phil: this is "dw news," live from berlin. germany marks the anniversary of reunification following the fall of the berlin wall nearly 30 years ago. the country's leaders gather at the state opera house in the capipital and describe reunification as a success while technology divisions remain. also on the program -- >> i'm scared to go inside house by myself. i only go with my parents. if they are not with me, i will not go in. phil: trauma in the wake of

indonesia's earthquake and tsunami. dw is with one of the thousands of families struggling with the aftermath. and u.s. president trump under fire from fellow republicans after mocking the woman says she was sexually assaulted by supreme court nominee brett cap. -- brett kavanaugh. ♪ phil: i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. we begin here in germany, which has been marking its day of unity. politicians at ceremonies across berlin have praised the progress made in the 28 years since the country's east and west were formally reunited. but they also raised concerns about the divisions that remain and called on germans to defend democracy against the rise of right wing populism. reporter: music by beethoven,

often seen as the quintessentially german composer. by turns quiet and thoughtful, then loud and passionate. almost like a wake-up call for germany 28 years since reunification. now president of the parliament, wolfgang was one of the politicians who negotiated the treaty that open the door to german reunification. that will be his political relic -- legacy. he reminded germans that reunification is an ongoing process. >> the unity of our state was achieved on that october 3, 1990, but unanimity over what it is that unites us is something we must constantly strive to reach. reporter: h he went on to d dese reunification as the second transfer germany, and that is why he said germany must be vigilant in the face of any attempt to face up -- resist

facing up to history. >> in germany and elsewhere we see the arrogance -- against imagined or actual minorities, against those elected by the people. but no one has the right to claim that he or she is the so representative of the people's will. reporter: his words will have resonated with many germans at this time. despite the party atmosphere at the gate, germany is facing difficult and controversial issues. >> what is happening right now worries me, but generally i hope the majority of people are still intelligent enough to oppose these developments. >> i am very worried about right wing tendencies and xenophobia, which are still on the rise in our country. reporter: not far from the celebrations at the brandenburg gate, more than 1000 right-wing extremists gathered outside

berlin's central railway station to protest against chancellor merkel, what they call the bias press, and against fake news. although they could not hear him outside the station, his words were a dressed to such people as well as the rest of the nation. >> accepting difference, recognizing the diversity of legitimate opinions of interest, and realizing your own opinions are not the measure of all things, that is the way of thinking which will lead to more unity in our society. reporter: chancellor merkel echo the idea that germany reunification is still ongoing. >> now 28 years on, we know that what we call german unity is a process, a long journey in which over and over again means we must listen to each other's point of view, work together, and not give up. german unity is not finished. 28 years on it is still a continuous challenge. reporter: and so this year's day

of german unity ended as it began. peaceful, pensive, with contradictions and conciliation. phil: let's get more on this from veteran german journalist. we're talking about 28 years since east and west germany were reunited. a recent survey says only one in three east germans think the country has grown more united since 1990. why is the view from that side so negative? >> well, if you would travel as a foreigner from west germany to east germany, you would not see any difference anymore. after 28 years, east germany has been rebuilt. and yet there is a dark cloud hanging over this day of celebration. and rightly so, because a lot of people in east germany have a huge problem with a lot of things.

46% stay -- essay that have problems with the concept of democracy, and that is very worrisome. phil: a problem with the concept of democracy? why? >> they feel left behind. it is the same phenomenon in the u.s. where millions of people in the same big democracy also feel that way. there is a growing gap he tween the so-called elite, the ruling class and how they see it, and the people in earth germany -- east germany. you also will see that and west germany, but less. this seems to explain partly what is happening there. on top of this you have the refugee crisis, and people traditionally in easast germany are not used to having foreigners among themselves. the huge battle cry in the peaceful revolution in 1989 was, we are the peoplple.

now the right wing people say, we are the people, meaning the others, the foreigners, the refugees, are not. phil: let's talk about this idea of being left behind. are there real differences between east and west germany? werner: the vast majorityty of e people in east germany -- they live so much better than 30 years ago. but the factss support that they kind of our left behind in political life, and in a lot of huge german industry do not have an quarters in east germany. but that does not mean nothing is getting produced in east germany. bmw is producing in leipzig, porsche. so it is a mixed bag. phil: this seems to be why that

when we see the eastern germany being a hotbed of activism with the likes of the afd having a lot of support. werner: absolutely. the reason why a lot of people support the afd, the so-called alternative for germany, is this is a protest movement for them. the key word here is recognition. a lot of people in east germany do not feel they get recognition for their lives, for what they have achieved over the past 30 years or so. and they want to be heard. i think that is the key for all the problems that we have now in east germany. phil: werner, thank you so much for joining me. werner: thank you for having. phil: german chancellor angela merkel traveled to israel street after today's celebrations ahead of talks with premise or benjamin netanyahu. -- prime minister benjamin netanyahu.

this comes as the european union attempts to salvage the 2015 iran n nuclear deal, which is something prime minister benjamin netanyahu is opposed to. most of the talks will be held on thursday with the leaders expected to discuss foreign and security policy as well as regional issues. dw's israel correspondent has more. repoporter: it is a short visit here for chancellor merkel, the cabinet, and a business delegation. in less than 24 hours she will receive her thihird honoraryy doctororate from an israelili university, andnd head for thths yeyear's government consultatio. chancellor m merkel oftenn described israraeli german relations as unique, given the shared history of both countries. this year's consultations are to fofocus on the economy, technology, anand innovation. it is expected that merkel and netanyah are also discscussing

tocscs they disisagree about.. the iran deal, in particular the u.s. cuts in funding for the u.n. agency fofor palestinian refugees. the visisit might also bebe overshadeded by the lolooming demolition. plans have been criticized by germany and other countries. lestiniansns would expect t the germanan chancellor t to urge il to stop the demolition. phil: tania kramer reporting from jerusalem. now two other stories making news around the world. british prime minister theresa may has called for unity within her conservative party, which is divided over her approach to brexit negotiations with the european union. addressing the conservative party conference, mrs. may repeated her position that britain was willing to leave the bloc without a deal rather than

face what she called a bad deal. the winners of this year's of nobel prize for chemistry have been announced. they are frances arnold and george smith of the united states, and britain's gregory windsor. the nobel committee said they have been chosen for their work in developing proteins to solve humankind's chemical problems. u.s. first lady melania trumpp has laid a wreath at a castle in ghana where african slaves were held before being sent across the letter to america. -- the atlantic to america. ghana is the first stop of mrs. trump's five day tour. she will also visit kenya and egypt. 40's in indonesia say the members -- numbers dead in last week's earthquake and tsunami is more than 1400. survivors are facing a fifth day with little food or water. some aid is now reaching the region, but the government admits the relief effort is slow and blames widespread damage to infrastructure and a lack of fuel. dw's reporter is in palu, where

the tsunami hit. reporter: all morning he has been running from one government distribution center to another, but he keeps being turned away. the aid is being taken to other places. there is food and water in this truck. do you know what they are going? >> i don't know. what we do know is all the aid from this place is going to the main relief center. reporter: he shows us a whole list of things he desperately needs for himself and his family, 24 people. it is signed and stamped, but he still ends up with nothing. >> i registered and started queuing yesterday but i was told to come back today. when i was here early in the morning they had told me i had come to the wrong place. they said i should have gone to a different distribution center. reporter: at distribution centers like this one all around the city people are lining up to get supplies, but because coordination of aid distribution is still an issue, many end up

empty-handed. like this man. he takes me home to meet his family. they have all been living under a tarp since the earthquake. especially the children are traumatized. >> even when there is no earthquake or aftershock, i always feel like the ground is moving. i am really afraid. then i realize there is no earthquake, but because i am so afraid i am imagining it. i always feel like it is moving. i'm scared to go inside a house by myself. i only go with my parents. if they are not with me i will not go in. reporter: they are telling me they are running low on food and drinking water. it is the smallest who suffer the most. many of the children are sick and hungry. the youngest is only one-month-old. >> my baby is not in very good health at the moment.

she has a rash because of the heat. we need milk, diapers, medicine, and other things for her. reporter: his family are not alone in their fear and despair. all over palu, thousands are camping out and supplies are scarce at every turn. nowhere is this more obvious than at the city's gas stations. the distribution of the valuable commodity is heavily guarded. prices at this regulated pump are as always. but on the black market gas, sells for up to five times as much. fuel is a lifeline. some people here have been waiting for seven hours just to get five liters of gas. they need it not only to power their motorbikes and cars, but generators that create electricity so they can charge their mobile phones to stay in touch and receive updates on the situation from the authorities.

the lines here are endless. at the moment we are at number 789, and there are many more canisters. he is the one writing the numbers on them but at the moment he cannot because his pen has run out. yet another hiccup, if ever so slight, in their attempt to organize the chaos. but with more help promised, the people here hope they can soon start to rebuild their ravaged lives. phil: u.s. president trump is facing criticism from fellow republicans for mocking one of the women who say they were sexually assaulted by supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. president trump made the comments at a campaign rally in mississippi. reporter: the crowds at the truck rally seemed to have made

up their minds about the president's supreme court nominee. trump on his part use the occasion to mock the apparent holes in the testimony of christine blasey ford. she appeared before a senate committee last week to give her account of an alleged attack by kavanaugh. >> i had one beer. i had one beer. well, do you think -- nope, it was one beer. oh, good. hohow did you get home? i don't remember. how did you u get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. reporter: trump faced strong criticism from members of his own party on his return to washington. >> just plain wrong. >> will affect your vote? reporter: trump's statement on ford had varied significantly since her testimony. at first he described her as a very credible witness, but days

later he was highlighting gaps in her memory. white house counselor kellyanne conway defended the president's about-face. >> she has been treated like a faberge egg. do you have corroboration for her claims? excuse me, can you fill in her memory gaps? that is part of the evidence gathering process. those who pretended they are searching for truth. reporter: supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's fate now lies with a handful of undecided centers from both sides of the aisle awaiting the result of the fbi investigation. a vote on kavanaugh is expected later this week. phil: let's get into this with dw correspondent stefan simons in washington. what sort of effect are these remarks likely to have on senators getting ready to vote on brent kavanaugh's nomination? stefan: the fears in political

washington, which include commentators as well as politicians from both side of the aisle, is that it has a negative impact on three critical people, or three critical senators. these are susan collins, jeff flake and lisa murkowski. those three gop republican senators are not full-fledged behind the kavanaugh nomination effort. so, these are the critical votes in a vote which is supposed to be happening on friday after the fbi report will be released. now, having said friday, today on wednesday there were rumors the fbi report was ready to be released. the gop had indicated that, the republicans had indicated that, but that does not seem to be the case. but there is a deadline friday for the fbi to file the report. a reminder here, the fbi in this report will not draw any conclusions. they will interview and talk to people, they will write down

what they have learned from those people in those interviews and make this available to the white house and to the senate. phil: so if brett kavanaugh's nomination falls, won't democrats end up with someone even more unpalatable? stefan: that's absolutely a great question number one, and two it's absolutely possible. however, democrats are probably speculating, and shared by most observers here, that democrats are trying to de-track this nomination of kavanaugh for two reasons. one, of course they are not happy with the candidate itself. busy really big problems with kavanaugh and making future decisions on the supreme court. two, if republicans failed to bring their candidate through, the democrats think that will have a major impact on the upcoming midterm elections to

their benefit. this is about to be seen. phil: thank you for that. stefan simons in washington. business time now with javier, with the new york times story that completely contradicts president trump's claims to be a self-made millionaire. javier: that is right, and that would of course mean in other problem for donald trump. he has no shortage of scandals, but with the new york times just revealed could damage the image of the u.s. president and what he has built for himself, because apparently he built his image but not his fortune. donald trump did not become rich as an entrepreneur after all, what was largely the result of his family's questionable practices. reporter: u.s. president donald trump likes to present himself as a self-made alien air and on-chip -- billionaire and entrepreneur. according to him he took a one time loan of $1 million from his

father and created billions. but a recent new york times article could destroy that image. after months of resesearch, they collected piles of financial files belonging to the trump clan. trump's father fred did not just give him a one time loan, he regularly gave trump millions. sometimes in the form of real estate. all told, the transfers amounted to around half $1 million. they were made to evade paying taxes, and the president knowingly took part in the fraud. the allegations may no longer be relevant under criminal law because they were made too long ago. but if the allegations are true, the city of new york could still claim millions in damages. and it does not look good for the president if he systematically evaded taxes. so it's not surprising that trump had his lawyer state that the accusations of tax evasion and fraud are 100% false.

javier: we stay in the u.s.. a survey shows a strong hiring by private businesses in the u.s. in september and services firms produced more and hired more workers. the national employment report shows private payrolls jumped by 230,00 jobs in september, while a report shows services sector activity hit a 21 year high in september. the data helped yields on the 10 year u.s. treasasury hit its highest level in over seven years. that is clearly very good news for the u.s. economy. let's bring in our new york financial correspondent jens korte in new york who has been following the story for us. what does wall street make of these apparently really good numbers? jens: the economy remains hot, and it is pretty likely that we

are actually right in the middle of the longest expansion phases in the history of the country. by the way, we will get more economic reports, especially on friday when analysts estimates show unemployment rates dropped to 3.8%. we have not seen the unemployment rate since -- that low since 1969. wall street is cheering those numbers. obviously they are not too scared of higher interest rates, even if the movement on the yields of treasury markets are hinting to more interest rate increases, but that is not shying investors away. we set another record for the dow jones industrial average. if i'm not mistaken it was the 102nd record the dow jones industrial average hit since u.s. president donald trump took over office. javier: nothing seems to scare markets no matter what news we

see. when we see all those record levels, some fear overheating or even a double. -- bubble. are we there yet? jens: the sky is the limit. a lot will depend on earnings. that will show if the market is overvalued or not and earnings season will start at the end of next week when the first big banks will be coming out with their quarterly results. we will probably get another strong earnings growth for most u.s. corporations. what we will see is if the stronger u.s. dollar is hurting some business in overseas markets. we will see if the tariffs will play a role, and also comments will be crucial if we might have seen peak earnings growth. so all of those could be factors to be a damper on the stock market at this point. javier: jens korte at the new york stock exchange. thank you very much for the analysis. general motors and honda

announced a joint venture to develop self driven vehicles. both companies already have a partnership or the production of electric cars, but now they want to keep up with strong competition from tech companies to bring truly a economist -- autonomous car to the mass-market. is italy becoming europe's new problem child? some say the attire and economy has been an issue for years. now new economic plans of the italian government are increasingly worrying brussels. after italy said it would increase public spending next year, the president of the european commission jean-claude juncker warned the government to its -- scale back instead. a new euro crisis could be on the horizon. reporter: the prime minister's main focus is on damage control. after a meeting the italian leader pledged to shrink his nation's debt burden. italy's economic minister provided more details.

he said the government wanted to gradually reduce the country's get in stages from 2.4% to 2% of gdp within three years. italy's new debt is a hot topic across europe right now. after all, the country is the eurozone's third-largest economy. yet it is struggling. it's national debt is twice what it should be. unemployment is high. the country's banks stand on shaky ground. and the eu has long demanded introduction of reforms. there are still many in italy's populist government who want to increase spending, not reduce it. it was one of their key election promises. >> to retreat from 2.4% would mean telling italians you wiwill not retire, wewe will not compensate t those treateded byh banks, and we will not establish a basic income. so we will not back down, and if necessary we will explain it in public squares. reporter: there is clearly still much to discuss, and the prime

minister will tackle the issue again today. clarity will be essential for nervous financial markets, too. this week the yield on italian benchmark bonds hit 3.4%, an almost five year high. javier: that is offer business, and for dw news. phil gayle is preparing to give you the day's top stories on the day. so do stay with us. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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