from berlin . germany's leading party has a new leader. she beat to other contenders buying for the top job. also coming up, paris braces for another weekend of protests. major lalandmarks are keeping their doors shut.

security is stepping up to deal with another wave of violence following some of the worst writing in decadades. and members of opec agreed to pump less crude. they want to stabilize the price of oil. ♪ it is great to have you along. it was close, but in the end, angela merkel's favorite won. kramp-karrenbauer now takes over as the leader of the cdu. that puts her in poll pition to be the next chancellor. >> merkel could barely hide her

delight. in a tight contest, kramp-karrenbauer prevailed over her to rivals. but she is keen to keep them both in her court -- corner. >> we must all work together to continue this momentum. we all have the responsibility to shape and shake -- sustain this people's party of the middle. >> there were fears the contest, which feature candidates witith different profiles, would split the party. but the defeated contenders urged unity. >> i would like to give -- ask everyone now to give our new leader their wholehearted support. >> and election featuring such distinct candidates was a courageous and thoroughly democratic experiment. for the cdu, it was a moment to

celebrate, even for those who did not vote for kramp-karrenbauer. >> no, i am not disappointed. it was very close. i voted for spahn in the first round because, as a young person, he appealed to me. >> we knew it was going to be a very close contest. but as long as the vote and campaign are fair and democratic, i am actually help -- happy with it. >> kramp-karrenbauer now faces high expectations to reininvigorate the party and win elections. laila: our chief political commentator michaela kufner is

an hamburg. good to see you. it went down to the wire. michaela: yes, and then kramp-karrenbauer secured that victory with just a few dozen boats there -- votes here. not the route -- a lot of people to determine the political position of the cdu party. kramp-karrenbauer is now a voice that merkel will have to listen to. although she is her favorite, she does some different on some issues. she is much more tough took -- tough talking on security issues. laila: what kind of leader do we expect kramp-karrenbauer to be? michaela: she is a moderator.

she went on a listening tour which was meant to feed into a new party program. she was secretary-general of the party. she will now be right at the top of the party. that means she can show that she can moderate and integrate the potential rift that we see here that could unfold with those disappointed supporters of matz who were much more neoliberal. that will be her first task, to make sure there is not much of that quarreling going on. that could potentially threaten the party. one of the last remaining big tent parties here in germany. laila: before kramp-karrenbauer was elected, merkel gave her

farewell speech. let's listen to what she had to say. >> it is not that i am parting ways with the cdu. i do not have to be party chair to have strong t ties with thihs party. and i am still german chancellor. the cdu will be focusing on the time after me. it is a matter close to my heart that i contribute to ensuring the new successes of the p party while at the samame time maintaining responsibility in the government. this is so we can set the course for the future. laila: it is unusual in the to her career. she is at the top of the government but not her party. michaela: she also pretty much explained why she took this decision. and she called on everybody and

responsibility to ask themselves what they can do to ensure there is cohesion in society. rather lofty words. clearly she recognized that her also being the leader of the party stood in the way of social cohesion. she did not want more tension within her own party. she is a chancellor her almost feels liberated, who has a weight off of her shoulders, who can now focus on governing the country. she knows that this process that is now taking place in the party is no longer really hers to govern, to rein in, to control. having said that, if there is a textbook chapter to be written about how to choreograph your exits from politics, angela merkel is certainly working on that. so far it is going by her personal plan. she chose the time to step down

as party leader. and she is now saying the woman that she wanted to see in that role in the future as her successor. laila: also somebody expected to wait patiently in the wings. i wonder, did the party not have the stomach for change? michaela: they did not have the stomach for radical change. the hope here is that this will be gradual change. that kramp-karrenbauer, who was the premier of the smallest state, and interior minister, she did take tough action. there was quarreling over the age of migrants who say they are minors. she took action. she is a lot tougher in her approach. and she is tougher talking on russia.

this is something that merkel will have to take into account. it is a gradual change to a more conservative position. she was against same-sex marriage, something where merkel freed the way. clearly the party did not have the stomach for radical change, which will -- would have meant matz. laila: how difficult will it be for merkel's successor to chart her own path and not be overshadowed by merkel's towering legacy? michaela: that is the challenge right now. akk, as she is known, said it herself. she mentions of the label of a many merkel -- mini-merkel that is out there. she will have to take positions on things she has never taken positions on.

she might have to choose beyond the ones that there are ready on the record, like migration, like conscription. it will be interesting to see which issue she picks. most importantly, who she will pick as party secretary general tomorrow. laila: to be continued. thank you for your continued coverage. germany's other political parties have been reacting on twitter to kramp-karrenbauer's victory. some gave a cautious welcome, while others not so much. let's take a look now. andrea nahles said it was time toto solve the problems of t the future. germany's far right alternative for germany tweeted that the cdu

can no longer be a home for germany's conservatives. sahra wagenknecht said that merkel 2.0 cannot be the solution. christian linder said that the party picked continuity. let's bring you up to speed on some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s. president donald trump has nominated william barr as attorney general. he served as attorney general under george h.w. bush. trump also nominated heather nauert as ambassador to the united nations.

different sides on the battle in yemen sat down.n. the you and brokered talks are the first since 2016. a u.s. bid to get the united nations to condedemn hamas has failed. it was proposed by nikki haley. it fell short of the required two thirds majority. next up, helena is here with the latest on a chinese tech executive arrested in canada. helena: the chief financial officer of chinese telecom giant huawei has been accused of the united states of fraud. she is seeking bail and a canadian court while facing possible extradition to the united states. she assured banks that a company

called kycoskycom was independet from huawei. but a prosecutor said they were the same thing. this was jarring aftfter presidt trump and president xi jinping agreed to a trade truce at the g20 summit in argentina. as the suspicions grow about the motivations of china's tech companies, we asasked if these fears are justified. >> i would say so, y yes. the trade balance is massively negative. but it is also true that the united states and china fight about new tecechnologies. wewe will see more of that comi. this is probably y a struggle tt will defefine the next decades.

this episosode we arare lookingt toy telllls uss howow important thisis is on bothh sid. the trtrade stortoto that isis y one part. we are also talklking about t te role of f the leader of f the wd of tomorrow. it will be interesting to watch. helena: oil prices jumped 2.2 percent after the opec cartel, along with other oil-producing nations, agreed to cut production. the breakthrough came after two days of talks. under the agreement, iran was granted a reprieve.

>> it was very clear from the start that there would be a production cut. but opec leaders had a hard time agreeing on it. the 15 members will shoulder two thirds of the cut. the remainder will fall to a 10 strong group of nonmember states led by russia. ththat group joined the vienna talks on the second day of the meeting. under r the current condititis,t is e extremely important for uso send a strong signalal to the markrkets that we are ready to t decisively and inappropriate -- appropriately. this is aimed at stabilizing prices. oil has become steadily cheaper since the beginning of october. those kinds of levels are too

low for countries whose economies are highly dependent on exports. when news of the cuts emerged, oil climbed by three dollars a barrel. paul: 1 1.2 million barrels per day? that is not a huge sum. but it should be enough to put a bottom at the price of oil and have it not drop much further. 1.2 million, the u.s. alone has in the past year ranked up its oil production by 2.5 million barrels. so it is not that much. however, considering how much the down -- solution was downplayed yesterday, this was a bit of a surprise to markets. helena: more business to come. first it is over to laila for

more on the yellow vests movement in france. laila: we turn our attention to france now, where the eiffel tower in the louvre museum are some of the most famous paris landmarks closing this weekend as the nation braces for a repeat of last weekend's writing. the protesters will be out on the streets again despite the fuel tax that sparked the unrest being scrapped. 90,000 police are being mobilized. last week and saw some of the worst street violence in france for decades. >> this woman is still in shock. she has been running the salon for 35 years and says she has seen many protest. but none of them are as violent as last saturday's. >> it was like in a war movie. one side advance them in the other retreated.

this went back-and-forth. the protesters got anything they could get their hands on. at one point, they grabbed a building crane, pushed it to the police, and set it on fire. >> this time she is going to close and shutter her salon. but she is not happy about this. she blames one person for the current situation. president emmanuel macron. >> the president is too stubborn. he should not have the trade the people with the announcement that they would raise fold -- fuel taxes. it was clear they would hit the barricade. >> demonstrators have analyzed entire streets and burned dozens of cars. paris officials estimate that the cost of the damage is 4 million euros.

the damage done to private property could be many times higher. but that does not tend to have dented the public's support for the yellow vests. three out of four french people think the demonstrations are justified, even if they do not necessarily endorse the violence. >> i can understand the yellow vests. but these rights are intolerable. i do not know what the politicians are adding fuel to the fire instead of calming and down. >> the government needs to find a solution and negotiate with the demonstrators. they should not wait until after the protesters have leveled paris. >> the protests are spreading. hundreds of schools have been closed. the government expects the protest the saturday to be extremely violent. 8000 police officers, more than twice as many as last weekend,

will be deployed to deal with the threat in the french capital. they have armored vehicles and a new strategy. >> we will have mobile teams that will quickly confront the protesters, disperse them, and it rests the main instigators. now, even regular demonstrators are attacking us as representatives of the state. in that sense, it is in an insurrection. >> last saturday, this former soldier defended his premise with a few friends. they were up against rioters with axes and baseball bats. he expects more of the same this weekend. >> the president and the interior minister have a duty to protect us property owners. cannot letet these thugs

destroyed my restaurant and threaten the lives of my 12 employees. >> he is confident that he will be able to withstand any attack tomorrow. but he hopes that the situation soon comes down. laila: with these protests morphing into something much bigger, what will it take to ease tensions? we can but that very question to one of the protesters at the heart of the yellow vests movement. her husband cacame up with t the symbol of a broken system. a very good evevening to you.. the french government given to your demands. they have now completely cancel the e controversiaial fuel tax. whwhy are you still demonstratig tomorrow? vanessa: sorry, you can repeat please? laila: the government has fueled the -- scraps the fuel taxes.

why are you still protesting tomorrow? vanessa: um,m, tomorrow we prott for taxes and fuel augmentation and life. laila: you want to improve living standards. but the taxes you mention are no longer on the table. they are not going to happen. so why not just take a moment and let calm return and maybe engage with the government? vanessa: it is difficult.

i don'understandnd everyrything. i am sorryry. laila: no worriries. thank you for taking the time to join us. have a good evening. ♪ next up, and the bundesliga this weekend, dortmund and schalke face off in the fiercest rivalry. schalke trails dortmund. but placement does not make up for local bragging rights. >> schalke play to santa for kids at a nearby hospital. the gentry us -- generous gesture does not mean they will receive any favors and their upcoming game against portland -- dortmund.

>> we want to hand dortmund their first fate. >> they will have to overcome their lack of goals. schalkee although did net five against nurnbererg in their last home g game. >> it does not likike we havee o perform a magic trick or inject ourselves with self-confidence again. we w will give it everything w'e got. >> dortmund are on fire. the coach was the first to go unbeaten in his first 13 bundesliga matches. >> we are sticking to our philosophy and going game by game. the next one is against schalke and we know it is a special match.

we have prepared for it very well. >> dortmund also gave out gifts to kids this week. and can now focus on collecting more points. laila: the biggest club soccer game is two days away. but many argentinians have descended on spain for the match. it is the copa liberatadores. >> river plate's team arrived reluctantly at the airport. they did not want the game moved. but they decided to show up. it is the latest twist in a long-running saga. boca players were hurt and the

game was initially miss -- rescheduled for a day. river checked into their madrid hotel with many fans already outside. many fans live in spain, but some have traveled from argentina, even n though kickoff is not untntil sunday. >> it is a w weird feeeeling. it iss a little bitit said becae a south american final should be played at home again o our eternal r rivals. but eveveryone is papaying for e mistakes of a few people. >>boca are happier to be and madrid, just like their fans. with the tie at 2-2, they hope that boca is the new favorite. >> i just spoke with my

girlfriend and i told her i have not comprehended yet that i am in spain to watch the final. >> and impersonator of diego maradona has even showed up. madrid has a rich football history of its own, but it has never seen anything like this. laila: it is going to be a match to watch. thank you so much for spending this time of your day with us. stay tuned for "the day" coming up in a few minutes. ♪

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