journalists in the netherlands and south africa takes the stock of damage after a week of looting and violence. governments sending thousands more soldiers onto the streets to restore order. ah, i bring guards to our viewers on p b s in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin tonight with a beginning of the end of sorts german chancellor until america is meeting with us president joe biden as part of her farewell visit to the united states. and this is their last plan that talks before miracles steps down after german elections in september. the 2 leaders were expected to discuss the corona virus pandemic for

climate change in global security will find out more at their joint news conference set to begin any time. now we're going to go live to that. as soon as it gets meeting. today we're talking about side work. we have see 14 coverage of chance metals farewell to washington. with me here at the big table is our chief, political correspondent, melinda cray. melinda. so let's talk about the importance of medical being in washington and basically saying goodbye. it is a good bye, but it's not a one song in the sense that she has been very clear. this is a working visit and she's there to talk about real issues and there are some complicated issues on the table. in fact, we saw a very warm greeting from joe biden. she arrived in the white house. i think all of us who remember her 1st trip to washington after donald trump was in the oval office. we'll see you will be seeing the contrast. they're very warm handshake. if

you remember, he more or less, refused to shake her hand at that visit. but nonetheless, there are some, some controversial issues outstanding. i don't expect that we're going to hear any solutions to these. any real compromises? and i think joe biden himself is pragmatic enough to know that it's essentially a lame duck. she's only got 2 more months in office is not really in a position to commit on these difficult points like the north dream gas pipeline with russia or a waiver of patents on vaccines. this is kind of a complicated issue by and has been arguing that there needs to be a waiver on these patents after he himself, of course hell vaccines back to make sure that us citizens were vaccinated. the chancellor has been very firm about the fact that she thinks a waiver is not the appropriate action yet. let's, let's pick up on this nord stream to natural gas pipeline. it connects russia to germany, us presidents,

since obama have been against this pipeline. they see it as an energy security issue and i'm going to miracle she is for it. she says it's just about another way of getting natural gas to germany. she has looked at this and i've always tried to separate geo politics from business deals and they're not going to talk about it because she won't be transferring a few months. no, i am quite sure they are going to talk about it, but will they resolve it right? most likely not. there may be something said if the press conference along the lines of germany is going to be sure that the ukraine is not to bypassed as a gas transit country dot essentially is the crux of the issue. whether this pipeline will remove the little bit of leverage that ukraine still has. these are v, russia by essentially allowing russia to divert its gas straight to germany. and thereby, in a sense, making ukraine even more dependent on russia. and it's pretty odd timing this week

that she, in fact, is there just as glad him put in, has issued his historical and interpretation of ukraine status. essentially the ukraine has no right to be an independent country at all, but should be a part of russia. so you can believe that the discussion will not be an easy one because as you said, biden is against this pipeline for uncle american. it's a blend of energy policy, energy security for germany, but also her very steadfast belief that it's important to keep lines of communication open even with countries that are not acting as we would wish them to do. and that includes china as well. and that will also be on the agenda. so i think there may be some frank words spoken, but again, i don't think we're going to see her really conciliate. and let's talk about the chinese issue. the critics of anglo miracle have said that she has never, she's been too soft on china. they,

they point to 5 g technology for example. and not being willing to say we will go with the united states on this 100 percent. is that going to change when she has left is german? the german approach to china is, is there going to be a c, j? you know, it is shifting already. if you look at statements that have been made by the business community in germany, the clear position paper that the association of german businesses has put out there. thing china is a strategic rival. we're hearing some of the candidates for chancellor, especially the green party candidate to say it's the end to soft on china. but will the chancellor herself change in these last 2 months? no, i don't think she will abandon that position, that it's important to try to look for middle paths to push back where pushback is needed. but at the same time, to look for cooperation where it's possible. and she said that again, this week thing we have to work with china, for example, on climate. and just by the way, of course,

china is the biggest market for germany. it is far more important for german exporters than it is for us exporters, for example. so i don't think we will see a real meeting of the minds on china either at this meeting in the doesn't have to be a real meeting of the minds any way be because of the personality bank of america. she is incredibly popular in the united states. she is and she has been, hasn't she? and let's not forget by himself, said at the time of the g 7 meeting this year, that she is the head of state. he admires the most and he's following. they are in the footsteps of the man for whom he served as vice president, namely barack obama, who said that chancellor michael had become a friend and the person he would go to when he needed advice. and i think that may be a little bit of what this, this visit is also about is him, is by and really looking to talk to america before she leaves office. about how do

we negotiate the big challenges that lie ahead climate relations with russia and china, stabilizing democracies, and really just having the kind of exchange that these 2 leaders, both of them a long time and power, they know each other. well. i think they will have a lot to say to each other. i'm going to make has been called the putin whisperer and when brock obama was president, she was considered his window into the kremlin when she's gone. who will washington have to, to see into, into the mind whether we're bruton attempted to say, some former chancellor in germany like garr. but of course, he's discredited to a great degree in terms of relations with russia. but certainly, there are others in the social democratic party in germany who would be putting forth the view that we absolutely must work with russia. and that we can't simply

dig in and declare a new cold war either with russia or with china. there will be enough interlocutors on that kind of point going forward. but we have heard the green parties, chancellor candidate, and they're not leading in the polls at the moment that they are very likely to be part of the next government. say we need to see germany get much tougher on both russia and china. so again, there is a movement on the 2nd, but the, the image that uncle american has in the united states, she is seen as george w bush said, as a product of the end of the cold war. she had grown up in east germany, became the chancellor of a united germany with her leaving power. does dance rep? is it, does it mark an inflection point in history in any way? do you think? well, certainly it will change trans relation. she's somebody who has seen for chancellors

and she has gotten along with 4 presidents. yeah. and she has gotten along very well with 3 of them. george bush pay tribute to her again this week and an interview with d. w. in which she just really for the heat done the praise and definitely her background as an east german as part of that. the fact that she grew up in communist east germany and was able to transcend that and piece to wrong democrats. so that's part of what americans respect, i think more than anything else brand, they respect the principal leadership for which she in fact was awarded an honorary degree today at johns hopkins university with the law data on this degree saying she is a beacon of principal leadership for the world as a whole. and if you look at paul, the pew research institute in the us did a survey looking at anglo medical and biden's popularity in the world. in many places. uncle medical is significantly more popular than biden,

although he's pretty popular himself. but she had the backing on average across, i think, 14 or more countries of 77 percent of people. and certainly the case in the u. s. because she is simply seen as the not donald trump, a principal democrat who speaks the troops. and again, that was part of the reason johns hopkins gave her this award for her. speaking of the truth during the pandemic, and it doesn't hurt that she's also by training a physicist, a scientist in which the world maybe needs a little bit more of right now. or chief political correspondent, belinda crane has always been that of thinking there are here in germany. severe storms have triggered some of the worst flooding. in decades, at least 50 people have died, including 2 firefighters, many more missing. hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. helicopter crews have lifted stranded villagers to safety. the sweeping away anything in their path. these flood waters have claimed homes and lives across west

in germany. emergency crews trying to locate dozens of missing residents. some with traps on rooftops as the water inundated their homes. but rescue acids hindered by roads that had been ripped apart, raging flood waters and debris. the german army has been deployed clear and passed through the mud. you can see and there is much everywhere in the houses, the bridge, the collapse as water over it further down, even houses have floated away when the lease is guaranteed to take 10 years to recover the people here broke the businesses to so it's just horrible. now, the regions of north ryan with failure, rhineland per last night and czar land have been west effected the flood gates on

a damn near the sushi of booker towel, had to be opened as it threatened to bess. the unusually intense rainfall was caused by warm and cool and mixing. germany's chancellor uncle american express her sympathies from washington where she is on her last visit before stepping down as the german leader in. if it should, not, when i am shocked by the reports that are reaching me from the places that are now completely under water in which people have rescued themselves in a situation of great need under the roofs of their houses and hopefully will also be rescued. i mourn for those who have lost their lives in this catastrophe. we don't know the number yet, but there will be many, some in the basement of their houses, some of the firefighters trying to bring others to safety. my deepest sympathy goes out to their families and doing good, minor teeth and tell them as the weather clears in most of the hot hit

areas, some residents have joined the clean up s's, salvaging whatever they can from the devastated homes where the w corresponded. kate martyr. is in the town of old port time in western germany. she has more on the flooding there. i'm here and i'll put time, which one of the villages has been hit hard by the flood board. says debris all around me as you can see. and the rescue efforts which has been going on throughout the entire day today as the police, as being rescue workers. and the people driving heavy machinery trying to clear some of the debris off the road. obviously that has been lots of village villages as well, sat around all day waiting for information to find out what's happened about herman's and also as i loved ones that have been unfortunately at least 2 people who have been found dead in this village. they found one pass and aaliyah in the day and they have just reported that they have found another cousin and i spoke to

people earlier. 6 6 today, and they were telling me about that and talking story. so they knew that this was going to happen, that they knew that it would be some flooding. and they had some warning from the origin, but they said that they had no idea that it could possibly be 5. and that was the w correspondent, kate, marta reporting there. earlier we spoke with heidi noah. she lives in one of the areas that have been hit by the floods and she described what she experienced when the flood waters swept through her st on wednesday night. last evening, it was shortly before dark. the police say the police and the firemen came and they were yelling to the people. we had already heard sirens, but they were yelling for the people, leave your leave, your house. and even i live on the 2nd floor. and they were saying we were supposed to leave as well, and leave your home,

leave your house. and even i live on the 2nd floor. and they were saying we were supposed to leave as well. and nobody had time to react. and within 2 minutes, the street was covered. had we left, we would have been swept away. and so we watched the whole night, the lead water levels rose and rose to probably at least one and a half meters, which 2 americans would be probably about 4 and a half feet deep. and yeah, cars, trees, gas tanks, little propane tank, floating down the street. and today is clean up. and that was hiding no act they're describing the floods to us earlier today where the flooding is also causing devastation in neighboring belgium. and the netherlands authorities in the belgian city of lege,

have urged residents to evacuate riverfront neighborhood, saying the banks could soon overflow. at least 4 people have died in the flooding in belgium. the dutch province of members has also been badly hit. dozens of soldiers have been sent to the area to help with evacuations and flood defense. the dutch crying reporter peter of re, has died after being shot last week. the claim journalist was gone down in the street after appearing on wiv television in amsterdam. the breeze was the confidant of a key witness and a drug trial. at the time of his death, 2 suspects were detained shortly after the assassination on july, 6 degrees was known for his reporting on the criminal underworld in another hidden camera. or let's go now to d, w report, jack perry, he is in amsterdam. good evening to you jack. so how is amsterdam? how are the netherlands reacting to the death of peter devries?

good evening brand. well here, the site where he was shot 9 days ago. people have been gathering, they are here to pay their respects they, there's a really sort of powerfully still atmosphere right now. a number of people have been coming to deliver flowers down the site. exactly where he was shot with 5 gunshots, 9 days ago. hit right. and sent from i'm, as you mentioned, just after he had given a report on television, he died in a hospital not too far away from his family, released the statement saying that they that he had food hard. but his had succumbed and lost his battle to those injuries. this is a massive case have in the netherlands shocked everybody. the dutch prime minister mar ritter, responding to the news of his death, said that it was almost incomprehensible that this had happened in that country. and in general, what more do we know tonight about the suspects and the motives in the shooting

to us were arrested and have shortly after the shooting. 9 days ago they come new e, who is a polish national, a 35 years old, and delano g adults national 21 years old. they appear in court on friday, and they are due to remain in custody for at least 2 more weeks. we don't know too much more about the case at the moment. clearly the investigation and the police and the prosecutors are continuing their investigation. as i say, the people here are very concerned about exactly what happened and they're very keen. i've been speaking to a number of people already this evening. he was saying that very keen that justice is delivered in this case. as we say, pizza debris is an absolutely beloved journalist and reported here in the netherlands. he exposed the criminal underworld. he dug a corruption, he supported families whose children are loved ones that be murdered in order to

try and bring those perpetrators to justice under achieved a lot of success in doing that. over korea that has spun, span decades, brand and inject, what are we seeing? what's happening here is this is becoming a power struggle between dutch authorities and organized crime in the netherlands. well this is the really one of the big concerns because he was very connected and very closely, very close confident a key witness in a drugs trial against redo on tugee who is a mafia boss here in the netherlands. who does prosecutors are said, is this person who is willing to do whatever he needs to do to get that way. and the federation have done this already said that they're very sure that that gang was connected to his mother. the federal justice minister in the netherlands has launched an investigation as to why somebody like pizza debrief,

who was so connected. and so involved in some of these really, really complicated and dangerous cases, did not have strongest security and was allowed to be shot in the center of amsterdam. all right, jack paris in amsterdam tonight. jack, thank you. the south african government is sending an extra $25000.00 soldiers to help curb unrest after days of looting. violence has begun to subside, allowing the cleanup to be get more than 70 people have died in supply chains across the country for food and fuel. have been disrupting the w corresponding christine wound was sent us this report from your hand to spur. i mean a shopping mall in alexandria township. this is in johannesburg, and this really is one of the last small standing in this particular township. and throughout the day, members of the alexander community has been coming along to do their shopping. here

. it's already been monitored really well, you've had soldiers patrolling the area. of course there was some panic buying that's starting to happen now. is people fear that they're not going to have access to food and other essentials in the coming days. yes, you really end up not having some for that long time me. this is one of the more that was left and gave i just been protected very much by a number of officials. so in a short while from now you're going to see members of the south african national defense forces patrolling the area. basically just touching base to see that everything still remains calm. and in order to just give us a sense of how much longer you feel that you guys are going to be eligible, we're going to be here for some time. as long as this looting and as pending of warehouses, we are still going to be in the com. their prison is making it possible for

a shelf like this one behind me to stay open at this time because of course, the threat level is still very much alive here. well, how dangerous is it in pakistan being a woman? according to one politician, it depends on what she wears. women, sexually assaulted in pakistan are often accused of provoking their attackers. prime minister in one con has been criticized for victim shaming. last month, he told an interviewer, if a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on the man unless they are robots. or earlier, con urged women to wear a veil saying, it is so there is no temptation in society. o activists say his comments reinforce the idea that women provoke, sexual assault in that men cannot control themselves. they say, attitudes need to change. my,

i'm in roger is getting ready to go out. that usually means putting on some makeup and, and stress. no big deal. you might think, but wearing an outfit like that is still a pretty bold step in pakistan. but more and more women a following suit. i'll just say that there's nothing that makes me more happy than seeing women owning who they are and kind of, you know, breaking studio types and putting a full stop there. because if one woman decides to do that, you know that changes the food of indictment, ration generation of women who are still fighting for basic rights. just recently an interview with president iran con, unleashed fresh protests. he said that wearing a veil with stop men being drawn into temptation, implying women were false for sexual violence. his remarks caused uproar amongst rights activists. i think he has discriminated, and he put all the blame

a burden over woman dress. that was not fair. he should have addressed to men as well. so i think that was totally unfair with woman enough parking spot. many women in pakistan have already experience sexual violence including whom i am in raja. when she was just 6 years old, her parents left her alone with a male friend of the family. she trusted him, but he abused that trust. one of the gate is and i strongly feel about this and what made me feel. and stephen has mentioned it earlier as well, is that most of these experiences come at an age where that should a religious by those not even for as on who am in rajah wants to convince the women to speak openly about sexual violence. she says it's the only way to bring about change. she believes that her generation can achieve a lot. she's calling for the same rights for everyone. when we are collect,

the wife will make a difference. we don't need to be ashamed that did happen to us. did the burden of proof, the shame lives of the one to do that. so this is something i think are making you different in pockets. but unfortunately, pakistan's women still have a long way to go. all right, let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . the european union's top court has ruled that employers can enforce a ban on religious symbols in the workplace, but the step must be justified and it has to apply to all religions equally. the case centers around 2 muslim women in germany who were suspended for wearing head scarves. there have been protests and deliveries capital. be rude after acting prime minister sod alpha really abandoned his bid to form a government really was asked by parliament to form a cabinet in october of 2020. his failure comes as the country is mired in its

worst economic crisis in decades. of turkey is marking the 5th anniversary of a failed military to some 250 people died in thousands were injured when a military faction tried to else the president is sweeping political practice and mass arrest phone you watch. the w news were covering angular miracles, final visit to washington, and the german chancellor were waiting for a news conference, a joint news conference between president joe biden and the german chancellor. we have to say good bye now to some viewers watching on tv as channels of the us for the rest of our viewers. we're going to go live for that press conference as soon as it begins job chance are going american. she is in washington on a federal visit to the united states, merrill and president joe biden,

and held wide ranging talk today covering climate change. the pandemic and global security. the 2 leaders are due to give a joint news conference shortly, and we're going to cross over lives to that at the white house as soon as it begins . joining me here at the big table is our chief political correspondent, belinda crain. to give some analysis of the meaning of this and why is it so important to have an american go to washington? see the u. s. president and basically say farewell. i think it's important not least because the traffic atlantic relationship has taken a beating over the past 4 and a half years. it was interesting. i was looking at statistics today that represent a survey that's been carried out for a long time by the pew research institute. in the united states, and they ask americans about their trust in other countries and they ask germans

and other other europeans about their trust in the united states and trust here in germany and in europe significantly declined during the trump presidency and it hasn't come all the way back yet, the relationship definitely was damaged by president trump's trade wars by his really personal attacks on chancellor michael he let loose a lot of tweets. we remember when he was back when he was hot and social media back during his presidency with real vicious verbal attacks on the chancellor. so there came, it came to a point at which she said, we have arrived at a point where we can rely on the u. s. to a certain degree less than we used to be able to do. and i think a big part of this visit is trying to put this trans atlantic relationship on

a more stable footing going forward with due recognition to the fact that there will be election fear in germany in just 2 months. and there will be elections in the u. s. in about 15 months from now a little longer. but therefore, both of these politicians are now in a place where they can talk without thinking about elections right around the corner. she of course, will not be campaigning again in september. and i think part of what, what they're trying to do is a forward look melinda, or if you are joining us now, this is a special edition of the day. we are covering that visit by the german chancellor in the united states. a farewell visit were expecting a joint press conference between uncle americal and you as president joe biden. to begin at any moment. we're going to go to that live our chief political correspondent, belinda crane. she's with me now. belinda, the chancellor. she has been in office at chance for 16 years and that is

seen as incredible stability for the world of politics americans.