but mathias is never satisfied. no never any honest professional would say the same that's ok it might sound shocking at times but it's a good thing because nothing is ever perfect it's of if perfection existed there will be no progress in our talking it is a good thing this is so. much he has worked so hard he wants others to be wowed by his creations to him that's the icing on the came. on the countdown is on just a few days to go until oscar night in l.a. and all this week in our theories we're featuring the european nominees and so today we look at the category for best documentary film where the who will be ninety years old in may is the oldest nominee in oscar history for her film and titled faces places as one of the driving forces of the french new wave film movement her impact on modern cinema has been huge and her documentary is a collaboration with french photographer and street artist ed who is more than fifteen years her junior. co-directed jr used a cardboard cutout of vanguard to represent in hollywoo

correspondent there mathias tell us these businesses and individuals suddenly cut off from the world. well until today we haven't seen it yet today everything seem to be working fine today was one of the dates where everybody expected the b.p.'s to be shut off after a document was leaked last year that mentioned february we haven't seen it but it's not off the table the government is pushing through this well if it's not happening immediately tell me how serious beijing is about this. well they have been emphasizing that they want to shut down foreign v p m's i'm licensed v p n's. they are keeping emphasizing it everybody expects something to happen what exactly though and when nobody knows but that's also part of the tactic there is no clear date there is no clear announcement the only thing is that they have been emphasizing that. companies foreign companies and individuals would have to use registered license v p n's that run via chinese service mathias tell us a little bit more about why china is actually doing this it seems to be going to quite some lengths to gain control i gues

these days free riders like mathias meyer and mathias how know to ski down the trough to get to the valley. and what can move because when you make your way through these mountains you really get a feel for the landscape there are no worn out hiking trails so you can really get close to nature written in the book. put on a pair of snowshoes and you can go exploring off the beaten path a ranger from the high tower a national park will serve as your guide. the park was founded by a local industrialist who acquired some land around the gross lochner in the one nine hundred eighteen. he later donated the land to the alpine club on condition that to preserve the area. grew just a little bit in blue. because the end of the line on the south side of the valley from here you've got to go on foot those are the best thing about the national park is that it allows us to preserve some animal species that have died out elsewhere in the alpine region or the shoreline i was given at that one and. i will try to. snowshoe hikers can observe wild animals including alpine events. golden eagles. and in spring

mathias high sick examines the boy but without an x. ray machine can't make a diagnosis his main complaint of pain seems to be in his there essex mind here it's possible because he landed on his feet and have a contraction fractured. vertebrae at that level for there's nothing one minute that is very well first. of all the doctors also suspect concussion all they can give them is pain killers and medical advice tiger can you explain that with the head injury takes a while for the brain to get better. because all the false candy do you feel dizzy that i feel your body go five trouble trouble or still. get it right off of it if you're trouble with memory. as the day progresses more and more people arrive this old woman can't walk another collapses right in front of the doctors an elderly man complains of heart problems it's hard to make a diagnosis as us that's without fully a selfie has problems with his heart especially when stressed that suggests a cardiac insufficiency which is hard to treat long term in this situation it could be str

mathias miller saying we are in general ruling out hardware upgrades not only due to the effort that would be required but also because of questions over its effectiveness. germany has come under increasing pressure from the e.u. to improve air quality the government's even been mulling plans to ban diesels from some high pollution areas but with the image of the car industry ready badly damaged the idea that taxpayers should bear any financial burden for dirty diesels is not going down well in many quarters. of more on this let's bring in our financial correspondent who's in frankfurt for us daniel here in germany i mean diesel gate has provided a little compensation for the car owners affected and now potentially it could be the taxpayer footing the bill i mean surely this must be going down very well for the car industry. yeah it sounds like a really good deal for the carmakers and what i'm also hearing from investors that they are actually liking the idea because this at the end is going to mean less money that carmakers will have to spend and as a result we also saw most of the

now, i have informed the acting prime minister mathias cormann of this, i have informed my colleagues, of this, and there are a couple of other things i would clearly like to say. i want to thank the people of new england. i am so humbled that today, today while walking around armadale, there were people i do wa nt to armadale, there were people i do want to say they were involved but i think some didn't it from the —— armidale. they were so good —— some didn't vote for me. but they were so good, the people in tamworth, the people in small towns, i am so humbled and i think if the overwhelming support, heppell literally running up and some crying, offering their support to me, andi crying, offering their support to me, and ijust say i don't support for deserve the support you have given me. —— people literally. it is incredibly important to be a circuit breaker not just in incredibly important to be a circuit breaker notjust in parliament but more importantly to be a circuit breakerfor my more importantly to be a circuit breaker for my uncontrolled, for vikki, my daughters, and for na

polluted cities has become a national priority a short while ago i asked our beijing correspondent mathias bellinger what chinese officials were doing to deal with the issue of air pollution there have been restrictions on traffic for some years cause there are certain days where certain cars cannot be on the street passenger cars there are trucks are limited from entering the city motorbikes are banned in most cities if they are not electric motor bikes there is a policy to promote electro mobility to promote battery powered cars pure evey's the policy is still in the beginning up to now there are not not too many electric battery powered cars. less than one percent in china but the number is growing because there are big subsidies on these cars and. the government is requesting companies to produce evie cause and briefly if you can how are german car makers being used when it comes to alternative types of powering a vehicle like the mobility until now german german comic has have missed this trend they are now trying to catch up they are they are trying to build partnerships with chinese

national party and deputy prime minister of the street now that inform the acting prime minister mathias cormann of this i've inform my colleagues. of this and there are a couple of other things that i'd like to clear the site with but i want to thank the people of new england i'm so humble that the day to day whilst walking round the. table and i don't want. other sneaking suspicions on the device for me but i was so good at offering their support. the people of tamworth the same the people the small towns i'm so humbled and i thank you for the overwhelming support people literally running up and someone crying often their support to me and i just say i died deserve the support that you've given me in cork as a senior lecturer of global politics at murdoch university in perth and he says that despite being a relatively popular figure joyce could not withstand the pressure from the scandal . i think he was hyping it things would die down the people would get tired of of to repeating it the media would start circling him is that i've been doing over the last weeks but it's just shown no s

national party and deputy prime minister of the stroke now of an informed the acting prime minister mathias cormann of this i've been for my colleagues. of this and there are a couple of other things that i'd like to clearly say the i want to thank the people of new england i'm so humbled that the day to day was whilst walking round the. table and i don't want to. either sneaking suspicion some and inviting but they were so good offering their support. the people of tamworth the same the people the small towns i'm so humbled and i thank you for the overwhelming support people literally running up and someone crying often their support to me and i just say i died deserve the support that you've given me well being koch is a senior lecturer of global politics at murdoch university joins me now live from perth via skype good to have you with us mr cook on the program a bot to be joy certainly sounding very upbeat but it's been weeks in the coming change because he was quite adamant that he wouldn't go. and i think that one thing is chinese does this story just hasn't gone away i think he was h

discussion because we actually have our correspondent in beijing mightiest berninger with us right now mathias this is such an extreme gesture is this a typical story in china. well as you said it's an extreme gesture also for chinese means and it's not typical in a way that you would see this frequently happening however cases like these have been on social media from time to time there has been a father last year who offered passers by to beat him with a stick for money so he could raise money for his son there has been a girl last year offering her virginity. on the metro in shanghai on the subway. because she wanted to help to cure her brother's disease. recently there has been a case also in guangdong not far from certain german where parents were not able to raise money they abandoned their child with a letter saying that they would hope that process by which the police and the state would take care of them because they had used up all their savings most of these people are migrants from rural areas the problem is that migrants do not enjoy the same social security as urban residents. th

mathias ryder crashing and taking out media members, just days before he looks to defend his gold medalrussia was able to get up on his own, after a scary spill delayed the same event for nearly 20 minutes. >> that was willie geist reporting. some big events on today's schedule. shaun white goes for the gold in halfpipe. mikaela shiffrin makes her debut in the slalom. you can watch all of it live here on nbc. >>> arielle gold is here. she is sporting her bronze from the women's halfpipe competition. good morning. >> good morning. >> wow. it's been a long and winding road for you. you had an injury in sochi. you're in pyeongchang, and getting ready to g throuo throur run. >> in sochi, i dislocated my shoulder before i was able to compete. i wanted to focus on landing my runs. >> interesting you say that, a low bar. did you think you're going to get a medal? i knew i had some potential. i wanted to carry the confidence into my run. >> a lot of people have the families here, cheering them on. your mom doesn't like to watch you doing your things. >> is that true? >> until this season, yeah.

correspondent there mathias tell us these businesses and individuals suddenly cut off from the world. well i'm today we haven't seen it yet today everything seem to be working fine today was one of the dates where everybody expected the b.p.s. to be shut off after a document was leaked last year that mentioned february we haven't seen it but it's not off the table the government is pushing through this well if it's not happening immediately tell me how serious beijing is about this. well they have been emphasizing that they want to shut down foreign v p m's i'm license the p.m.'s. they are keeping emphasising it everybody expects something to happen what exactly though and when nobody knows but that's also part of the tactic there is no clear date there is no clear announcement the only thing is that they have been emphasizing that. companies foreign companies and individuals would have to use registered license e.p.a. ends that run via chinese service metis tell us a little bit more about why china is actually doing this it seems to be going to quite some length to gain control i gue

mathias tell us a little bit more about why china is actually doing this it seems to be going to quite some length to gain control i guess over what's being communicated and what's being used and created on the net or via the web. yes i mean internet censorship has been a top priority for the government for a long time and v p n's used to be one of the most reliable ways to get around this censorship so if they are now shutting down the v p n's it may basically means they want to enforce censorship another thing is that v p n's is also also a means to securely communicate with the outside world for companies for foreign companies that have their headquarters outside of china and what is relatively new is that these businesses are told that they will also be subject to these regulations and the chinese government seems to be caring less about what their security need is now that of officials there realize that censorship is a great way of stifling creativity and creativity is a great thing too. to use to get your nation to transition into a high tech economy but at a time that china is