scuttle 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 tassel c o has been getting his hands into politics abroad too. with a highly controversial endorsement here in germany, i'm 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 so 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 another

solution. so say well you dropped our deadline is also coming up an aide worker in gaza. it shares the horse 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. 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,

long musk using for public and 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 just hours to avert a shut down by one 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? the 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 to

hold that the debt limit the debt ceiling hostage. what changed? we had many weeks of negotiation with the republicans. we arrived at a bi partisan legislative compromised, 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. so let's bring in the lives of she'll 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? absolutely. so the last major shut down rehab was in the last trump presidency. i personally was dc resident in a previous obama presidency shut down. and it really, truly shuts down all government workers that are non essential. i stay home and not work for home. just truly do not work is you're essentially still have to go on the office. we are probably not being paid. no, it is 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 so security and all kinds of things.

so there is really a, if this is not just a bunch of bureaucrats of dc wondering whether paycheck is a really ryan's american government to a halt. 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 influenced, came it. so where do we see kind of the same similarities between the last term shut down and the one that he just kinda rode up well before he's even president on this one. so it's all political, sabre rattling this is not actually about if they're being honest, how they see the government being run business things like you'll,

you'll her debt ceiling several times of. and josh, that is correct, democrats, it said, why are we holding the government hostage already? 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 and it's presidency. so you would love to have one in bite and presidency, which is kind of why the democrats now are saying, well, okay, let's have a fight about this. because why not they get trans problem. and so you're gonna 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 that risk. and i feel like those are the real issues and not really was 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 as you brought them up. do you think that this is a sign of the kind of impact we can expect him to have? and a new trump administration? is this what americans should expect in the next 4 years? i think yes. and now this is been pretty clearly. yeah, i must 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 goal of to get more funding for his contracts and his businesses. but he wanted the power. i think you could draw straight lines behind. why on earth did he ever bites? where 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 to you on mosque. kind of some of the, the name calling that has been happening. and so this is absolutely ely must intention. it's 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?

and that's, that's tough to know. it's 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 and stay in margin. 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 votes, 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 could potentially take them. so it's going to be a real tight type struggle on, on how this kind of goes in and what it means for trump. i don't see a lot getting down. i do think it is an absolute alarm bell to speaker johnson. he's already had some issues and if we remember the kind of constant churn speaker of the house under last, trump presidency, i think it speaks not

a lot very well for the longevity of the current speaker. thank you so much for joining us today with your expertise. that is liz shaka, a political scientist and policy analyst, very much appreciate your time. thank you. are now 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. the se 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 drop in 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 tweets as well. there's

musket, the tweet was a reaction to a post by german influenza who made a name for himself. um, 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 who uses the algorithms of his successful platform to decide over what gets had and what 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 room or is worst boiling 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 10 years old is how many of us driven from beat honeymoon in northern gauze at the start of the war. now they lived in mix of tents and century casa, nieto young with 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 on this. i'm never got them to know. instead of going to close the cues up at one of the guns as the charge to subscriptions to get his family and the key. yeah, we had never been to

a charity in our lives illness 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 fight for every fight. how much is also 10 years old? he can barely carry his family's daily supply of 4 to 5 other bye, wait in line for an hour or 2. and if i don't get water, we might die of thirst allowed me to mrs. his old life and his school and to live in constant fear of the 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 the world would end. i'm afraid of the bombing and everything. and the game and i want the ward. and so i can go back to our home and back to school because 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's 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? 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 guys. so what are i drive through to? so the central part or, or the norris of guys. so i see hundreds of children, q waiting 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 are you 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. it doesn't keep people warm. children are cold or if they're sick, and children are also looking in the waste for plastic to burn,

especially in northern guys or where there's no cooking us. 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 blooming into this war. despite those absolutely devastating conditions are describing we did seeing in 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, the 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, day now have to complete tasks that really no child should have to,

to take care of from, from queueing for hours of the food kitchens and fetching water. lots of children also um, at least $17000.00 children are estimated to be separated or, or unaccompanied. so these children are even more vulnerable and all of the 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 the really prevalent and very physical trauma and and distress that children and girls are face when i meet with children, the mold and a plane flies over or a troll when a clock culture and the moment to children. here to sound of displaying and they, they freeze their in great distress. they usually try to reach for my handle. i'm

a stranger but, 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 gone, 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 paper, terry, 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 and 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 um, 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 dw, to speak about these issues that is resolved at bullet communication specialist with unicef based and gaza. thanks again for your time. i. so thank you for having me. as rush as war against ukraine approaches, it's 3rd anniversary. key if it's asking to innovate for its defense, it's emerging as a testing ground for high tech, cutting edge drove warfare, aerial 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, and 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 was i was to increase as low as some of this mr . on has already laid more than 180 minds on that has proved itself quite well hosting 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 and they can act as kamikaze, news, or do logistics jobs for a small load. send me called zillow. he still would want to solo or he's the normal ankle, various brigades across ukraine. they're testing such ground drugs. it's not a centrally coordinated process. and 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 the drunken lee moines. and it just takes a few minutes to fit on a stretcher to carry a water culture. they tell us of this concept still has yet to be proven on the battlefield. they've been using this drawing for 6 months, replacing soldiers carrying stuff on foot through dangerous areas. for you on the phone, you can carry a 120 kilograms and move across the terrain. 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 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 cook and kind of making a repeater right now thanks 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 and then i think if i did everything correctly, this apparently says if everything is lit, so it works. so it'll all be fine. and i'm in a moment. but sometimes extra distance isn't enough. there's an arms race going on, especially when it comes to jamming radio signals. the knowledge of the electronic warfare blocks the signal that's it on the drone won't reach the destination, won't deliver ammunition. 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, its making more and doing it faster than the ukrainians. but the soldiers are confident as holding the fox dakota, you know, because the main thing is how technically we use the foot. so if we use them wisely, i don't think we'll work on so if we don't use them wisely and so they won't work additional dollars. but for the most part also 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 of that. 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 sea near the city hall. events says, keep watching for the latest coverage in our upcoming news bulletins. will 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 at dw news. i'm clear. richardson in berlin. i'm very grateful to you for watching and see our entire team working behind the scenes for making a possible thanks so much. the

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