for the meeting of the loom wales sharks, the remote island of san antonio. ah, it is a testament to the quality of the waters. one of the many success stories from a bastion of biodiversity say don't starts november 18th, on d. w. good travel advice is hard to come by bud sherman chancellor. olaf shots got more than he could have asked for ahead of what was probably the most controversial trip of his political career. a whirlwind visit to china, the 1st by a western leaders and seeking ping was confirmed as ruler for life. the timing raised eyebrows in the u. s. u and even his own government. once in beijing,

sholtes called on china to respect international law and increase pressure on russia. but it's quite likely the powerful business delegation traveling with him left a bigger impression than his words. on the call for the him, berlin. and this is the day. ah, i think the 2 messages that a cummings engine with human rights are universal. i think the separate question though, is the message that was sent with the business delegation. we do not believe in decoupling from china. hopefully they will have interpreted as the more important priorities really still called japanese part, which was still from that perspective quite heavily focused on the commercial relationship. also on the shelf fears of more

political violence, as the u. s. heads into the 1st major election since 2020 and a climate of increasing radicalization. the mid terms promised to put the strength of american democracy to the test. and we look at issues like the attack against lucy. you know, we know that the attacker was there, inspired in part by a lot of their really concerning rhetoric aimed at speaker policy and we see from the capital police that not to speaker pelosi, but all members of congress, many members of congress are facing. i increase significantly increased stress year over year. oh, thank you so much for joining us. the german chancellor has often been called teflon shots. they say that whatever you throw at him and won't stick a quality that certainly came in handy when planning his 1st official visit to china. after much criticism about the timing of his visit, his industry, travel companions and the lack of coordination with western allies,

he got to beijing and simply said, it's good and appropriate. i'm here. schultz press china on human rights, and it's friendship with russia, but beijing's tight grip on germany's economy means his leverage is limited. an unusual reception in unusual times because of china, strict 0 code policy, german chancellor, all of sholtes had to get tested before leaving the plain covert protocols. also set the tone at his meeting with chinese leaders. she no handshake, no welcoming gesture. during the talks, both leaders said far apart from each other, symbolic not to the divergence of their political positions. all of shawls said he wanted to discuss strengthening economic ties, but also address differences. c, however, proposed skipping over the differences, urging for what he called and more pragmatic course. after meeting with china's premier leakage chung all of shawl said, shabby president, jesus, i told presidency that it is important for china to use its influence on russia.

it's about being in line with the principles of the united nations charter, which we have all agreed upon. china so far hasn't distance itself from russia and even benefits from the western sanctions on moscow. lee, however, took on the role of peacemaker from those sheila, the 2 sides. hope that this crisis can be ended as soon as possible. the situation can be east and it really can not be escalated and our starting point is to promote peace talks. i'm sure. sure. sure, china's human rights record was on the agenda. in this far as all of shulte said that he addressed the situation of the suppressed weaker minority for more, let's check in with the eva sion she covers china, the eurasia grew. welcome to the day at tell me how much of a cou was this visit by chancellor schoultz for china? i think for china, for is he himself is obviously a very good visit because he just got home from the 3rd term as general secretary.

and it's a great picture. hampshire boost, his international prestige. having a 1st major visit for g 7 liter to beijing at schultz was certainly aware of that, right? that photo op. that is so important for she. why do you think he still chose to go now as the 1st western leader after the congress i think shows had really 2 things to mind. first of all, there is russia's war and the trainer. there is rising german concerns about the possibility of russia using nuclear weapons. and so one of the major goals for shoals is to encourage aging to use its influence on russia to prevent russia from even consider it easy to go up. and to that credit, she has said in the public statement released by the ministry that he opposes the use and read of use of nuclear weapons. and the 2nd goal for scholes is to

stabilize the economic relationship. the china. as you mentioned earlier, german companies have a very major economic footprint and china in terms of investments and a because of german germans domestic economic concerns because of reducing energy imports from russia is very important for sales right now to stabilize the relationship of china in terms of commercial ties and investment tax, but germany's change through through trade policy is that in the water isn't that didn't work out the last time around and it seems like we're going down a similar path. while sheeting thing is going down, a more authoritarian path is germany. once again, putting economic interests above, you know, security concerns and, and it's economic independence. i wouldn't say the pictures

that you described because simultaneously as shows was visiting beijing, the german federal president was actually in japan. and the message from that is, it is that germany is going to increase his defense role in the end of the region because of concerns about china's rise and also russia is when you train. and so you see are really trying to balance. first of all, economic interest in china, but also balancing security interest about, you know, concerns over the in a pacific and try and have closer alignment with the u. s. nato and it's other allies in asia. is it smart of shots to see a deepening of the economic ties as a signal today in beijing, when germany is already so heavily dependent on, on china for trade? i think shows is definitely walking a very delicate line because he recognizes that the status quo for germans ties

with china is that many major german corporations have increase their investment footprint in china, while others and his government are advising against it. so on the one hand, he's trying to stabilize that relationship as a stance, but also trying to identify, for example, in or dependencies on china. dr. diversified away from china to better the german economy and to make a german economy more resilience this, this is definitely controversial. and it'll be interesting to see how he and his government decide to navigate their relationship with china going forward. yeah. what would have that, that, you know, the, the china policy that the german government is currently working on. what you think that would have to look like to give germany some sort of leverage over china, or is it going to be beijing calling the shots from here on out. i old age. in this relationship

a gene will be calling the shots entirely because both sides have leverage, right? so for china, it intends to stay open for foreign investment. if especially for those sectors that will benefit is domestic goals in terms of self reliance and in terms of upgrading is manufacturing and is productivity. and so in this case it would want to have is the relationship with germany, right? but for germany, i think on the other hand, in terms of it's human rights concerns and it's concerns about china's ambitions in taiwan and things like that. i think that this will be a leverage for germany in terms of trying to encourage some kind of behavior that, you know, germany wants to see on transport. does china really care, though about when germany wants to see what the u. s. wants to see specifically

when it comes to human rights to what's happening in and around taiwan. i think, especially in the case of taiwan foreign actions does come as a part of chinese populations. one of the reasons that china has not planned the short term invasion plan is because of what is seeing in the case of russia. because right has launched a war against the crane. and i think the sensitive nature of the section campaign against russia is very much a lesson to be learned for china. and that's something that china watching mostly and on the human race car, i think sad, sadly, the foreign actors don't have much play over china. but i think on the one portion, i think the picture is more complex. sholtes through his visit and already before he wrote an op and he made very clear that isolating beijing for him is not the

right way. now there are allies of jeremy who think about this quite differently. how does that affect washington's position towards china? i think for washington, there is some overlap with germany's position because as a secretary of state, lincoln has said that, you know, the u. s. is nasty and open competition, but china and i think germany can agree on that as well. and other things as related to defense and security. i think germany is really trying to align with the u. s. in terms of it's concerns. and there are other areas such as technology and telecommunications. i think there is, there has been more cooperation across the atlantic in those matters. and so again,

germany is not while it is not aligned completely with the u. s. position and the u . s. recognizes that, but i think there are still a lot of common areas that both countries can work together. a version of the your age group. thank you so much for your time tonight. thank you. oh, twitter employees are suing the company and a class action lawsuit over expected mass lee off the company recently acquired by the world's richest man, ellen musk told employees they would be notified about terminations via email. twitter offices are closed for the day and badge access has been removed. well, there has been no official announcement specifying the number of layoffs you as media report say, half of twitter is work for some 3700 people could be let go. our corresponding curling, the 2 boys following the story for us in washington. kara lina, how is the lawn musk planning to keep twitter running without large parts of it?

stuff that is a very good question. a call especially since we know that mass is looking to cut around $3700.00 tweeters soft, roughly half of the whole stuff of trader. he is thinking of course, to slash costs, but this is not really a surprise since major advertisers have been threatening to completely withdraw from the platform. like for example, folks wagner, who has recommended it's brands to to paul's pate advertising on trader until further notice, as well as general motors and also general mills. so mask will have to see what he makes out of twitter with half of its half and less profits. we also know a bit more about the departments he has been cutting off the company. the company's communications team in india has been laid off as well as a team that was researching and pushing for us with make it transparency and building ethical tooling and methods. so this might give us

a hint of how mask is planning to keep twitter running with half of his staff and probably less profits. musk has now been in charge a twitter for only a week. how have users been responding to his take over so far? well, there's so many things on social media, any call. the reactions are quite opposite. on the one hand, we've seen the ones who are tearing him up and saying that finally there is going to be a freedom of speeds on trader and no more canceled messages anymore. on that platform and then we also have the ones who are actually leaving the platform, any of them. former trader employees who are joining alternative social media networks like mastered on my plan to charge a dollars for the verification sign on twitter 3 are also a wave of negative reactions precisely among famous users. like for example, i'm author stephen king or singer, toni braxton, or also congresswoman a o c. so

a quite a polarized set of reactions on twitter. since then, are we any clear about where musk wants to take twitter or not really must, has been talking now for months about the importance of trader describing it as the public towns square of the world and saying he will restore freedom of speech. but the big question is of course, and it remains. what does mr mask understand and freedom of speech? as far as reinstalling the bank accounts, which was one of the critics and main concerns of civil rights groups here in the us must have mosque, has said that he is not going to re installed suspend to pounds. like, for example, the bank account, a former president, donald trump, because this is going to be a clear and a long process. so, so even if we don't know that many details about where mosque wants to take trade or at least we do know that for example,

he is not planning to reinstall former president trump's account before the midterms. curly nett. 2000000. washington. thanks for that. ah. and those u, as mid terms are only a few days away as the 1st major election since the capital riots and a takes place. them had feverish tensions in the u. s. in recent years, threats of violence against those running 4 or holding public office have become commonplace. and attacks against lawmakers have increased dramatically. the recent assault on the husband of u. s. how speaker nancy pelosi has but the threat of violence ahead of next week's vote and sharp focus on october 28th and a tech in the san francisco home of how speaker nancy pelosi left her husband with a fractured skull. the attacker brought zip ties and duct tape and his now charged with attempted murder. mister de pat, specifically targeted the policy home to confront speaker pelosi. this wasn't

politically motivated. evidence. threats against lawmakers are in all time high. in 2021 alone capitol police investigated 9625 threats made against members of congress. the white house is alarmed. we must, with one overwhelming unified voice speak as a country and say there's no place, no place for voter intimidation or political violence in america. i am fearful that these stop the still conspiracies will push some people over the edge into violence ah, in manner in pennsylvania. this is a we awaken america rally. the spirit of donald trump is everywhere. the event organizer, his former national security advisor, general michael flynn. flynn has become a celebrity in far right circles with anti government groups, white supremacists, and with a christian nationalist for his. a staunch supporter of donald trump and the former

president's big lie of a stolen election. the attendees are mostly white, conservative christians or self declared christian nationalists. the crowd is easily riled up. i know we awaken america. events are safe spaces and acre chambers for far right. speakers to spread and deep and fears that the current government is literally evil . i love what i hear all the time. most of the people here kind of see what's happening and they're supporting every way that you know all the speakers. when people feel that they're on the side of righteousness or that god is actually sanctioning their positions. it gives people more confidence and becoming even more angry and getting more involved at a campaign stop of republican state. senator duck must journal. he wants to become

the next governor of pennsylvania. must yano declare to 2020 election deny wants to make america a christian nation. here he's at a campaign stop in april, november. we're gonna take our safe, i my god will make it. so what that means do, do. he never explains. and nobody in the cloud ever asks me instead is going to, i whole heartedly, you know, but for him we gotta take our country back. but we're a godless country. as extreme political and religious views are shipping into the mainstream. many people here and across the u. s. field, they're countries falling apart, that they are under a tech there speak of coal. so the war america and i can now speak about all of their sweat. jennifer dressed in the nonpartisan group, protect democracy. mister anthony, welcome to the day. how much has the false claim that donald trump was cheated out of victory 2 years ago, sharpened the polarization of us politics?

thanks very much for having me. as you know, it has certainly had an impact. but the thing that i want to really highlight is that polarization in the united states has actually been increasing for about 30 years. and so it be a mistake to see this is something sort of new that came from nowhere. it is certainly a, has the heightened the volume and the intensity of the public discussion around this and how we understand and see that polarization. but it's also happening in the, in a broader certain politicians have though, found a way to tap into this polarization and, and give it a boost. haven't they? i'm going into these midterms now. where do you see the roots of the biggest threat of political violence? so one of the things that we've seen here and is that these, these threats don't all take the same form and they don't all find their way to the same,

same targets as it were. i'm. so the 1st thing that i think is really important to highlight is that actual episodes of physical violence are still quite rare in the united states. they have been on the increase that their source of deep concern, but they are not pervasive. what we have also seen a lot more of though is threats and intimidation. and these have definitely been on the rise. we've seen them increasing against members of congress. we've also seen them increasing against election officials, for example, sort of your local level elected administrators even have been receiving a lot more threats and harassment. and that's something that's really concerning because we depend on these people for our system to function, right. somebody needs to recollections and do so in a way that is rooted in professionalism and experience. and so we're seeing that type of activity happen as well as disproportionate threats against women and persons of color as well. how of these developments reshape the political landscape? because i can imagine that there are many people who are attracted to public

service, but don't want to be exposed to that kind of threat and harassment and potentially even, you know, attacks yes, it has had an impact over the last couple of years. we have seen a rise in the number of election officials, local officials who have resigned because of this. and, but we've also seen a response. we've seen a response from civil society. we've seen a response, a growing response from law enforcement to try and take proactive steps to help us offer offer local officials, local election, election officials and some, some amount of protection and security. and so there has definitely been an impact, especially the local level. but we've also seen responses that i find in encouraging in that regard. we just heard it in the report there. many people see

these political debates as an existential battle between good and evil. at how do you think we got here this has been brewing for decades, you say, but now we're at a point where the result of an election is such an emotionally charged. and, and visceral matter, it is, i wish there were one simple, straightforward explanation that i could point to, to explain how we got to this point. unfortunately, there's not a single explanation that experts and researchers agree on. what we do know is that the type of polarization has shifted in recent decades. so we've gone from people having lots of disagreement about policy issues, to a more and sort of negative partisanship, where it becomes a question of whether people have negative views about people who have different political affiliation than they do that has contributed. we've also seen shifts in

the economy and the effects of globalization. we've seen shifts in basic social structures and basic cultural changes as well as some backlash to some of the demographic changes that we've seen. and some of the advances that we've made in terms of trying to better fill the the promise of america for every one. according to a recent poll about $1.00 and $3.00 american stay, the believe violence against the government can sometimes be justified. is violence becoming more socially acceptable in a way in the united states? just laid violence is never ex hope. in a democratic system, it has no place in democracy. what we've been seeing is an increase in the number of people who respond to surveys, saying that they do. they do believe that in some situations, under some circumstances, violence may be justified. i would highlight that what exactly people mean by that

when they respond to those surveys varies. and so we have seen an upward trend in the numbers. but i would also just note that it's, it's worth looking at that polling quite carefully. there are a number of these surveys and the way they ask the questions does vary. so what people mean by that is not always what you might assume that they mean. yeah. you are with a group called protect democracy. we don't have much time about 40 seconds, but what can be done to protect democracy in the u. s. a number of things. and so just to put it briefly the, the threat to democracy in the united states, as in other countries around the world that are facing an authoritarian threat is occurring across a number of different sectors. there are a number 7 different tactics. we might say that would be authoritarians, used to degrade democracy over time, and there are ways to respond to each of those. so when it comes to political violence in particular, there are things that can be done. increasing partnerships with law enforcement, for example,

can help protect local officials. we know from all of the research that the way the political leaders respond to violence is really important. responsible rhetoric using messages to their followers that de escalate the situation and call for peace can be very powerful. and then of course, the way that individuals engage with their, with their, to running out of hollings. i would love to let you finish, but we're at the end of the show. thank you so much for your time, jennifer address and protect democracy. thank you so much. and thank you for spending part of your day with us. ah ah, with

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