♪ brent: this is due to news live from berlin. a nation commemorates an order that change the world. germany is marking the fall of the bolin -- berlin wall. also coming up, tens of thousands of foreign worker -- workers to help keep the eastern economy afloat.

plus, a flamboyant trump advisor and self-proclaimed dirty stricture -- trickster goes on trial. roger stone was investigating into the probe and the 2016 u.s. election and in search of her husband. what it means if you are married into a human rights activists who then disappears in china. our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, welcome. we begin right here in germany across -- germany. festivities are marketing 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. you are looking at it right

there. the announcement allowed citizens to safely cross the west for the first time in three decades. in all those years, crossing without permission was often fatal, but with the berlin wall down, friends and family could reunite without fear, paving fourth germans to do the same not long after. for more, let's go to david levitz. he is out and about in berlin at a very well-known church. what is going on? >> i'm in front of a church of what was 30 years ago in communist east berlin. there are some projections of

what was leading up to the fall of the berlinale -- berlin wall. this whole week is commemorating the peaceful route to revolution. [no audio] at the end of that, the conductor stood up and said the wall has got to go. people took to the streets in an impromptu march which not too long ago would have been very dangerous. there was this momentum and the concert 30 years ago was not the first event at this church in terms of opposition. the church was in place for people to meet from the opposition and one of the safe places where people could talk politics and really speak their

mind. the weeks and months leading up to the fall of the berlin wall, the whole closet was filled with candles. people came together for pro-democracy demonstrations -- demonstrators who were imprisoned. after a few days, there were thousands of people, people who were not necessarily turkey members or considered themselves political. it is a major groundswell for where this movement took place. as take a look at -- let's take a look back. >> in october 1989, the church became the center of the revolution. comments germany was celebrating its 40th anniversary and at the same time, this leads -- streets

were filling with protesters. east german police and members of the countries notorious intelligence service brutally beat the demonstrators on this night. -- on this night, some of them fled into the church. the police did not intervene and a new wind was blowing. under gorbachev, moscow is no longer willing to back the use of force against demonstrators. with candles and nonviolent protests, these demonstrators to pave the way for the peaceful revolution and the fall of the wall. >brent: a lot of people may be surprised to know that churches

in east communist germany were actually safe zones or they could talk about a peaceful revolution and not have to worry about the secret police arresting them. a truly historic place. what went on there 30 years to mark the fall of the berlin wall? >> what went on and what will continue to go on through the night hours are these fantastic projections that really bring in images and sound bites of people who helped make this happen and helped pave the way for the ball to fall and also a very certain someone by the name of patti smith is giving a concert inside the church. her whole career has been built on the notion of freedom and

people here are trying to get tickets. brent: david, thank you very much. east germany was home to tens of thousands of skilled workers from other communist countries and windy to germany's unified, some of those were deported, but others were allowed to stay and they discovered that a reunified germany did not make exceptions of foreigners -- exemptions of foreigners in easier. >> she always dreamed of owning her own restaurant. she came from east germany through vietnam. >> for me, my wife are address represented germany because it was given to me by a german aid workers, so when i got the job

training offer, i immediately said yes. i had no idea what i was getting myself into. >> she likes life in east germany. the enemy's people were considered to be very industrious, but after her job training, she had to return to a vietnam that had been destroyed by war and in 1987, she was offered the opportunity to return to east g germany, , bute attitude towards foreigners had changed. >> whenever we went shopping, the cashiers would look down on us as if we had just walked out of the jungle.

this -- >> this is the building that she used to work in. they were encouraged to not have contact with east germans and in 1989, the wall fell and germans were overjoyed, but it would is a -- it was a precarious time for contract workersrs. >> i was so worried. i do not know what was going to happen. i thought it was all over. >> over the following years, the government tried to deport the contract workers. she was allowed to say because she was married to a german. he had been charged -- in charge of the contract workers in the small town. >> he asked me, what are you still doing here? i answered, i live here. >> he replied -- i answered,

live here. he replied there is no need for you here. [no audio] >> right-wing radicals set apartment buildings on fire and burned cars that belong to the enemies workers. >> we saw the attacks onon tv. my husband cried and i told him these are hard times for us, i might have to leave the country. >> still, she stayed and she feels more at home here, but racism has been on the rise in germany. >> of course i hope that the people i like will remain the majority so that we won't be in danger. i truly hope that will be the case.

it is up to all of us to open ourselves to foreigners and not be scared of them because people from other countries are the salt in the soup of society. >> germany has become her home. she still has her the enemies passport just in case -- her vietnamese password just in case. >-- passport just in case. >> the biggest party is taking place in the center of the german capital. we will be broadcasting live. i hope you join us. now to the united states, a former advisor to donald trump has gone on trial in washington, accused of obstructing justice. roger stone was investigated as

part of the special counsel probe into the 2016 election. the case coincides with the impeachment inquiry into president trump by ththe u.s. house of repreresentatives. >> like thee others, roger stone revels in attention whether it is good or bad it. >> [inaudible] >> a veteran republican strategist whose career goes back more than 40 years, roger stone counts ronald reagan and richard nixon among his clients. ties with donald trump also go back decades. in the 1980's, he was a major donor for the reagan campaign.

>> i have great affection for truck and mash-up -- trump. >> stone now faces a new one, convicted felon. indicted by special counsel robert mueller who was investigating russian interference in the 2016 campaign, stone was charged on several counts. the question, did stone tip-off the trump campaign that wikileaks was about to leak emails to sink hillary clinton? >> i will plead not guilty to these charges. i will defeat them in c court. ielieve this is s a politically

motivated investigation. >> if found guilty, he could now face jail. this high-profile trial is set to test his theory that any felicity is good publicity -- publicity is good publicity. brent: joined in washington, oliver sallet. what happened on this first day of the trial? >> the trial got off to a surprising start. roger stone left the courtroom. he mentioned that he had some kind of food poisoning. the trial had to go on without him. it got off to a contentious start, with the judge the nine most of the requests by the defense lawyers because they feared that journalists could be -- jurors could be biased.

the question if roger stone tipped off wikileaks about the hillary clinton emails. roger stone testified about that before congress and one of the most important allegations is that he lied about the trump campaign's efforts to obtain the emails. brent: he has pleaded not guilty, but if he is found guilty, what kind of sentence could he be faced? >> roger stone is just the second one to plead not guilty of all of those indicted by mueller and he called -- if found guilty, he could face up to 50 years in prison. earlier this year, paul manafort face the similar charge and was

convicted to only seven and a half years in jail. brent: he has a fear for public drama and describes himself as a dirty trickster in the past. any sign of that flamboyance today? i guess the food poisoning was part of it. >> that was the first little detail and then the run-up to the trial, there is one story where roger stone's defense team wanted to play a clip of the movie godfather part two. prosecutors wanted to make the case that in a text message he sent to a witness, he made witness -- reference to a character. in the end, he was not allowed to show the film clip and also,

roger stone was banned from using social media, posting anything while this case was still pending and before that he did not comply with a court order to not pose -- post anything about the russian investigation, so you can see he is a colorful and contested secular -- figure. brent: no twitter for roger stone, imagine that. oliver sallet in washington, thank you. here is some of the other stories making headlines. yemen's government has signed a power-sharing deal with a southern separatist group. the council had been battling for control of the city despite fighting with the government. the deal ends months of infighting in the country. at least four people were killed

when security forces opened fire on anti-government forces in iraq's southern province. this comes at after five people -- after five people were killed in baghdad as they call for sweeping political reforms. firefighters in nigeria battling a huge fire. shopkeepers have been throwing goods from upper floors while fire engines struggle to reach it. israel's supreme court has upheld a government order expelling a rights activist from the country. the activist is accused of supporting a boycott of the country over its treatment of the palestinians. the court ratified the governments refusal to renew his work visa and gave him 20 days to leave the country. he is the israel director of human rights watch. he says the deportation order is an attempt to silence criticism

of occupation of the palestinian territory. speaking to the dubbing is, said the court's ruling is a disturbing trend of crackdowns onon human rights in israelel. >> it has undeniably changed in the last few yearsrs. i thinknk 15, 20 yearars ago the supreme court has often rubberstamped policies when it cocomes to human rights visas. for it to sign off on this government''s crackdownwn on hun rights advocacy is a dangerous escalation. what we hahave seen in rececent years is d denial of human righs activists. just last week, amnesty international was issued a travel ban.

it is quitite clear that the israeli goverernment is helell-t on s stting down n independent human n rights reporting. ultimately, it willl fail andnde are goining to fight until the very l last minute not only fore to stay,y, but the safeguard wil remain. brent: that was omar secure speaking with us earlier. now to one of the most difficult challenges facing europe, the large number of refugees in search of a better life. many migrants are finding conditions no easier than those they left behind. refugee camps on the greek islands are dangerously overcrowded. >> they had to improvise or face

a night sleeping out in the open. refugee arrivals in recent weeks have overwhelmed the system and as many as 6000 asylum-seekers are on the islands, most living in inhumane conditions. >> we had a problem, life very difficult. next the new camp is growing outside the official reception facilities. they have asked the european union for help. the situation is dire and is likely to worsen. volunteer in workers fear that some migrants will survive the winter unless some things change. >> many of them have serious health problems that we cannot deal with yet. it is just one doctor for everybody. for three years now, no organization has been able to offer medical help.

>> the official reception area must provide for four times as many people as was designed for. many hope the asylum-seekers will be resettled on the greek mainland. brent: now to turkey and a highly controversial dam project that is almost finished. the dam was constructed on the tigris river and it is resulting in the flooding ofof the huge area. thousands have been forced to resettle in dozens of towns and villages are disappearing, among them the town of some caves, one of the oldest settlements. >> people have lived here for thousands of years and now the agent town is the demolished building by building. concrete platforms have been set

up in soon the entire structure will be moved to higher ground before the entire area is flooded. the tigrisis rer has been rising for weeks. several restaurants have already closed. the dam has stopped the rivers flow to form a huge man-made lake that will submerge the area that humans settled a millennia ago. thousands of people will lose land and homes. merchants are loading up their wares. >> of course it hurts to leave such a historic place. >> a few kilometers to the north, a new city is taking shape. there, mostly kurdish inhabitants can purchase subsidized housing.

the residents are skeptical that anyone will come to their town when its agents -- ancient attractions lie deep below water. brent: where is you winching -- yu wencheng? almost two years ago by chinese authorities and since then they have said very little. now, his wife is on a quest to challenges the tension despite the hurdles -- the detention despite the hurdles she is facing. >> c cfronting a system fronted in secrerecy. >> i don't know where m my husbd is or his situation.

>> four 680 days, her husband has been behind bars. -- four -- for 680 days, her husband has been behind bars. >> they don't do things according to the law, but as i say these things, in my heart i will never give up. i will continue. >> four months, she has been making the long trek where she believes her husband is being held inside, she clings to hope and a babag of warm close for the winr ahead. in the end, there is no confirmation that he is even here. >> he was only practicing his

rights and using his freedom of speech. this should not happen to him and it is very unfair on my family. >> flanked by lawyers, she heads to the d districict court to ded information. his case was heard here in secret. patience is running thin. >> my body is extremely tired, going from beijing to hear is reallyly f far. -- here is really far. sometimes it is raining, sometimes it is snowing. it has already been two years. i am tired, tired to the point where i and take. next eventually -- >> [indiscernible] another day in ththe system

seemingly designed to frustrate. brent: [indiscernible] diego dam opened the scoring. with the wind, but shish -- [indiscernible] after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stay with us. ♪

. he got the day at two eighty k. hello and welcome to live from paris i'm charlie james it's ten pm here in the french capital we begin withth the e headlines. global powers boys regret the us government's decision to pull out of the paris climate accord several have expressed hopes that washington will back pedal and rejoined. iran set to resume uranium enrichment of an underground nuclear plants it's a major step away from its commitments made under the twenty fifteen nuclear deal. and the death toll mounts any rock