questions about life, the universe and the rest of that were series. 40 to the answer to almost everything this week on t w. ah, ah, this is d w. news coming to you live from berlin. a dramatic and historic day as former us president donald trump faces criminal charges. and i never thought anything like this could happen in america with the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek

to destroy it. trough lashes out after pleading not guilty to 34 counts of business fraud in new york city court also coming up violence erupt in the middle east. as israel police entered jerusalem's alex, a mosque during ramadan video released by israel shows officers and right here inside is loves 3rd holy shrine at the temple melt, which is also the most sacred sites in today's ah hello and terry martin, good to have you with us former us president donald trump has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in court in new york. he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records linked to hush money payments. the prosecutors say he orchestrate trumps as

the charges are baseless and part of a political campaign against him. and just hours after facing an unprecedented criminal hearing. donald trump was back on the attack. this is a nurse with. she stood our family, so it was hundreds of millions of dollars to put our head over. trump had made a quick exit from new york. after fronting a manhattan court over $34.00 criminal charges, his every move across the country was tracked in media coverage and a case that domination national rest and international he blinds. but as it trump made little acknowledgment of the drama, as it unfolded outside the court house from inside, he entered not guilty please to all the charges which relate to hush money payments

to a dorman and to women. he's alleged to have had a fears with prosecutors alleged trump falsified business records. why did donald trump repeatedly make these false statements? the evidence will show that he did so to cover up crimes relating to the 2016 election back in his maryland, ohio and florida. trump told supporters and a campaign styles speech that the charges against him were politically motivated and baseless. never thought anything like this could happen in america. never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. the case will be back before the courts in december, but it's not the only legal drama trump is facing with several other investigations

underway, which could result and fear that and more serious charges that could force trump to make more court appearances between now and election day so trump has come out swinging in response to his arraignment. earlier i spoke with political scientists, catherine, clover ashbrook from the battles managed. if don't, that's an independent thing tank here in germany. i asked her how to tell us how serious the charges or the trump is facing. well, look, this is going to be for the manhattan da alvin brag to make over the run of the case. but of course, the former president was brought into this case by a jury of his peers. they felt that the $34.00 points made against him could in fact amount to a felony and not just a series of misdemeanors, which usually is something that falsifying business documents might fall under. but we just heard that manhattan d a say look, this will be linked to a secondary crime,

and that will be up to manhattan. d. a to prove as part of the process. but it is a bit of a legal gamble and we'll see the trump legal team try to poke holes into that connection and that will be the substance of the case trumps indictment. catherine has galvanized the republican party behind trump will further prosecutions have the same effect to you. thank. well, it will all depend on when the prosecutions come and the gravity of these prosecutions. but you're absolutely right. has been interesting to see over the last couple of days, how even the president's harshest critics from within the party i'm thinking of sen, mitt romney and his former national security adviser, john bolton, have actually rallied out to the side of the president. not because they support donald trump as another a for another term, but on the merits of the case. so they say, and you're right, his base, the republican voters, are as energized as ever. his campaign has put out numbers that just in a short amount of time. in about

a week since the indictment and then now arraignment, they've raised over $7000000.00 in campaign contributions and republican voters seem to be breaking $8.00 to $108.00 out of 10 for the former president. i am putting rhonda santas, possible challenger governor of florida way in the back seat. so it seems at least this moment right now is galvanizing the republican based but an election cycle in the united states is long. and if more of these cases are brought forward, particularly the case in georgia on election fraud and the examination, the federal examination of the former president's involvement in january 6 attack. that of course could shift the shift the gambit. so you see this as giving, putting some wind in the sales of donald trump campaign to win election next year, looking ahead to the election. could we really see trump and biden, facing off with trump, having a prospect of getting back into the what else?

well, there's an if so some writers pull out the, came out just about a day ago and 45 percent of americans, the entire american electric. so almost half of the country think that these are very serious crimes. and that for that reason, this man to not be put back into the oval office. it will really depends. and these election cycles are the run up to a federal action is always long. we have 20 months to go house. he battled through this swamp. but his narrative is that there is something deeply wrong with the american legal system seems to be resonating with his base and some parts of the independent. but again, there is still, at least at this moment, a larger part of and leaning larger part of the american electorate that thinks that this man, so is nothing but chaos we saw actually out in the mid term elections where people did not follow trump recommendations in terms of his candidate, people did not want to see trump and trump like figure it back in public office. 20 months long. we'll see what happens. but right now it's really the country remains

and split on donald trump. candidates her for 2024. who? she okay. catherine. thank you so much. that was catherine clifford ashburn, from the battles. bunch disco now to israel, where police say they have made more than $350.00 arrests after clashing with palestinians inside jerusalem's. alex and mosque violence broke out when is rarely please enter the malls. early on wednesday with the stated goal of removing agitators, worshiper said, israeli police attacked people who were playing. we were praying inside. according to the palestinian red crescent, 12 palestinians were wounded in the violence on the hilltop. compound which is known to jews as the temple mount and to must as the noble sanctuary are. jerusalem corresponded. ton kramer's following the story? i asked her what triggered these clashes? ah, the friday thing, very violent scenes are coming out from inside the other. ok,

some mosque overnight with israeli police going into the mosque, which is the 3rd jolla aside from muslims and muslims all over the world. but what's very closely, what is happening there in jerusalem's old city. now the video is circulating also on social media. there were circulating overnight of beatings by police and no scuffles with palestinians inside the mosque. now these are the police has released a statement earlier this morning saying that they, they went in because palestinian youth had barricaded themselves and thought they were throwing out. they were inciting violence according to that statement. and while entering stones and firecrackers were thrown at the forces, now palestinian eye witnesses said inside the mosque, they were actually praying there were staying there overnight and then it was an unnecessary and excessive force of use inside a holy place. that's the alex

a mosque. the balance has spread though, way beyond jerusalem tanya, what can you tell us about the situation in gaza and the west bank? bobby got on me po which offer military israel, military raid and the occupied west bank or there where are clashes there near hebron, but overnight and reaction to what happened as deal. ok. so mosque garza militants, have fired a barrage of rockets to what southern communities in southern israel. the israeli f was and had carried out airstrikes in the early morning on the gaza strip. and hamas as ruling r garza, the militant group, hamas, and other minute infections in garza actually called on palestinians to come out and to protest the israeli actions this terms turn yeah, they're particularly sensitive time in the region during the muslim holy month of

ramadan and jewish passover, how is that feeding into the tension? well, it is certainly a sensitive time. wilson's marketing will the month of ramadan, as he said, and today's the beginning of pass over for a jewish israelis with the cedar evening. and every time you know, such things are happening, especially in, on such as sensitive holy side in the old city. the 3rd holy aside from wilson's, by the holy aside for a do israelis nor dave concerned that there might be an escalation, as we've seen that before. but people i talked to you in recent days, you know, they actually said no, they want to see a quiet and a festive month of ramadan. a passive. and there's also a palestinian christians and christians from all over the world marking easter this weekend. but because it's such a sensitive side and could have really repercussions. now we also saw these strong

statements by the person, the authority of course, on the one hand, but also by a neighboring jordan, which is the custodian of the holy side. se, condemning or what has happened at the inside the alex m oscar overnight? tanya, thank you very much. as always, our crews are corresponded there in jerusalem. tanya kramer, state lucas, mother stories making news around the world today. peruse parliament has voted against impeaching president. dina will want to left his deputies, wanted to oust her over the deaths of more than 50 people in protests since december. those protests were sparked by the impeachment and removal from office of warranty. his predecessor, the leftist pedro castillo, ukraine's president followed. mister lensky is in neighbouring poland on where he's meeting on a visit, where he's meeting polish, count as count parts, and j duda as well as ukrainians who fled the war. poland is

a key ally of keith's and has taken in around 1600000 refugees from across the border since the fighting began. concerns are growing within nato that beijing may be considering supplying arms to moscow's war effort. china is growing. alignment with russia is on the agenda today in brussels. the alliance is foreign ministers are meeting for a 2nd day of talk. yesterday, finland officially joined nato. the move prompted by rushes, evasion of ukraine changes. the alliance is security structure as long as eastern flank. helsinki has one of the strongest land based militaries in europe, and has a 1300 kilometer long border with rush d, w, correspond, rosie bertot is covering the nato meeting for us in brussels. she told me what ministers are focusing on there today. well, crucially,

nato ministers are holding talks with what they call their asia pacific partners. that includes the foreign minister of japan who's here in person. the foreign minister of new zealand, china, of course, is not here, but you can be sure, terry, that that is certainly an op for discussion. among these ministers, natal only defined its relationship with beijing or haute views. it's ties with beijing. last year, 8 says that china is a challenge to nato security to its interests, not quite defined as a threat that certainly as a challenge. and now the words that the day really hearing brussels are d, risking germany's foreign minister also said it's important for a european countries to de risk rather than decoupled from china. that sounds like a lot of jargon, but basically it's about saying maintaining ties on some fronts while also trying to take into account the security challenges that china might pose not least, given the fact that these ministers are eyeing warily signs of

a deepening friendship between moscow and beijing, no. as ministers gather here, there is a very important delegation. headink to china is a french president, a manual macro nato liter himself. he is taking with him the president of the eas, executive, ursula of underline. and no fewer than at least 50 business leaders. we've heard those words d a d risk rather than d couple. let's see how that actually comes out in actions. you're watching the w news from berlin up. next. we've got a documentary film looking at how big stores are competing with online retailers. thanks for watching. we work isn't architect jacqueline, or not at all? women in the architecture? why are they so invisible to the larger public? we decided to ask them. what is the poetry the secret of a house.