a shame assignments a we need to break out of, and i want to tell you something how to tennessee chris starts november 29th on dw, the dw nears live in from berlin, maximum power in the united states. donald trump's republicans will soon control the white house in both houses of congress. the republicans had secured enough seats to control the house of representatives and the senate, the when making possible what is being called the trump effect. also coming up tight security in paris for tonight's nations and league football match the game, sitting france against this rule, ceiling fears of a repeat, a violence that followed the match in amsterdam last week. the

5 for a golfing. it's good to have you with this, we begin in the united states, republicans, they are, have won enough seats to retain control of the house of representatives after taking over the us senate a bat gibbs, president elect donald trump's g or p complete control over washington's levers. of power these, the legislative as head of the executive branch, trunk, consign, or veto legislation from congress. you can also sign executive orders like when he, we can do obamacare in his 1st term. presidents can also grant pardons for federal crime, something that trump has promised the porters who were jailed over the january 6th riots on capitol hill. trump, the republicans also dominate the legislative branch with majorities in the house of representatives and the us senate. trump now has a clear path to push through his agenda, including mass deportation in,

in sweeping terrace on imports to the united states. likewise, the judicial branch is now leaning towards the president elect. 3 of the 9 supreme court justices are trump appointees, and they have worked with 3 fellow conservatives to reshape the country with rulings on abortion rights, gun rights, and regulatory issues with the government in his control. trump will depend on his fellow republicans in the senate to approve fix for his cabinet before his 2nd term begins. in january, donald trump returned to washington this week, try on, sent, relishing his election when and what he called a powerful mandate. well thank you very much, is a very nice gathering is still in nice to in so it's nice to a lot of good friends. it is those good friends and now being nominated for top

government positions among them. attorney general pick met gates, a loyal trump follow a who has often acted as his attack dog on capitol hill. gates has been the subject of a federal 6 trafficking investigation with the one that ended without criminal charges numbers. uh, but i and fox news channel hosp hicks is a military veteran whom trump wants as defense secret tree. the civilian nomination has reportedly shocked many at the pentagon with concerns he could politicize the defense department, touching the top generals. but from may face challenges securing them in the roles . the picks must be consumed by the senate, while republicans have a 53 seat majority. the nominations approving controversial, even within their own ranks. republicans presenting

a largely united front with the senate house and white house now under the control . yeah, trump meet with president joe biden on wednesday, the polite but for quit exchange signaling, a vastly different era. so us leadership with democrats now facing an uphill battle to combat trumps agenda with our chief international as are richard walker has more now on how washington is reacting to donald trump's nomination of mat gets yeah, well brent i, i think we're not really talking. we're kind of beyond raised eyebrows in the case of matt, get so me this is really seen is, is kind of up on was how i didn't know like i browse on fire or something like that . just times that the response that that has been suited to $2.00 i'm putting mac gets his name for it. i mean, we've had to little bit a bit that just of course in the introduction but, but he's a really extremely controversial fe guy who is only kind of disruptive, kind of fall right frame to the republican policy. he's being then

a close ally of marjorie taylor green. i think that is a name that many people will recognize and somebody who's really made enemies within the republican party. so for instance, i mean, many of us will probably remember this face when the republican party was a war with itself in the house of representatives and, and pulled the rug from under its own speech a kevin mccarthy. well it was, it was man gets where he was very much be heading that effort and made very much an enemy in the now form was b k, kevin mccarthy who he successfully managed to, to tough house. and i think there's a sense that donald trump, in picking him as he was nominate as he's no need to leave uh to be 10 channels and leads the department of justice that he wants. that kind of attitude in that. and for look of what trump said has said publicly on his social media posts, you know, he wants somebody who kind of kind of have a root in bronze, disruptive affect within the department of justice. and, but i think the concern is that it will leads of to politicize the department of

justice, which the republicans claim as being politic sized on to joe biden. but that's the, that's the, this referenced to take that much, much further. i should add though, is quite interesting. you see that there are one or 2 voices come coming out and saying, well, you know, mike gets has actually made an a bit of a profile for himself on slightly unexpected areas where the res, cannabis reform and also in terms of taking on big tech companies for instance, saying that the non compete close is which of those disks can sounds kind of one key, but it's quite an interesting topic then a lot of tech companies force new employees to sign not what it called non complete closes, which i think so essentially kind of tie them to that company so that they cannot then go and work for another company within a certain amount of time off to it. if they want to that matt gets, has been outlined with some democrats on trying to take on those of the company. so, so you've got some interesting voices on the left. those are coming in saying, hey, this guy isn't necessarily so bad. but i think that just goes to what it's

potentially disrupt to pick this person is with, you know, appraised from the mega front to the far left, but many mainstream. because republicans pricey uncomfortable with him. i think that was richard walker. they are reporting from washington dc. but donald trump will return to the white house as a convicted felon. there are also numerous active criminal cases pending against him, but his re election makes prosecuting him much more difficult. here's a look now where those cases stand. the 1st former president convicted of a felony now with re election the 1st felon to be president with the help of a remarkable series of legal delays and court decisions. donald trump is headed back to the white house. earlier this year, his legal calendar was daunting. he faced 4 separate cases and $91.00 separate charges. they included a federal election interference trial, and

a federal case about trump's holding onto classified documents. after he left office, a state level election interference grace in georgia and a new york state hush money business fraud case. the federal election interference case led by special council jack smith seemed to be the biggest of all and could have sent trump to prison for 20 years or more. it covered his efforts to stay in office after he lost the 2020 election, including his encouraging a crowd to march on the capital building on january 6th, 2021. that case seemed to fall apart. when the supreme court ruled in july, the presidents have absolute immunity while performing their constitutional duties . trump has promised to fire jack smith, while his justice department could simply dismiss the case. smith will report at least step down before trump takes office. the federal classified documents case

was also brought by jack smith, claiming the trump took classified national security documents with him when he left the white house and then took measures to conceal his actions. a federal judge appointed by trump dismissed the case in july. smith appealed, but a trump administration attorney general is likely to drop that appeal. trump can't stop the other 2 cases because they're not federal. the georgia election subversion case was based on accidents trump to, to try to change the results in georgia after the 2020 election, a state he lost the case was thrown. it's a turmoil, however, by revelations of an alleged romantic affair between the lead, prosecutors and a georgia appeals court froze the case and definitely in june and the new york state hush money case, in which trump was found guilty on $34.00 charges of filing false business records,

and that's based on payments. he made the pornographic phil mattress stormy daniels before the 2016 election, allegedly to by her silence about an affair to keep that information from hurting his campaign. the judge in that case has announced he'll make a decision about sentencing as early as next week, and could pass a sentence on november 26th. trump's lawyers are likely to argue the presidential immunity means he can't be sentenced until his term ends. trump could pardon himself for any federal convictions, but with those cases winding down, he very likely won't have to and he can't pardon himself for his new york state hush money. convictions. he could, however, ask new york state's governor, a democrat for a pardon which was in the justice system to talk about that. i'm joined now by barbara perry. she's a professor in presidential studies in co chair of the presidential oral history

program at the university of virginia. and she has written more than a dozen books on us. presidents professor, it's good to have you with us tonight. donald trump, as you know, is the 1st convicted felon to ever be elected us president. he has these pending investigations are these cases against him. i'll put all the disagree could in to some type of historical context for so mean we've never seen anything like truck before. have to we have not, and thank you for having me with you. i. it is the case the donald trump is, as i say, always unprecedented in just about everything that he does. i and this is nat geo, in front of the cleanser. i think you can say that we come to this if we put it in historical context, would be richard dixon during the watergate scandal. but he was listed as a, an, an indicted co conspirator, or i, in that case that involves the watergate break in a,

by his minions of the committee, to re elect him. i and so he was never indicted to begin with. therefore, he never came up for trial. and then when you resigned in august of 1974, his vice president, gerald ford became president and part is richard dickson for any future possible litigation once he was not in the presidency. but again, that's the closest we can get, but everything that relates to donald trump, including the supreme court decision, granting him immunity, is also a historical and unprecedented that this is uncharted territory. drunk attorneys argue that even these charges against him, these proceedings, they all have to stop while he is in office. i'm wondering do trump's legal boys, do they disappear when he assumes the 2nd presidential term in january? is that black and white, or i think it is particularly in the federal cases and you had an excellent report

leading up to our conversation. because even if the decisions of course would be to carry on with these federal cases. and i don't think that they will be, and as you said, jack smith, the special prosecutor in both the federal cases, is already saying that he will resign and step down from that. before trump is inaugurated, i think that those cases will go away even before trump becomes president, if they're still ongoing wiley's president, he will have his justice department presumably led by that gate. i just pushed them aside so those will go away. and i actually think the same will happen. i, in the state cases in new york in georgia as well. i want to pick you up on map. it gets your reading my mind to you. i mean, if he becomes the attorney general at the department of justice, he could use his office to seek revenge, which is what has been implied or intimated several times by donald trump.

do you think we are looking at dark days for us? justice, beginning of january? i think we are and the there's a symbol that is in the us supreme court and often used for symbolizing justice in the united states. and it is lady justice, a figure, a symbolic figure holding a scale of justice, that scales or events and she and blindfolded because she is meant not to be of having one bias towards one party and or another. so justice is blind, it is often said in the scale to just refresh our to the even i think that my case will take the blindfold off of lady justice about it. what about gates himself? you know, he's been facing the us congressional ethics panel, probing to allegations of sex trafficking and illicit drug use against him. sex

with a minor i think was the charge. do those probes, do they just go away on the spot? if he becomes the attorney general will, of course we should know that the justice department did investigate him and some of his cronies. but the no charges were brought against that case. but a committee in the house of representatives and ethics committee was investigating him about these charges, and that would be ethics charges, professional charges, political charges if you will. i brought against him perhaps to try to take him out of the house. but he resigned yesterday when he was named or nominated to be attorney general. so i think those how i ethics proves will go away to. yeah, well definitely a lot of new material for a new book about the next president. that is sure, professor barbara harry, we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight. thank you. thank you. bye. the ukraine says it is forces every building in advance on keep you on skiing

. the eastern don't ask region, beating back and attacked by russian infantry no beyond skills, a strategic real hub close to the russian border. russia occupied the city in the 1st months of its 2022 invasion before ukraine reclaimed later in the same year. russia's attempt to advance, they are, again, comes after moscow escalated, it's a tax on other parts of ukraine and launched its 1st missile attack on keep in months. ukraine's military said that it eliminated all russian troops that breached its law against the company and carry it remains. one of the most difficult in the harkey region, reached the up with the enemy, is constantly conducting assault operations of what you thought there was constant fighting. there was an email yesterday, there was an attempt by enemies, sabotage and recognizance forces, or get involved several dozen vehicles like yourself. you would today. the ukraine military says,

all of them were destroyed. but what's the nation of all right, so let's take a look now at some of the other stories that i'm making headlines around the world. european union. it has face or has find us tech, joy meta, almost 800000000 euro. it's for anti competitive practices. it says that meta abuse disposition by forcibly linking users on it, the social network. facebook to facebook marketplace is the classified ads platform to find also covers unfair trading conditions, the meta imposed on competitors using facebook and instagram to advertise a body has been retrieved from an illegal south african mind that authorities have blocked off and a bit to force out the workers, the government has denied them food and water for weeks to attempt to get the

miners to lead. rescuers say around 4000 people may still be underground in deteriorating conditions. i've made some technical problems. very want to go back now to our story on the latest on russia's invasion in you crane. i want to bring in military analysts. marina ma rosendale with kings college in london. we're going to get to see you what, what does this this back and forth that we're seeing now between ukrainian or russian forces? what does it tell us about the situation on the front lines right now. a good evening brand is pleasure to be here. well, what we're seeing now is that the russians are trying to make use of the fact that ukraine is lacking meant power. and also that the western support is very uncertain, especially after the u. s. presidential elections. and so it's trying to conquer more territory and what we're seeing in coupons, for instance,

was the russians last in september of 22 during their retreat from you soon. and they, they are trying to get to the ukrainian logistics. so essentially what they're trying to do is cut off ukranian logistics in the east of hark you've region, and they, you might try to reunite the front was, was chance. and so what we're seeing is that the russian tactic offending small groups of recalling the sabotage recognizance groups that cold and, and you bring in and russian in order to correct her tillery fire, and to establish a small foothold and open up a way for more reinforcements winter is quickly approaching, i'm should we expect russia to make new advances into ukrainian territory in the next few weeks? or? well we have to understand is that for the military went through the time begins in october. so they all have already switched both the cranes and the russians to

winter at the time. now is actually the worst time to conduct military operations because of some odd when it's freezing, when it's a bit low of 5 degrees celsius. that's actually more favorable even if you lack foliage. so a certain positions can be very visible if you're using drones and there is no way to hide. it's a completely different challenge. but from a kind of, from military perspective, winter operations have always taken place. we've seen that in the past winter as, as well, but the most difficult time is now because the equipment can get stuck in march. so it's not ideal, but i think that we will be seeing advances or might be seeing advances and the continuation of military operations. i don't expect needs that you bring in was a russian forces to stop during winter. you're aware that he has claimed that

thousands of north korean troops have been sent to the russian ukrainian border to help russia. that's an assessment that the u. s. and south korea have also cooperated. we spoke to the russian dissident alia yashimi, who was currently in exile here in germany. i want you to listen to what he said. a balance of the north koreans think, unless or see any of us thought they were going over. great, new to me to warn you. crane is not nearly a confrontation between the russians and the premiums for yeah, it's part of a broader global conflict early switch it off put in is forming a coalition of dictators and tyrant. i uniforms itself. i guess he was being backed by the western allies supplementing ukraine is just the battle ground where these 2 worlds collide. both all the no, it just feels very much like a 2nd cold war. me up was just that it was a he was a when i was surprised by how hesitant the west was to react to the news of north korean troops being sent to fight in ukraine, compensated if tyrants are joining forces there. shouldn't that motivate

representatives of the free world to do the same? no, i think there's lots of just sort of each on some of the but the west is caught up with their elections. and political interest in their own country is look into the what about the ways that we just hope that during all that those and they don't forget about the new realities taking shape and ukraine? lenient. mostly on 3. let me ask you about the realities here. we're talking about, but $12000.00 with 3 and soldiers, maybe being on the ground. i mean, could these troops, if they actually joined the fight, because they significantly changed the course of this war as well? i don't think they can. and essentially, it's more of a difficulty because of the language barrier because of so need to integrate these troops into russian units. so basically, these 12000 are more of a political sign, rises and, and the air force multiplier and

a military sense. and as i said, for the russians, this is not about ukraine. this is, this is symbolizing at the top, next shift in the power relations on the international scale. and power lines is a forum, the empire western lines, which includes many of the brick states, russia and put in the has said that during his will die speech. um, just a week ago, maureen moroni is always, maureen, we appreciate your time and i thank you. thank you for having me for france and is real well face off in a nation's league football match tonight, but the game is over shattered by security concerns. 4000 police and other security forces have been stationed around paris. they had to kick off to prevent a repeat of the attacks on his really fans in amsterdam last week. there is rarely sold, soccer supporters were chased by men on scooters and beaten after some of them set

fire to me palestinian flag and change of inside air with slurs. and i for more now we want to go to our correspondence. we see it shows that she is in the paris that we see a massive police presence there has led some to describe the french capital as almost like a police state. what have you been seeing and here? yeah, indeed. so already when became your on our way to start, it froze, which you can see right behind me. we saw a lot of police forces already at the station, wherever you left, that guide, you know, but also then became your, um, at the send you need. and you can also see it a little bit behind me, the police man. and there are these police forces all over the town. so they're not only here, but they're also at other sports in paris and also in the public transport. and what is important to know is that the stadium behind me does usually take and around to 80000 people. but tonight they have only been $20000.00 tickets sold. so it is not expected to be very full. and also the stray and fans that are expected

to come. staffing reports about a 100 to a 150. that will be, is quoted by the police to come here among those who will be there tonight. we understand is the french president emanuel macro. and why is it so important for the french president to be seen there tonight? there. so he was caught on camera today by the french t v. and he was ask about this and he was saying, well, we are not giving into anti semitism and also widens and immune intimidation will not win. so it is really important to him, obviously to send a message of solidarity at, for, in the 1st place. but also a message of strands after what has happened a week ago in august that i'm very these are you, the incense has been attacked and this has been widely condemned in europe as anti semitic. okay, our correspondence to see

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