brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. tonight in the u.s., bill cosby, the man once known as america's dad, now carries the title violent sexual predator. a judge sentenced him for between three and 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman. cosby becomes the first star to be convicted of a sex crime since the #metoo movement began. also coming up, germany's catholic church apologizes after a new report reveals thousands

of sex crimes committed against children by the clergy. germany's leading cardinals as the perpetrators must be brought to justice. plus, u.s. president donald trump takes america first to the united nations, rejecting globalism and calling on world leaders to give iran the cold shoulder. >> we ask all nations to isolate iran's regime as long as its aggression continues. and we ask all nations to support iran's people as they struggle to reclaim their religious and righteous destiny. brent: trump also threatened a second round of u.s. sanctions against iran. we will have analysis of his address to the u.n. general assembly. ♪

brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. from america's dad to sexual predator. u.s. comedian and tv star bill cosby is on his way to present tonight where he has been ordered to serve between three and 10 years for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman back in 2004. the judge today also declared cosby, with 81 years old, a violent sexual predator. that means he will be subject to monitoring for the rest of his life. he is s the first celebrity to e locked up sisince the downfall f media mogul l law that -- media mogul harvey weinstein a and the start of the #metooo movement. joining us now from los angeles is a journalist on the story for us. good evening. bill cosby becomes the first celebrity of the me too era to be sent to prison. what have been the reactions? reporter: a lot of peoplele expecteded this. itit has been a long time cocom.

there were two trials and finally he was found guilty. soon after that, people wondered how much time he would actually spent behind bars. now we know immediately. a lot of his accusers and alleged victims are coming forward saying it is a sigh of relief. they have spent so many years in pain because of what he did to them and finally they feel like there's some sort of justice. not a lot of people in hollywood are speaking out other than actresses were part of the times up and me too movement. they are happy that someone like him is payaying for their crime, so to speak. but you are not seeing the kind ofof backlklash that he saw with harvey weinsnstein, where 90% of hollywood was really happy to see him go away. brent: why'd you think that is? effect he is being sent to

prison, -- the fact he is going to prison, do you thinknk that will have an impact on other celebrities in hollywood? kj: we will have toto wait and see. so far only harvey weinstein has been charged. of course they are investigating manyny others. but a lot of thehe men who had been accused by sexexual assault allelegations have yet to bebe chcharged. just recently a da decided d not to preress c charges against afr anthony anderson. even kevin spacey, stetevenson all. -- steven seagal. many men have been accused but only a couple have been charged and even fewer convivicted. brent: kj, thank you very much. here in germany, the head of the catholic church has apologized for its failure to deal with

sexual abuse over decades and for the pain that was caused. cardinal reinhard marx spoke after the publication of a report that details thousands of cases of abuse. the victims were mostly men, mostly children. critics of the report as well as the authors of the report say the true scale of the abuses probably far greater than the cases identified. reporter: sexual abuse in the catholic church is a deeply rooted problem in germany. that is the scathing conclusion of a study that economics worked on for four years. the chairman of the german bishops conference now says he wants to deal with the consequences. >> sexual abuse is a crime. it has to be punished. for far too long we in the church have looked away, patched it up, denied it. we did not want to accept it. for all these failures, and for all this pain, i must, as chairman of thee bishohop's

conference, apologized. and i also mean this quite personally. reporter: the authors of the study believe structures in the catholic church, that even facilitate the crime of sexual abuse, continue to exist. the study says over the past seven decades, priests have abused more than three -- more than 3500 minors. more than 1500 priests are accused of committing the crimes. >> the real number is higher because of unreported cases. the actual number is probably much higher. reporter: the pope believes the scandal will scare off young catholics from the church. >> the unfaithful -- young faithful are outraged about the scandals in the church, which we have not condemned enough. reporter: the authors of the study see the causes of sexual

abuse in the church are far more complex. >> the complex interaction of sexual immaturity and homosexual tendencies that were repressed, even denied taking place in an ambivalent and partly homophobic environment, could be further explanation for the majority of cases being male victims at the hands of catholic clergy. reporter: cardinal marx explained the church wants to rebuild trust. that may well be a tall order. brent: here in berlin it is a shock to the government. more importantly it is another blow to the political parter -- power of chancellor angela merkel. lawmakers from her conservative bloc today defeated her choice for parliamentary leader. instead they elected a critic for the governing coalition led by merkel. ralph brinkhaus defeated longtime merkel ally volker kauder today in a vote 125-112.

kauder had held the post for 13 years and he had never faced a challenge her. ahead of the vote most of the observers close to the chancellor say the expected that kauder would be reelected. u.s. president donald trump has delivered a blistering attack on globalism in his second speech to the u.n. general assembly. he says that all countries should act in their own interests and that the u.s. will never recognize the international criminal court. trump lashed out at iran, accusing its leaders of sowing mayhem in the middle east and of enriching themselves at the peoples expense. he also said iran must never be allowed to develop a nuclear bomb and he called on the international community to isolate the regime in tehran. with me here at the big table is nicole renvert, associate fellow with the german council on

foreign relations. she watched president trump's speech closely for us. it is good to see you again. we have the u.s. president again here, nothing but strong criticism for iran and its leadership. iranian president hassan rouhani has fired back. what we have here is a war of words, or is this an escalation that nobody can step back from? nicole: well, the policy of trump has been quite the same. i mean, he wants to see the iranian government change its policies and they want the iranian government to stop the nuclear program. they are not happy with the deal. he called it horrible again. so, i think he will not stop his policies on really trying to bring this regime down. he did not say regime change, but this is actually something he is targeting at. i mean, he wants a change in policy, he wants to impose sanctions. and my suspicion is that even

though the europeans a stick to the deal, it will be very hard for european companies to really -- brent: to operate there. nicole: absolutely. and to stop their business with the united states is not an option. brent: it is not an option. in his speech today, trump was urging other nations to follow the u.s. lead on iran. a short while ago, the french president mr. macron made clear his position towards the iran nuclear deal. take a listen. >> what has helped bring a real solution to the situation in iran and what has already stabilized it? the law of the strongest? pressure from only one side? no. we know that iran was on a nuclear military path. but what stopped it? the 2015 vienna accord. brent: so, t there youou have i. the european union, iran, are

sticking with the iran deal. but this is a delicate balancing act, isn't it? nicole: it is. i think they both follow the same goal. they want the iranian government to stop the nuclear program. the thing is, they want to achieve this goal with different instruments. the french president said pressure alone is not enough. we have to do something, we have to get the iranian government to be more transparent, to follow the rules. and we can reach this by monitoring their actions. and the iran deal was a way to do so, even though the europeans know that the agreement has a lot of flaws. and right now the idea of coming up with a new financial institution which will still provide for some possibility to do business with iran -- brent: that is what the european union is putting together. nicole: absolutely. they see a way of offering iran, basically, a tool to support what they want to reach.

brent: and what about president trump in all this? do you think he would ever sit down with iranian president rouhani and talk and try to make a deal? nicole: this is an interesting point. even though they both exchange pretty harsh rhetoric, president trump has a national security advisor, mr. bolton, who for years wanted to bring down the iranian government and has an impact on what the president now says. i think there is a very small chance that the president still would not say no to negotiations or to a meeting with rouhani, or vice versa. brent: of course that would have to be some kind of invitation coming from tehran as well, which doesn't seem likely in the foreseeable future. nicole, thank you. he may not be a world leader, but if there is one man who has had a front row seat in global

affairs it is my next guest. he ran europe's most widely read and most powerful newspaper for almost 15 years. while he was editor in chief, he became a major force in shaping public opinion in both rural and german politics -- world and german politics. reporter: he is one off the most influential figures in german language media. he served for nearly 15 years as chief editor of f a popular tabloid before becoming publisher of the bills group. perhaps the most famous headline of his tenure was we are the pope. the phrase took on a life of its own in 2005. hehe has enjoyed c close ties to poticians.s. he interviewed d donald trump jt before hisis inauguratation. and he interviewed russian

president vladimir putin the year before e that. his latest venture is a startup agency. but it is his years at build that made him a force in german politics and society. brent: joining me at the big table is the man himself. it is good to have you on the program. you have had a front row, particularly when we are talking about these big figures in politics such as donald trump. let's take a look at what you did the day after he was elected. this was the headline in your newspaper. i will translate. it basically said, we will be able to deal with him as well. what headline would you give trump today following the speech he gave the united nations? >> a couple headlines. of course it was obvious and something to see, the assembly

laughed at the u.s. president. that was really something. brent: that is the first time they have laughed at the u.s. president. >> it is not just any guys there, it is prime ministers and presidents. on the other sign, it has been trump again. u.s. safer, richard, stronger, just because of me. brent: let's talk about politics in germany. there is no doubt the government here is fragile. there is even less doubt about the erosion of angela merkel's political influence and her power. what headline does merkel deserve today considering her parliamentary y leader was toldo take a hike? kai: of coarse this was a defeat and she declared she was fighting for her --

it wasn't an open vote, it was a secret vote. there was a lot of frustration inside. the last election, they tried to get a coalition. they failed. they had to go to the grand coalition again, they lost to the social democrats. there is always a fight between angela merkel and horst seehofer. this was a point where they could show their frustration to the chancellor without taking any risk because it is a secret. on the other side of course it is one of the most important jobs. therefore i think a headline like, merkel's dusk, would be justified. brent: this frustration and discontent, a lot of it has to do with in the wake of the refugee crisis that hit germany in 2015. i want to take a look at the headline that your paper, bild, had three summers ago.

this one says, help the refugees. you are also very instrumental in getting the newspaper to be a key player in the #refugees are welcome campaign. those are headlines you would never see in a newspaper. were you reflecting public sentiment at the time, or were you telling people to listen to their better angels? kai: honestly, i don't think it is the job of a newspaper always to reflect the sentiment of the people, of the audience. we have to tell things. even if the people don't like to hear. in that situation it was totally the correct thing to do. thousands of people were in danger of death, torture, war. to open the borders for these people in order to help them was

the right thing to do in that situation. brent: but you did have the power, you were telling people what they should be thinking. kai: no, honestly, remember the days when refugees arrived in munich. they were celebrating. brent: i remember that. kai: probably sometimes the germans tend to be hysterical. they were kind of throwing teddy bears at them. they were arriving at the train station. now the situation is different, and we tend to be hysterical as well. nowadays, he sometimes listen to that discussion. you get the impression there are thousands of thousands of refugees still every day in the country, and that is not true. brent: let me ask you this. right after the christmas market here in berlin 2016, here is bild with the word fear. now, when you talk about people exaggerating the threat of

refugees, how can a headline like that help to reduce exaggerations in society? don't you think headlines like that do the opposite? kai: honestly, this is something that was the feelings of that day. you have to take it serious as well. one of the reasons why people do not trust many mainstream media outlets nowadays is because they have the impression they have been reporting, many things were not reported in order to be politically correct. that is a mistake. we are always fighting this. brent: were you being politically correct when you were editor in chief? kai: we were not politically correct. just in order to be politically correct. we would report on criminal justice statistics and record the number of foreigners. we wrote always criticized for being anti-foreigners. we have never been. we were criticized from the

right for our reporting about foreigners and not working with integration from the left. it is the right position. brent: do you think that with a job that has this type of impact on society, this type of reach, do you feel like you are doing a service to society by putting headlines like that out? kai: this was a terror attack in the heart of germany, in the heart of the capital. this is what people felt. suddenly we were reached with terror. we were not used to terror. terror was happening somewhere else, in the u.s., france, the u.k., but never hear. so this was a shock to the german society. brent: so how do you explain the reactions we get? for example, i have been telling people today i would be interviewing you, and either

they say, wow, or they say, i hate the guy. you polarize people. and it has to do with what you used to do. kai: honestly if you want to be the most popular journalist in germany, the worst and you can do is become editor-in-chief of bild. two polarize and to be emotional and outspoken is everything the brand is about here this is what we want to do. we do clear talk. we cut clear in what we say. this does not make you popular. but it is the right thing to do. the brand is never boring. people have an opinion about it. that is the most important thing. of course the editor in chief of suchch a brand polarizes himsel. brent: kai diekmann, it is true, you are a lightning rod.

thank you for being here. kai: thank you very much. brent: christoph is here and a fresh test for facebook that is trying to quell mounting turmoil. christoph: this adds to the long list of issues that the world's biggest social network has to deal with. the cofounders of instagram are quitting. they will step down from their positions as ceo and chief technical officer of the photo sharing a app. in a statement they said they were woke, -- quote, ready for the next chapter as they transition from leaders to two users in one million. parent comompany facebook acquid instagram in a deal that reportedly allowed it to continue to be run independently. but insiders say the cofounders felt they were not being given enough autonomy. for more let's cross over to jens korte in new york.

what more can you tell us on the story? jens: there are reports out that facebook ceo mark zuckerberg actually did put some top managers aside the two cofounders of instagram and they have not been happy about this. there have also been some name changes, so that might have hurt the brand name of instagram a bit. but there is also talk that there was quite some disagreement how many ads to put on the instagram pages, and that might have also been a recent why the two instagram cofounders left the country -- company. there is no doubt instagram is still a huge success story. it has also almost been a bargain looking back at facebook buying instagram for about $1 million. this summer -- $1 billion. this summer instagram reached one billion users.

christoph: it has been a bright spot for facebook because of its popularity with teenagers and young people, a group facebook has had trouble keeping around. what does this resignation of the instagram executives mean to facebook? jens: there are a lot of analysts here on wall street saying at least short term it is clear negative. the growth rates from instagram have been much bigger recently than the growth rates from facebook. as you mentioned earlier, facebook is under quite some pressure politically, but also economically with the cambridge analytic of scandal, but also facebook talk about lower growth rates and the stock was hammered. also, the cofounders of whatsapp, that facebook also acquired in 2014, recently left. so certainly a lot of turmoil at facebook. christoph: jens korte in new york, thank you. argentina's central bank

president has unexpectedly resigned after just three months in the position. this, after tens of thousands of people turned out to protest. a currency crisis has seen the peso lose half its value against the dollar this year. aphelion reports from when a sarah's. -- from buenos aires. reporter: thousands of people turned out to reject an austerity budget the government says it needs to secure funds from the imf. >> i am a teacher and i say no to the adjustments. i want the president to change course on these policies. >> like everyone else i'm affected by this economically. whether it is work shortages or

increasing food prices. everyone is feeling it. reporter: they did valuation of the peso increases the social tension that began a few months ago with social and economic -- argentines demand the creation of new jobs, increased salaries, and for the government to change his economic path to stop asking for imf loans. analysts say the government has a clear incentive for wanting access to those funds as soon as possible. >> the political intention here is to avoid a new default. that is why the government is attempting to give a signal to the imf to advance all the funds needed for 2019 and 2020. and to give a clear signal that we have guaranteed funding for the next year and for 2020.

the question then is whether those funds will be extended for 2020 one. -- for 2021. reporter: as public anger mounts, tuesday's strike could be just the beginning of a bigger wave of resistance against austerity. christoph: that is all your business for now. we are almost out of time. brent: we are out of time. thank you for the company. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day. stick around for that. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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