of nature's grace, adaptive and living see to europe of $3.00. january 3rd on dw the this holiday season, many americans could be working unpaid as the government barrels toward a shut down this after house. republicans defied president elect donald trump, to schedule a spending bill. now an earlier bi partisan deal also buckled under criticism from from and from the world's richest man. you own mosque. the task lucio has been getting his hands into politics abroad too, with a highly controversial endorsement here in germany. i am quite richardson and berlin. you are watching the day the,

the bill that is before us today is just part of an effort to shut down the government. the deal on the table will keep the government open for the american people. and if you guys still choose to shut it down, it will be on you, but not the republican party. they've asked for a shut down, and i think that's exactly what they're gonna get. republicans blew up this deal. they did, and they need to fix this period. they have to speak or of a house brokers work. that's why we're here. and we will come up with a another solution suspect. what will your daughter also coming up on aid worker and gaza? it shares the horrors facing folder that she has witnessed there. the war between israel and tomas is taking a toll in countless ways, including on kids education. i. my wish is to go back to school and they get inside

of them so that we can write and learn the class. but the israelis want us to be ignorant. we want to learn and become doctors welcome. we're getting the day in washington dc. where else were lawmakers have been getting a taste of what a 2nd from presidency might have in store. and with a deadline booming to pass and government funding, extension or face of shut down, a deal had been in the works until it was settled by donald trump and his increasingly influential advisor, the multi billionaire entrepreneur, a long musk republican lawmakers who have a slim majority in congress, a race to put together a new spending bill, which failed to pass on thursday night, leaving them dressed hours to avert a shut down voting. a key issue is what's known as the debt ceiling, a self imposed limit on what the us government is allowed to borrow. president

elect trump has called on republicans to lift it before he takes office. but many fiscal conservatives are deeply opposed. so what happens next? that democrats and republicans, congress, and the presidents, their freighting blame, and that's nothing new. but what is new is that there is another player, an outside force exerting considerable influence over negotiations. the only difference on this legislation was that we would push the the debt ceiling to january of 2027. i want you all to remember that it was just last spring, that the same democrats be rated republicans and said that it was irresponsible. the hold of the debt limit, the debt ceiling hostage. what change? we had many weeks of negotiation with the republicans. we arrived at a bipartisan legislative compromise, the senate democrats, the senate, republicans, the house, democrats, the house, republicans, everybody agreed, and then it was blowing up by you on most who apparently has become the 4th branch

of government is somewhat frightening. that on elected people with lots of money, get this into it. that's but that's a traditional american problem. this is the 1st time that i'm aware of in my lifetime, for somebody who's not a government official who's the richest man in the world, is cheap to jail. with the president to be that's bringing that lives the show go for more on this story. she's a political scientist and a u. s. policy analyst based in washington dc. welcome. let's turn to mosque role in just a moment for 1st i'd really like to set the stakes of what's happening here. can you explain what happens in the event of a u. s. government shut down or? absolutely. so the last major shut down rehab was in the last trump presidency. i personally was decent resident in a previous bond, the presidency shut down. and it really truly shuts down all government workers

that are not a central state home and not work for home. just truly do not work. if you're a centrally still have to go on the office be, are probably not being paid, nobody's being paid, they will pay them back when the funding is re established with interest. so this is decision that costs the government more money as well. there's a lot of little things that people don't think about. national parks are all shut down in the city of dcs. budget is reliant on the, on funding from congress trashes and picked up in the nation's capital. lots of kind of down the street. these things are funded, especially around the new year and grants and security and all kinds of things. so there is really a, it is not just a bunch of bureaucrats of dc wondering whether paycheck is it really grinds american government to the hall. so this is really disruptive, really difficult for families going into the holiday season. can you tell us, why would we push toward this is what does this fight really about? is what i'm asking to. absolutely. and so you can hear both sides,

and they both have their vested interest. i think the main thing to remember is that a deal was agreed upon and it looked very um, strong. and it taken months to reach disagreement. it was truly bi partisan and at the 11th hour, outside influence came in. so where do we see kind of the same similarities between the last trump shut down and the one that he just kind of wrote up well before he's, he's been president on this one. um, so it's all political, sabre rattling this is not actually about if they're being honest, how they see the government being brun, business things like you'll, you'll hurt debt ceiling several times of. and johnson is correct. democrats, it said, why are we holding the government hostage or re debt ceiling in the past? however, that's not what they're trying to do right now. trump presidency, he wants to kick the can. he does not want to have a debt soon fight in his presidency. so you would love to have one in spite of this presidency, which is kind of why the democrats now are saying, well, okay,

let's have a fight about this because why not make it trans problem? and so you're going to see things like trump wants to kind of have the dirty laundry taken out before he's president as well. we have an outside force against that reference to a lot of us holding legislators, a kind of hostage with some major threats to funding opponents in primaries and getting them voted out of office. and this kind of looming presence that kimberly put their political future is at risk. and i feel like those are the real issues and not really what's in the bill as much as they want to say. that's what it is. so let's talk more about the influence of mosques is you've brought him up. do you think that this is a sign of the kinds of impacts we can expect him to have? and a new trump administration? is this what americans should expect in the next 4 years? or i think yes, and now this is been pretty clearly and best intention from the beginning. and a lot of democrats, some publications, are referring to him a bit as

a public president or a shadow president, which feels like this was very much his intention. this was not simply a lobbyist to wanted to get. this is one of his goals, but not just mere only go to get more funding for his contracts and his businesses . but he wanted the power. i think you could draw straight line to behind. why on earth did he ever buy twitter? and why are we here? and he is starting that power. the reason i said know, is we have to really huge personality is in one room. and how long is that energy going to be stable? so as long as this partnership continues to exist, i do think he won't be the one holding the strings, but already president elect trump has not loved the comparison that he's being controlled, that he's vice president eli musk kind of some of the, the name calling that has been happening and so this is absolutely eli must intention, is how long will it be sustainable in terms of very wisely did put

a limit on some of this with his announcement of, uh, eli must advisory, under the department of government efficiency, would end in about 18 months into his term was a smart move on him. i'm checking some of that influence that must have. mm hm. and what about the fact that some republicans did not fall in line behind from did not support the spending bill that he had backed. do you think that that's a warning sign to him that he will not have full support of republicans in his upcoming administration are and that's, that's tough to know is how seriously they're going to look at their own funding. they're gonna look at their own districts and decide how honorable they are to trump. also, it's been mentioned the absolute razor of say and merge and they control the house with, including the fact that trump has taken 3 house members out of congress for various appointments. i think turning down his majority to one or 2 vote. so if anyone sick,

if anyone's dissenting, if anyone's out of office, the entire votes can come to still meet or, or democrats to potentially take them. so it's going to be a real tight tight struggle on martha on how this kind of goes in and like what it means for trump. i don't see a lot getting done. i do think it is an absolute alarm bell to speaker johnson. he's already had some issues and if we remember that kind of constant churn, a speaker of the house under last, trump presidency, i think it's fix not a lot, very well for the longevity of the current speaker. well, thank you so much for joining us today with your expertise that is live. it shows a political scientist and policy analyst very much appreciate your time. thank you . now is anyone. mazda is also been making headlines here in germany today. for other reasons, must be posted on x. that the far right alternative for germany is the only party

that can quote save germany if the is under observation by german law enforcement. because parts of the party are suspected of seeking to undermine germany's democratic order. and it's hard line, anti immigrant insight. you policies have meant that mainstream german parties refuse to work with that state. oh, germany's chancellor. all off. schultz who's hoping to keep his dropping early elections 2 months from now dismissed mosques. message but said that freedom of speech also applies to multi billionaires dw, as chief political correspondent. nina has a, has more on exactly what was so controversial about mics, tweet. well, there's mosque tweet, it was a reaction to a post by german influenza who made a name for ourselves in the past as a climate change deny on youtube, and is trying to push a of the narratives. and of course now what followed was a big outcry from big accounts on x politicians thing time, cuz etc, who are pointing to the gigantic risk that this is interference in the ongoing

gemini election campaign by a tech 1000000000 that who uses the algorithms of his successful platform to decide over what gets hot and what's doesn't. so we are 2 months away from elections in this country. and many people are now demanding the german government, the democratic opposition, and also the you to show the teeth and impose some sort of penalty or sanction. rumors were spoiling again this week about a ceasefire deal between israel and tomas. it could be in the works with a flurry of new diplomatic activity reported. and so far that's just speculation. but for children and gaza, a deal can't come soon enough. most of already lost family friends and their homes and with schools close there now also losing their education this is how you doing this is 10 years old. is how many of us driven from the ton in

northern gauze at the start of the war? now they lived in mix of tents and century casa, need. the my wish is to go back to school and they get invited them so that we can write and learn. but the israelis want us to be ignorant. we want to learn and become doctors that never got them. now instead of going to close the cues up at one of the guys as churches, kitchens to get his family to help in the k. yeah, we had never been to a charity in our lives. and now we go there to get food. we had money to buy food, but now we have to go to the soup kitchen. this window has to go to several places to get enough for his company. and to must type for every site. the how much is also 10 years old. he

can barely carries families, daily supply or food to buy wait in line for an hour or 2. and if i don't get water, we might die of thirst allowed them to mrs. his old life and his school and to live in constant fear of aloof, i'm afraid of the war and of the rockets and i'm afraid for my future end of returning to school that it will be both after waiting so long. how you doing is exhausted and stay hungry. and i wish to work with and i'm afraid of the bombing and everything of the game. and i want the ward. and so i can go back to our home and back to school housing, how much in the future is gone. now there's nothing left and this thing when the law we're going to get a loser. hey,

one of thousands of kids here watching the lights slip away with little hope that things will get better anytime soon. for more let speak to rosario bowling a communication specialist with unicef. she's based in gossip. i'm currently in amman, jordan this week where she joins us now, a warm welcome to d. w. can you tell us what you have seen in your work in gaza with, with winter now here can you describe what the situation is like the yes, absolutely. to the stories that you just highlighted, of these 2 boys. sadly, those are and isolated stories. it's, um, it's a daily reality for all children and gaza. whether i drive through to solve the central part or, or the norris of guys. i see hundreds of children queuing for bread. for flour you may have heard of 2 and less than girls were crushed to death. at the end of

november, the un supported bakery just across the street from our into several office. and that really sums that of people queuing and fighting over food. i see children scared that you through the garbage. ok, not just for food scripts, but also for any material they can use to sort of strings from their shoulders or shoulders are made of all sorts of materials. whatever people can get their hands on cloth, blanket plastic and doesn't keep people warm. children are cold. there is they're sick and children. so looking in the waste for um, plastic to burn, especially in northern the guys are, there's no cooking gas. and so people have nothing to, to actually cook on these children. they should be in school there. these children are also deeply, deeply traumatized, over 14 months of, of booming into this war. despite those absolutely devastating conditions are describing we did seeing and our report,

those children still yearning to go back to school. can you tell us a little bit more about what it means to have so many children out of school, what it means for them and for their futures and garza a school is indeed a recurrence even whenever i speak to children. the thing they want most is to go back to school, not just for learning, but also because school is a place for socialization as well. it's, it's a place where they can meet with their friends and they can be child again, children and gosh, i, they now have to complete tasks that really no child should have to, to take care of from them queuing for hours of the food kitchens, section water lots of children also, um, at least $17000.00 children are estimated to be separated or, or unaccompanied. and so these children are even more vulnerable and all of the year and for school and many children. so telling me they would like to return to

their, their houses, and they like to return to their that they want to be in their rooms with their choice. they want to be able to be child. again, the fact that they can not, that will have an impact on this current generation and also in the generation to come. this is an extremely worrying festival of, of this for children's rights are violations in so many different ways at all levels. read the children are utterly deprived and their suffering is unimaginable . but what is also an important aspect is, is that their futures are being destroyed. their immune systems are completely worn out. as i said, the entire child population of guys is, is traumatized. but on top of that, they now lose a 2nd year of school and of learning. so this is deeply worrying a venture and the trauma that all this leads to as well. a recent study by and and g o war child, it shows that almost all children in gaza are traumatized. is there any way under

these current circumstances to help them cope with that trauma? yes, so um to commend them on um the really prevalent and very physical trauma and and distress the children and girls off face when i meet my children, the mold and a plane flies over or a troll when a clock culture and the moment to children hear the sound of this plane and they, they freeze their in great distress. they usually try to reach for my handle. i'm a stranger, but they look for adults to look for their parents. they start crying. some children display aggressive behavior, including with other children. it's really the entire child population of god. so that is in need of mental health and psychosocial support. unit stuff is one of the many sectors that is trying to support children with those types of services. but i

have to confess, sometimes for us human experience, it does feel like we're like we're carry in order to, to, to see almost because we, we invest in these mental health sessions with, with children. but as long as the source of the stress, as long as the attacks continue, it's, it's very hard for these children to be given an opportunity to recover the type of sessions that we support frequently involve arch storytelling. so photos, children are, are shown. pictures of all sorts of scenes and through these pictures they talk about their trauma, but as long as the airstrikes continue, as long as the bullets keep coming, these children are not offered a 2nd, a for spite. thank you so much for joining us on the video to speak about these issues that is resolved out bullet communications specialist with unicef based and gaza. thanks again for your time. thank you for having me. as

as russia's war against ukraine approaches. it's 3rd anniversary, kia, if it's asking to innovate for its defense. it's emerging as a testing ground for high tech cutting edge drove warfare, ariel and seed rooms of all ready destroyed much of russia's black sea fleet. but on land, the drums are still in their infancy detail. these mac center reports. these are ground drones. they could soon be a common site on battlefields around the world. they can drive to enemy positions and blow themselves up. they can lee anti tank lines and take supplies to front line positions. they are easy to drive and keep soldiers out of danger. if he's a man from the hot here brigade test and modified ground drones produced by civilian startup companies. during the last week, i was told by some of this mr. on has already laid more than $180.00 minds on. it

has proved itself quite well. i mean, for the move. so as you can see, it has returned to the supervisor with those other drums that you've seen me call them. they can act as kamikaze and use or do logistics jobs for a small load, send me called zillow. he still would want to solo or his normal ankle. various brigades across ukraine are testing such chrome drugs. it's not a centrally coordinated process into the region, a logistics unit belonging to the 28th brigade is working with a multi purpose land. true. the mission needs a vehicle operator, a drilled pilot to track its progress and the commander drunkenly mines. and it just takes a few minutes to fit on a stretcher to carry a water culture. they tell us that this concept still has yet to be proven on the battlefield. and they've been using this drawing for 6 months,

replacing soldiers carrying stuff on foot through dangerous areas for you on the phone. and you can carry a 120 kilograms and move across the drain. we see at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour. this is much faster than infantry with the same way it could go across fields. uh would you give me shout something for them to hold? the unit is using the drones in the field, helping to take about a ton of cargo to front the positions each week. they take some of the burden and risk from soldiers making the trip on foot. back with a hunch, every gate, this man call sign rest is working on a drone. feedback to the manufacturer is only goes so far. often the soldiers make crucial modifications themselves look kind of making a repeater right now and some different things to which we can work at a greater distance on the front of it's a want to no need for these things. i've soldered it, so now i'm just going to check if everything worked to to get up. and if i did

everything correctly so far. since everything is lit, so it works. so it'll all be fine. but sometimes extra distance isn't enough. there's an arms race going on, especially when it comes to jamming radio signal's not up to the dollar to different electronic warfare blocks. the signal that's it on the drone won't reach the destination, we'll deliver it munition, we won't be able to evacuate the wounded or perform any other compet admission. it will simply stop in the middle of the field and stand there and won't be of any use . of course, these ukrainian land drones are not the only ones in this war. the russian state is developing such technology to, with the resources it has. it's making more and doing it faster than the ukrainians, but the soldiers are confident holding the box at the you know, because the main thing is how technically we use the foot. so if we use them wisely

and those people work on. so if we don't use them wisely and so they won't let me show dominic, but for the most part, although they will replace people in many critical areas and do the typical drones have already changed for fair indeed. now they're doing it on the ground. the now just before we go, a reminder, but it has been a tragic night here in germany. a car plowed into a crowded christmas market in the eastern city of monterey park. suspected driver was arrested for the after and emergency surfaces rushed to the scene near the city hall events. keep watching for the latest coverage in our upcoming news bulletins. the or well that is the day for you today and for this year. thank you so much for following along. you can find our team on social media

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