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 with 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, they can elect

a president twice. 2 terms, you get 8 years. a lot of americans have asked us, has she been in office too long? is it not healthy for a democracy to have a leader in office that law will interestingly enough many germans would say yes. maybe it has been too long. as you know, although she was awarded an honor to day by johns hopkins university for her leadership during the pandemic. americans apparently see that leadership a little bit more favorably than many germans do. there was a sense here in this country that uncle medical and the federal government did pretty well during the 1st 6 months of the pandemic. that things began to go downhill, particularly with the roll out of the vaccines. now that was based partly on policy that was made in brussels. but there's more and we've talked about this before. there is more berlin could have done to support brussels in getting vaccines out more quickly than they arrived. and therefore, i think there is

a sense in this country that, that leadership has not been quite what it was towed it sounded as being today at johns hopkins university. the leaders of the university praised her leadership in the pandemic because it was the leadership of a scientist. they said they talked about the scientific rigor that she brings to policy making. and certainly, that has been the through out the pandemic, she has emphasized the importance of fact she praised johns hopkins today, this the main source of data is, ron covert in the united states. and she made specific reference to that because of her fervent belief that facts are crucial basis for democratic exchange. and she said as much again today when she was asked some questions by students at johns hopkins and being able to agree on what the facts are to and not having your own version of reality, that's a big problem in the united states. also here in germany, we can go now to our washington bureau chief in his pole. she is at the white house

. good afternoon to you is do we know how close are we now to this joint press conference between the chancellor and the president. right, brenda press conference was scheduled for 15 minutes ago or so, but we hear that the conversation between the one and one between chancellor america and president biden is still going on. i think that's a good sign. so they really have a lot to talk about it. melinda pointed that out, earlier on, this really is a work meeting. it's much more than a fall. well, a party or visit. they really have many, many things to talk about and it's still going on. so the press conference might be delayed by another hour or so, and we were talking earlier that joe biden says that uncle american is the political leader that he admires and respects most. do you think that that behind closed doors biden is trying to glean some wisdom from uncle american?

well, i think it's fair to speculate that mongol america really kind of wants to pass on her knowledge to joe biden, in a way. and i'm sure that he's really open to learn from this woman who played such a crucial role for nearly 16 years in the world. one can say, and who was considered to be the leader of the free world. doing the trump years from many, many americans. so i'm sure that president buying it and it's eager to get as much information that maybe even some advice from tesla, marco, if you have covered several us presidential elections, you've traveled across the all of the united states, talking with americans. what they have struck you the most about the way americans view german chancellor angle american it's amazing. you know, we had a little poster the last days and we were walking here in front of the white house

and also in some other areas a little bit further away from the political. how here in washington, asking people mainly young americans, if they know who she's who she, who this woman on this poster is and it is amazing how many americans are aware who she is. they know that many know that she's america. the 1st thing they refer to when i ask them, so what does she stand for? what does come to your mind when you look at her face? most of them say stability. she was reliable. and also those who kind of might be more critical about the policies they always refer. she kind of has been a rock and these very, very uncertain times you are in washington dc. the politics of course, means that, you know, everyone's always thinking about the next bill election. so let's apply that now to the situation here. in germany, i'm going to miracle will not be the chancellor in about 2 months from now. if all

goes according to plan, are you hearing there in washington, or are there preferences for who will replace or do people have preferences or do people, you know, are they clueless about think it possibly be the next chance for some people really say they want the person who is fighting for human rights, who is strong on women rights on gender equality and you know, and then it's really becoming kind of inside baseball. it's hard for the average american. and i think melinda can talk about that as well. to really understand our germans system, that we have different parties in the united states. the only have 2 parties that the leaders are forced and building coalition. that's too complicated for the average americans. but what does play a role more and more so is climate change? because this is hitting this country also hard, i mean, we heard the horrible,

horrible news from the floods in germany. but here if you go west, i mean the water is burning. shrimps are basically boiling in the water here, it's right in the united states. so this is becoming an issue, and therefore some people really have some interest in the green party being somewhat a part of the next government in germany. and melinda may ask, you have people here in germany also in the u. s. and they separate the fact that soon she, she will not be the chancellor anymore. this rock of stability that in this was talking about will be gone. well, of course it's not up to them to accept it, but certainly they are aware of it. i've just come back from the u. s. today in fact. and i was asked by a number of people. so it's really true, she's going and this is the end of an era. and it has talked about stability as one of the things they see in medical. another thing is principal leadership, and that was actually cited by johns hopkins university today when they award made

this award to her. it was also cited by president george w bush and his interview with d w, where he talked about that sense of principle that she had that she stays with her values. and of course, that means for many americans who went through the trump presidency, she's the opposite. she's the anti trump, she somebody with strong values. she of course, is also very pragmatic in the way that she governs. but she certainly does have some, some very fervently held principals and they include a great attachment to democracy and a conscious realization of democracy's value. but also of its fragility. and she also talked about that today in her remarks at johns hopkins university. she was asked by a student about democracy and has very interesting things to say, but there is no one though that has been groomed to be her successor,

or that she maybe would have liked to replace her. that person maybe may have been on the scene, but it's no longer there. so there is no when, when you look out on the political landscape here in germany, he would say yes, that is, he will take over from uncle american. but i mean last at the see to you chance a candidate his whole campaign is based on essentially telling people that he is the one who will wear her mantle, that he will carry on in the tradition of uncle and marco. a values based pragmatic conservatism and interestingly enough, in light of the floods, one of the areas where he but also angle america have been criticized in the past, is that they weren't moving fast enough on addressing the climate crisis. and today he's saying some different things from what he'd been saying in the past months on this issue, not least because of the flood. so i think he'd be the person who would be closest

to being seen as a natural kind of a successor. he's from her party and in many ways he shares her approach. you know, we've talked about, i'm going to make a relationship a lot with with donald trump. let me ask you about with a brock obama. it is rumored that when brock obama was leaving off, as he came to europe a final time he met with anglo miracle and its rumor that he convinced her, asked her to run another term. yeah, that, that is being said, nobody has confirmed it. she was asked explicitly and she explicitly did not answer inclined to answer, but certainly barack obama in that, at that last meeting, or at the over the course of a couple of days that he was here. it was clear that he deeply regretted saying good bye to her. they had truly become friends to the degree that political leaders can be friends. but he really went to her for advice. he said there was no one he had called on the phone more often than anglo medical, and he clearly would have known. he believed that hillary clinton would win the

election. there's no question about that. but he will have been aware that thanks for touchy in the united states and that it was a good thing to have a strong hand on the german tiller. so it's possible that he did so. but i think what's fascinating to look at is the evolution in their relationship because actually when he came into power, she wasn't entirely convinced by him. she found him a bit too smooth as a, as a speaker, as a rhetorician. of both, both academics in a way, but he's much more certify re and flamboyant in his way of speaking. she was skeptical about that. you know, he was your member, he wanted to speak of the brandenburg gate. right. she turned that down so i know. so there was a bit of distance and that distance close step by step. so in 2009, she was invited to address the joint houses of congress. in 2011, she won the presidential medal of honor. she was truly somebody. he grew closer and closer to over time,

and joe biden witnessed all of that important because he was the vice president willing to stand by. we want to talk about what happened earlier today. i'm going to miracle. she received an honorary degree from johns hopkins university. her 18th honorary academic award is german chancellor, 18, and her acceptance speech miracle reflected on the key role. corona virus. data gathered by john hopkins has played throughout the pandemic. the several. listen to what she said, guessing as president on the new prison, the board board of trustees was who knew coma profit command team can come in the president co professor calling dom and ladies and gentlemen, heflin dunc, i thank you very, very much for inviting me today. a real pleasure to be here, of course, and i feel very honored by one welcome to receive as well as the honor that

you've conferred on me for you. it means a great deal at the end of the book. this jeff humane letter in the honorary doctorates shows the friendship between countries, particular ties between myself and the jonathan. as well as unique occasion in a unique time. when for last year, you had a number of lectures and events that you could only hold digitally. so i might not, and most of my appointments as well had to be held in a virtual digital manner, which is why i'm over that. and once again, we can meet in person and see each other face to face on my list. if i think back to my last visit to the united states in may, 2019 come on complex, and it's hard to imagine what has happened since this time. the other 2 years ago, very few people and thought of that a virus when they heard the word corona,

but since 18 months. now we have seen how the world has been in the grip of this virus. and how did changed world as well. and if the pandemic has taught us one thing, it has taught us how it is tied to certain, even those things we take for granted. and it teaches that everything we do in everything we think we must prepare for the expected end up we have learned in the panoramic and continuing to learn as well as the vaccination programs are starting to show the 1st effect that we must remain alert because the virus is still here, but we are combating a rising number of cases across the world. thousands of people are dying every day of covered 19 and we've had more than 4000000 dead already on the planet. so these

are just numbers, but behind every number mentioned, you are the faith of an individual people, amelion who had families and friends you for them to grieve them, families and friends who will never feel the same as they did before the pandemic. i know that we are all just longing for this dreadful pandemic. and because it requires so much of us and it grinds us down more money. and of course we want to get back to normality audience. we cannot dots and ease up the pressure now because the figures that we are seeing and talk are as worrying as they were on the very 1st day of the panoramic. we need to keep up the pressure and also continue to analyze these dates and facts. and draw the conclusion that they tell us all of these packets and figures. ones like the johns hopkins university has delivered, there's almost no other name that is associated with collecting and processing the

facts and figures that the covered $900.00 pandemic. as that of the johns hopkins university in baltimore, usa since january 2020. the corona virus research center has provided researchers and politicians with me data that gives them a tool to track the development of the pandemic. and this is crucial because it has contributed to helping us respond to the pandemic. and to ensure that we strengthen international cooperation as well. because without joining forces, we would never be able to cope with time to make this kind of cotton. and for this excellent work that you have done, i want to thank you when i profited myself from the facts and figures generated by johns hopkins university for one. but it's hardly surprising that it is

particularly the johns hopkins university that has helped the world with this service because this university very 1st heritage will liberate you. is it logan and has always aspired to truth, and he's in synagogue president, and it's for the president and daniel sherman, who 6 in 18, almost $276.00, your founding year to he devoted to the university researchers to independent thought looks and so tight encouraged them to share the findings of their research as well, the thought urging them to think independently. if i might speak on a personal note, it was not the environment that i experienced as a young physicist before the fall of the berlin wall in germany. physics in the was them and remains one subject where darren con to all the laws of physics are

determined by nature not by some date apparatus. and even the german regime could change anything on that. but it took all those years until the fall of the berlin wall, the things to really change the aspirations of the people in east germany who have free were stronger than the barbed wire. the berlin wall. the revolution was down on the 9th of november, 1989, and this was the beginning of the end, the germany rain and less than a year later on the 3rd of october, 1990. germany was once again unify as peacefully. and i will never forget the huge contribution played by the united states of america. at this time dr. achieve these changes, and i personally must say, i will always be grateful to the left of the germany and the u. s. have very close

ties and she's close ties can be seen in the university landscape as well. the core of the german university system is bringing together teaching and research. and in the us, this is a duality that is particularly strong at the johns hopkins university, which has invested in research and development company almost more than any other. and it's hardly surprising, it's all mit your form of president steven miller referred to this one off site when he visited west berlin as it was and said that they were seen as the father of the modern german university. miller said at the time the money i've been father, you would also have to be seen as the grandfather of america. because universities are that it's not because what he had written were so influential in america.

because his i'm really kind of the one that had spread across the academic lambs game. because so many american scholars who had studied in germany took these ideas back home with them for the last time between teaching and researching is something that would then if i didn't stop makes it typically let's see him. it's only been one university with one faculty, american institute for contemporary german studies is part of your university. and this institute names for ensuring that there is an understanding of site potential solutions are the biggest challenges facing us in our age on both sides of the atlantic. based on our common values, pursuing our common interest of thought up, and this requires a comprehensive dialogue actually across academic communities. and beyond

this in the political sphere as well, both bilaterally or somebody in law and within the framework. the u. s. a dialog on the occasion president biden's trip, for example, in june of this year. show this to you. it is significant that the last us a summit truck came up with some specific ways of come back in. because at 19 pandemic and fleshed out to miss beers to dialogue by having a trade policy council, as well as other bodies in order to strengthen transatlantic relations. ignite signals of closing ranks was also sent out from the latest nature in brussels. joining forces in a commitment to the form, again, the knots by mutual alliance agreement which shows our

alliance the way forward on partnership dialogue. and we're going to get on the basis of a partnership when it comes to multi lateral commitment. first, you ideas together and to involve new and old. so in this a, this is particularly true in a work in the united nation. because this, or working together con basis, an order of law chargers that are universally valid. but ones which we have to say are getting harder and harder to implement because the blockades that we are seeing again and again, i still don't see you and doing what it should do. so we have to ensure that the one has a great to cap past due to actual because it has the greatest opportunity to come up with global responses to global challenges in a few self funded connecting in our diversity in our loaner world

means we must join forces unbundle drinks and we see this and know in a way we haven't for a long time in the cold. it is 1900 pandemic. it must be clear that we can only overcome this pandemic together. and the key is access to vaccination and particularly the poor countries of this world need them. and this is why the u. s. and germany are supporting the global initiative rates. active salary turn in the problem. you could come in combat in the pan gee, 20 global nations, but also typically the g 7 nations have a t responsibility, answer the commitments of the cornwell g and 7. summit of particular importance of the aim is to have over 2000000000 vaccinations available by 2022 marketable above and beyond. this agreement to combat climate change, the international support for sustainable global infrastructure on the town.

ladies and gentlemen, i'm an economist torture as american americans, germans and european allies in nato. we are partners and international trade. we share common values and interests, kind of, you know, 2 regions in the world that have such a common interest values as europe. when do i say if and because this is the case because i understand the great honor that you have bestowed on me today as also being an expression of the close ties of our 2 countries and for that and i am truly grateful. thank you. and that was the german chancellor there speaking, john. something's university earlier today as part of her farewell visit to the united states in german chancellor here. the big table with me is our chief political correspondent, belinda, great. when we been talking about the politics,

the legacy, one in america, what is she going to do on her 1st day? not being chancellor. well, funny you asked that because i was asked by one of the students actually no, it wasn't what the dean johns hopkins asked her a couple questions that were sent in by students, but they said, and i have one of my own. what are you going to do on the morning when you wake up and it's the day after the, the election? and she said, well, 1st of all, i'm going to sleep. and she's famous for the fact that she really, during the week she sleeps 4 or 5 hours, i'm not more. and that for 16 years, you have to imagine. so she's going to sleep. she says and, and she's gonna think, and she's going to reflect and she said, and you know, i'm going to take my time with that because i've been in government for 16 years. so i'm not going to give anybody any hint anytime soon. what direction i'm thinking in, i'm just going to take my time and she said this in a, in a very friendly way. and they tried to push her and said, well, you know, you've gotten an honorary degree here and we're expanding our facilities. we've got

plenty of room we'd love to have you. so clearly she's going have a lot of offers for teaching position she with. but i think she's going to take her time and she's not somebody who needs the ego polishing that many. retiring male politicians need, she's, she has a fairly strong degree of humility. what also people here in berlin will know you the, the people who live in her neighborhood where her apartment is, they see her in the grocery store shopping. yeah. so she, she can say when she says she's one of the people she has something to, to back it up. yeah. what do you think for, for germans looking at her? what does she mean she's, she almost is an entire generation, isn't she? it's so interesting. you know about what we have. we have july, let's say, sometime around march, i had the feeling people are getting tired of her now because you know the vaccine will that with stall people had the feeling. why didn't they get their act together

sooner? and i think there was a sense that her time had played out and that things to be changing now. so i'm hearing people who don't necessarily agree with her politics, but they're still saying, you know what, we're going to miss or we're going to mr. because she has been such a steadying figure through the financial crisis through the pandemic that was all mentioned by johns hopkins thing. she has helped not just her own country, but all of us confront multiple chrisy be that was advocate here. she has also made sure that there is no one around her who could challenge her. her rivals have easily been deactivated. so there is no one who stands out as the obvious choice to replace her unless you're in within her party. the christian democrats just isn't an obvious replacement. no, but if we think back to the time when she became chancellor candidate, would we ever have guessed that she would assume this level of leadership and be

seen the world over as, as joe by himself said, possibly the strongest international head of state. i think not so who knows how some of the politicians that we're seeing now in the election, how they will develop over time, certainly within the christian democratic party, the man who is now the chaslek candidate army lashes. he claims her mantle. he says he will essentially be the candidate of continuity. whether that's the case we'll see after september 26th, we will see it. we'll see how long it takes them to formulate governments here. i mean, she could in theory, go back to washington on business, another trip if you haven't formed a new government. we don't know. there was talking about the chancellor carrying the baton of western liberal democracy after brock obama left. the white house. was she a bridge in the eyes of many people in germany particular to the by and presidency,

a bridge over the trump here? absolutely. and as you know, she initially tried to find a way to communicate with donald trump. she went through washington in the spring of 2017 and brought a large group of german industry leaders to try to convince president trump that trade between germany and b u. f. betrayed also with the due is a good thing for both sides. it's a win win, as she explicitly said, she talked to him about the german system, vocational education, what it was doing for american young people. he didn't buy any of it. and relations cooled successfully, really over time until he was literally attacking her on very personal terms. on social media and i think all that time she remains study. she spoke at harvard, 2 years ago, got an honorary degree there as well. she gave a very strong speech about democracy and values. and the importance of not claiming

that lies are truth and claiming that truth is live and, and essentially this entire speech in many ways was about trumpet. but she never ever said his name. and i think so many americans look up to her for that kind of leader that shift and for being so very different from that populace nationalist politics that they saw under trump. so that's part of what's going on today. ok if you're joining us now, this is the w news, and this is our live coverage of the german chancellor agular medical in washington on a farewell visit to the united states miracle and president jo by we have held wide ranging talks covering climate change. the pandemic and global security to leaders are due to give a joint news conference at any moment. we are going to cross over life to the white house when the press conference begins. they are behind schedule, melinda crane. archie,

political correspondence in the studio with the list. how do you read those t lead? melinda, what does it mean that they're, you know, they're more than an hour on most behind schedule. now, till one's a big talker. they have a lot of things to talk about. he's a very friendly man. he knows her very well. after all, he was vice president steering obama stern office. he's known as somebody who is the 1st name basis with many different leaders. and certainly angola is one of them, so they'll be having a lot of things to say to each other, and it was quite clear, you know, she talked about it in the reason marks. we heard earlier that she gave johns hopkins. she said, we can only solve the big challenges that we face through multilateralism and through strength and cooperation. and both of them will be looking to talk about that the bigger picture on, on multilateral cooperation. is there some way to put it on a stable footing, even if for example, the republicans were to take back one or both houses of congress in the mid term

elections? what can be done to ensure continuity in the transit, lactic relationship, also between europe and the us. because these are countries that for all the differences that they sometimes have. and there are a number that are on the table that you're needing. but they, they share very strong values about how to address somebody pressing challenges we face, whether it's in terms of stabilizing democracy and restoring trust or the climate crisis we, we talked about the eviction that morocco bama has for on medical. what about george w bush? you know, he was interviewed this week by our washington bureau chief in his poll, and i mean, he was, it was incredibly motive and talking about how affectionate his feelings are for her, how much he respects her. and instruct me because he is the president seen here,

where her constituents are as the president who started, you know, the iraq war who, who basically did away with all the goodwill that the u. s. had after the $911.00 attacks. how do you, how does she, how do you square that circle? well, one thing is that even before she came into office, chancellor macro wrote an editorial in the u. s. newspaper saying that that get hodge hood or who was then that's the social democratic chancellor of germany and who was essentially using the iraq war as part of his election campaign. so doing some ground standing with his refusal to become part of the drumbeat of war. and she wrote an editorial thing cared for, it does not speak for all germans. so obviously that was a very big plus in george w bush's eyes, when he saw her then actually become chancellor in germany. she already had a lot of credibility with him. but one thing that he and his father,

george bush senior, also of course, prior to that president of the united states at the time the berlin wall fell. they both greatly admired medical for the fact that she had been born and raised in east germany and has transcended that communist background to become a, a, an advocate of democracy, a staunch defender of democracy, and a great democratic leader. so that's one of the things that george, the bush praised in this truly emotional interview along with, you know, laying out the whole history of what really became a kind of a friendship. they visited each other private leaves that ran. yeah. they had things that were like barbecues, and there was a roasted wild boar here in germany. supposing the most expensive wild boar s and dinner of all time that withheld in the guesthouse outside of berlin, but they really sought to build

a personal relationship. and that's true of her and, and barack obama as well. and clearly she's got a lot to say to joe biden, or we would be waiting for them to come out. that's right. because it is shortly after what 5 pm on the east coast of the u. s, and we're still waiting for that joint press conference. melinda, thank you very much. we're going to be by now to other stories, least for the moment 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 groups have lifted stranded villagers to safety, sweeping away anything in their path. these flood waters have claimed homes and lives across west in germany. emergency cruise, trying to locate dozens of missing residents,

somewhat trapped on rooftops as the water inundated their homes. but rescue efforts 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 here, there is not everywhere in the houses. the bridge there collapsed 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, oh broke the businesses too. so it's just horrible. now. * the regions of north ryan was a failure. rhineland pa, last night and saw land have been west effected the flood gates on a damn near the sushi of a towel, had to be opened as it threatened to best. 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. if it should out for him, if 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, neat onto 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 as firefighters trying to bring others to safety. my deepest sympathy goes out to their families under doing good, minor teeth. and so as the weather clears in most of the hot heat areas, some residents have joined the clean up s's, salvaging whatever they can from the devastated homes.

well, our corresponded kate martin. she is in the town evolved for time in western germany . she has more on the flooding there. i am here and what time which one of the villages has been hit hard by the flood bordeaux debris all around me. as you can see. and the rescue efforts which has been going on throughout the entire day to day police as being rescue workers. and there's been people driving heavy machinery trying to plan some of the debris off the road. obviously you 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 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 today and they were telling me about the possible stories. so they

knew that this was going to happen. they knew that there would be some flooding and they had some warning from the operative for they said that they just had no idea that it could possibly be the 5. that was our correspondence, kate martin reporting there. earlier we spoke with heidi no act 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 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 live 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 high. feet and cars, trees, gas tanks, little propane tanks, floating down the street and today is clean up. that was heidi know ac speaking with his earlier describing the floods where the flooding is also causing devastation in neighboring belgium. and the netherlands authorities in the belgian city of leach, have urged residents to evacuate riverfront neighborhoods saying the banks could soon overflow. at least 4 people have died in the flooding. in belgium, the dutch province of limbo has also been badly hit. dozens of soldiers have been sent to the area to help with evacuations and flood defenses. the

dutch crime reporter peter devries has died after being shot last week. the claim journalist was gone down the street after appearing on live television in amsterdam . the breeze was the carpet on the key witness and a drug trial at the time of his death. 2 suspects were detained shortly after the assassination on july 6th. the breeze was known for his reporting on the criminal under world of the art. let's go now to d. w reporter jack paris. he is in amsterdam. good evening to you, jack. so how is amsterdam? how are the netherlands reacting to the death of peter de vries? 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 are 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 then trumps. as you mentioned, just after he had given a report on dutch 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 he had to come and lost his battle to those injuries. this is a massive case here in the netherlands, has shocked everybody. the dutch prime minister mot, router re responding to the news of his death, said that it was almost incomprehensible that this had happened in that country. and jack, what more do we know tonight about the suspects and the motives in the shooting? well, 2 suspects were arrested and hey, shortly after the shooting 9 days ago, they come new e, who is a polish national, a 35 years old, and delano g national 21 years old. they have 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. who is saying that very keen, the justice is delivered in this case. as we say, pizza debris is an absolutely beloved journalist and report to him in the netherlands. he expose the criminal underworld, he da guy corruption. he supported families whose children are loved ones that be murdered in order to try and bring news perpetrators to justice under achieved a lot of success in doing that over korea, that has been spawn 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 you know, 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 is that is a merciless person who is willing to do whatever he needs to do to get that way. and the federation of journalist already said that that very sure that, that gang with connected to his mother, the federal justice minister here in the netherlands, has launched an investigation as to why somebody like piece of the breeze, 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. right? dw jack paris in amsterdam tonight. jack, thank you. the south african government is sending in an extra $25000.00

soldiers to help curb unrest after days of looting violence have begun to subside, allowing the clean up to begin more than some of the people have died and supplied streams across the country for food and fuel have been disrupted. our correspondent christine was soon as this report from johannesburg. i mean a shopping mall in alexandra township. this is in johannesburg, and this really is one of the last small standing in this particular township. and throughout the day, the 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 is 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 that we really end up.