german]ted from chancellor merkel: the facts are bitter both for our friends in hesse and for us on a national level. in treatingpoint this state election as anything but a state election because it is clear that our friends in hesse certainly could have achieved much better results if from thenot suffered negative effects of the politics at a national level. this is most unfortunate. i would like to say this to the emier because the democrats have done well thus far and the work they have done in the last three years, but also in the style of two different parties, green party and the christian democrats working together. they were not able to convince the citizens sufficiently. so that there is no misunderstanding, i am not suggesting the voters have any blame on this. not at all. i want to thank those voters that did cast their votes for us and showed us trust. the cdu has been the party that has had the strongest performance, and it would seem that the christian democrats and the green party have been confirmed at least to some extent in their work. intoll be entering discussions

but this time around the state election isn't only about local politics how hesse's four million voters cast their ballots on sunday could have huge repercussions. not least of all for german chancellor angela merkel despite projecting an image of stability on the campaign trail and has a macro has every reason to be concerned the conservatives are at a record low the worst case scenario would be if her close ally and has a say premier folk of what pushed out of office months of squabbling and debates over migration impersonality federal level have overshadowed the has a state election. on sunday the vote is about has. then we'll talk about berlin. i think this is important because the has the state government and this is credit to focus off you showed how one can achieve great results without quarrels and. this disquiet. each. and in hesse's catholic conservative stronghold of fulda disenchanted voters are leaving germany's traditional big tent party to find political pastures new both at local and national level germany's green party and the far right alternative for germany party or

semitic act also coming up the german chancellor faces her next big test as voters in the state of hesse to go to the polls we'll tell you why this regional election could spell disaster for america all. and a soccer match and in tragedy a helicopter plummets to the ground outside english club leicester city stadium sources have now confirmed that the comps and billionaire owner was on board. welcome to the program by marrying the athens team. israel's government has observed a minute of silence for the victims of a deadly attack on a synagogue in the u.s. city of pittsburgh ahead of their weekly meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his cabinet stood in memory of the eleven victims killed in the shooting attack on saturday. netanyahu earlier said that the entire people of israel agreeing with the families of the dead. forty six year old robert bowers is accused of shouting anti-semitic slurs as he stormed the synagogue and opened fire at a worshippers. hundreds of people crammed onto a street intersection in pittsburgh on saturday evening by saying hebrew songs of worshi

even in hesse's. catholic conservative stronghold of fulda disenchanted voters are leaving germany's traditional big tent parties to find political pastures new both at local and national level germany's green party and the far right alternative for germany party a.f.d. a cashing in on forma c.d.u. voters. this reality of voting a.f.d. because they really present an alternative to the power obsessed politics of america who put saving the euro before the interests of ordinary germans did tendons moment i'm inclined at the moment to vote for the green side because they say what they want and what they don't want. i'm a classic c.d.u. voter but i'm rethinking that now i'm thinking about voting for the greens. has a state crimea foca goofy is all too aware of the exodus from germany's traditional centrist parties on sunday that could cost him his job. to be honest the parties that make up the grand coalition and this goes for the social democrats as well as the conservative c.d.u. they've got a difficult

angela merkel is bracing for another major blow today this time in regional elections in the state of hess where voting has been underway for several hours now the chesters conservative c.d.u. party is expected to suffer heavy losses on the smaller green party and far right alternative for germany looks set for a boost in support the vote is considered a test of the cd used national popularity and after a string of poor election results no less than merkel's legitimacy as chancellor is at stake. the conservatives chief candidate for kofi a finish this election campaign on home turf has a state premier wanted to mobilize every photo possible for the tight race the latest poll shows the c.d.u. with twenty eight percent a double digit drop from their last showing goofy a warn against a change in government. so you to remain strong and stable on the scene you lose and not much leadership there is a leftist alliance. i always say you can get quick satisfaction by venting about the government in berlin but then you get five years of bad government if you like to pollute the social democrats chie

the results in the central state of hesse — where the city of frankfurt is situated — could plunge bothrmans are calling this the vote of destiny and even now, it could seal the fate of both the german government and perhaps even its leader. angela merkel‘s party has done badly. in hesse, she is losing votes to the afd and also to the more liberal green party but her party is doing badly at national level, too. all of this is ammunition for critics within her own ranks who said it's time to her to sit down. there is a more pressing concern and this is the leader of the social democrats with her. they are disintegrating at national level and have done badly tonight in hesse and did badly in bavaria a couple of weeks ago. there are many within the party who blamed the coalition with mrs merkel‘s conservatives for their current plight and they say it's time they got out of that coalition and recovered in opposition. expect the social democrats to be arguing about this for weeks. the bottomline is this, if they decide to pull out of the coalition, merkel‘s government colla pses the coalitio

sunday promises to be an exciting day in hesse's capital b.'s bought in the city will also be the focus for many in berlin. political correspondent thomas joins me now in studio four more thanks for joining us thomas so why is state elections like this one it has of being observed so closely in germany what it does there not only state elections state elections in germany are always analyzed in a much broader perspective and that means that they are also analyzed as far as the impact that they could have at the federal level for the chancellor merkel and for the government as a whole in this particular case obviously voters have been going to the polls in a way to react to what they think is happening at the federal level namely this in-fighting of his fragility in the government that's something that many voters here and also in previous elections have been voting against it's also interesting and important because it reveals a pattern that we're seeing in germany but also in other european countries namely that the traditional big parties lik

but this time around the state election isn't only about local politics how hesse's four million voters cast their ballots on sunday could have huge repercussions in berlin not least of all the german chancellor. despite projecting an image of stability on the campaign trail and has a macro has every reason to be concerned the conservatives are at a record low the worst case scenario would be a close ally and has a say premier folk of food what pushed out of office months of squabbling and debates over migration and personnel it federal level have overshadowed the has a state election it's built on sunday the vote is about has. then we'll talk about berlin. i think this is because important. the has the state government and this is credit to fuck up a few showed how one can achieve great results without quarrels and clamor. about this despite. even in hesse's catholic conservative stronghold of fulda disenchanted voters are leaving germany's traditional takes hemp parties to find political pastures new both at local and national level germany's green party and the far right alternative

and genocide of hesse is voting today in a regional election that could have national ramifications and weaken angle in the hard fought grand coalition. but i welcome the latest news and a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international. now on tuesday the u.s. president again threatened a new arms race with russia and china just days after he announced he was pulling his country out of a major nuclear treaty signed during the cold war donald trump or to repeat it is early accusations saying that moscow was in breach of the i.n.f. accord. right now to here in the agreement they should have been done years ago but still people come in there we have more money than anybody else by far we'll build it up but until they come there when they go then we'll all be like i was at work and by the way not only will we do it but moscow insists it hasn't violated the nuclear treaty and believes it should be preserved saying it is in fact washington that's not been sticking to the deal russia's foreign ministry has recently said to you

in germany supporters of the immigration air tea party are related after elections in the region of hesse early results suggest they will enter parliament there giving it representation in every german state. with the. as for chancellor merkel's coalition both c.d.u. under social democrats are on course to suffer heavy losses in sunday's election has been a surge of support for the green party though let's go to berlin live for a correspondent peter all of the feet of morning it's a regional election this but there are nationwide ramifications to it out there. certainly this is been a bellwether state in the past for for opinion it's one backwards and forwards in the past between the the social democrats are merkel's christian democratic union this time though the big winners well those two have been the big losers the big winners have been the greens who've picked up around twenty percent of the vote. they've really come from nowhere if we think back to last year in the general election here they limped over the line to take seats up in the bundestag twenty eight hundred been a very diff

in a regional election, this time in hesse, quite a small problems and it's an election today, whichom the alternative for deutschland but the alternative for deutschland but the surprise of the bavarian elections which is here important was the emergence of the green party, now we see with this extraordinary figure, a descendant ofa extraordinary figure, a descendant of a yemeni migrant is likely to become the president of the hesse region. this is showing you what a very, very well argued and reported piece by andrew byrne, is the green party is trying in support from rightand, party is trying in support from right and, moderate right and moderate left, from the christian democrats and the social democrats and they are saying they are a real force. is this going to happen and swear in europe? there is an extraordinary thing by the way, europe has got bigger problems even than that and brexit, they are keeping it going, the sunday times, the italian budget crisis on that is going to crash. we had better move it along, going from the green party to green as in sir philip green. that'

egypt can money welcome to the program voters in the german state of hess i have delivered a blow today to german chancellor angela merkel in regional elections the vote is widely being seen as a test of the national popularity of the conservative c.d.u. let's not take a look at the exit polls that have just come in. chancellor merkel's c.d.u. on twenty eight percent you can see them there. in black a fall of nine point seven percent from the last election in twenty fifteen the social democrats or s.p.d. well they received twenty percent of the vote for presenting ten point seven percent drop from the last election the greens managing one thousand point five percent representing a rise of eight point four percent the left party well they're on six point five percent meaning an increase of one point three since the last election and the liberal f.t.p. received seven point five percent of the vote a rise of two point five percent and the far right alternative for germany will they receive twenty twelve percent of the vote a rise of seven point nine percent. now joined by did up your polit

the program voters in the german state of hess that have delivered a blow today to german chancellor angela merkel in regional election the vote is widely being seen as a test of the national popularity of her party the conservative c.d.u. let's take a look now at the latest projections chancellor merkel's c.d.u. on twenty seven point eight percent presenting a drop of ten point five percent since the last his election in twenty fifteen the social democrats or s.p.d. managing one thousand point eight percent presenting a drop of ten point nine percent greens getting nineteen point four percent arise since the last election of eight point three percent the left party will their own six point six percent representing an increase of one point four percent the liberal free democrats or f.t.p. they managed to get seven point six percent and that represents a rise of two point six percent and the far right alternative for germany managed to get twelve point one percent of the vote for presenting an increase of eight percent. i'm joined now by did obvious political correspondent find one yo

conservative christian democratic union party is defending its nineteen year old nineteen year old on hess the region is previously a stronghold of the center left social democrats merkel's coalition partners in berlin a bad result for either party could further destabilize the government. only so forces are conducting their biggest military exercises the end of the cold war around fifty thousand troops two hundred fifty aircraft and ten thousand tanks trucks and all the vehicles are in no way practicing defending nato as northern flank the war games are said to have angered moscow despite russia being briefed by nato and invited to monitor the event held its own military drills with chinese forces just a month ago now to indonesia the city of palau is facing a health crisis exactly a month after being devastated by an earthquake and tsunami at least two thousand two hundred people died and tens of thousands were left homeless in the disaster to rancho rain now threatens to spread malaria and dengue fever algis there is way in hell is that. in the end shoes of disaster some can find value

hess is also right, that they shouldn't keep their stories in. again i quote, so to the rest of you, if you can tell your father in a way that feels safe, in a way that would bring you comfort, tell your father, tell your brothers. let them be uncomfortable. let them share some of your pain. don't let them be ignorant. end quote. and once women are able to share their experiences, what should we do with them? i agree with the author rebecca chaser who chantured so much -- apt cured so much -- captured so much, fear is a political weapon and women need to yield it in "the new york times. " i want to read some of it to you. she wrote, quote, outside the room where christine blasey ford was testifying on thursday morning, women were incandescent with rage, sorrow and horror. they were angry in a new way, a public way, an unapologetic way, a way that is typically reserved for men and would serve men well when afternoon came. brett kavanaugh snarled and whipped furiously at the injustice of having his ascend enters to power interrupted by allegations

angela merkel is bracing for another major blow today this time in regional elections in the state of hesse so where voting has been underway for several hours now now the chancellor of conservative c.d.u. party is expected to suffer heavy losses while the smaller green party and far right alternative for germany look sect for a boost in support this vote is considered a test for the cd use national popularity and after a string of poor election results no less than merkel's legitimacy as chancellor is at stake. the. brazilians are voting in a run of presidential election today the far right candidate assure you both the narrow is predicted to win the sixty three year old former army captain has been criticised for making a stream of sexist homophobic and recent remarks has also repeatedly praised the military dictatorship which ruled the country from one nine hundred sixty four to one nine hundred eighty five also now is up against a leftist candidate for nanda her dad going into the vote opinion polls put them eight to ten percentage points apart. and ophelia joins me from rio de janeiro'

enter the fifteen out of sixteen state parliaments here in germany with those regional elections in hesse's still to go in two weeks time and those might be the real test how much under threat are going to medical support base is because this trauma here is already factored in very quickly michel of the far right if he is likely to enter the bar with the bavarian state parliament for the first time why have they managed to garner such support in the region. well this is an interesting question i mean it really is is it the weakness of the conservative c.s.u. or is it the strength of the f.t. it's polling at around ten percent here yes that is a strong so in particular in comparison to the established social democrats which are also around that territory these days in the polls at the same time the f.t. is a lot weaker than it is in several eastern states so it will be an interesting question to see how accurate those polls are in the end. reporting for us in munich thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has met with the pastor fr

a disastrous result in the election in hesse or should be seen as an opportunity for the whole government to change merkel said above all the cooperation between christian democrats and social democrats needs to improve for their part merkel's s.p.d. coalition partners are also licking their wounds after a terrible result in sunday's regional vote their leader andrea knowledges whose future in the job was also being questioned it was clear but lessons have to be learned at a national level. you didn't fret so we are absolutely determined to ensure that we can continue our work in the coalition it needs more commitment and margit stimulation to leave behind the problems of the past few months. in. opposition parties are already seizing their chance to capitalize on miracles weakness. america is giving up the wrong job this won't make government more stable it will merely slow the death of the coalition. for long. but the much diminished grand coalition will limp along for now with a severely weakened chancellor at its head who will follow her a c.d.u. leader several candidates have already

and just a reminder at the top stories we're following for you exit polls in the german state of hess a inflicts more punishment on charles and i'm going to coalition parties both the main parties still in shock drop in support of the far right enough support to enter the regional parliament for the first time and the greens also made big gains . and that's when his rep join me again at the top the hour. bursts. home of species. own words if you can't. get those are big changes and most start with small steps but a little indias tell stories of communities people into innovative projects around the world. like to use the term going to lose to green energy solutions and my first reaction. interactive content teaching of the next generation because i want to touch him. using all channels available to inspire people to get a ship and were determined to build something here for the next generation the ideas the environment series of global three thousand on t w. mean. it cares who is there all big this why this talk was over you take all your clothes in there sure what i mean all your clo

deutsche welle, and they are talking about chancellor merkel‘s conservatives eking out a win in the hesseernment is even weaker than it was before, and many are saying she may not have that much longer in power. indeed, however, i think robert lee, and a lot of commentators are saying this, it could have been a lot worse for her. the other party in the coalition, the social democrats, did far worse. so there will be a question within the actual coalition itself, the two leading parts of the coalition. but again, it is a really challenging time for angela merkel. but she has been there a very long time. she has been there a very long time. she has been there a long time, but she is clinging on to power, as it were. and herjob as one of the most importantjobs and herjob as one of the most important jobs in the and herjob as one of the most importantjobs in the whole of europe, the eurozone in particular, at this time when the uk is leaving. it will be a worry for those negotiating brexit, as well, because those people in the uk who are keen on that will be wanting all eyes on brexit, and th

also coming out the german chancellor faces her next big test voters in the state of hesse i go to the polls today we'll tell you why this regional election could spell disaster for uncle americal. and a soccer match ends in tragedy a helicopter plummets to the ground outside think you can easily leicester city football club if you're dead the clumps a billionaire owner will bring you the latest. thanks for joining us i'm marrying evan's team we begin in the united states where a forty six year old man has been charged with killing eleven people at a synagogue in the city of pittsburgh robert bowers is accused of shouting anti-semitic slurs as he stormed the synagogue and opened fire at worshipers jewish groups are calling it the deadliest attack on the jewish community in u.s. history. hundreds of people crammed onto a street intersection in pittsburgh and so for the evening they sent in hebrew songs of worship to. support and sorrow for the victims and the community. it was a local man police say who carried out the attack. village shooter robert barlow is believed to have a history

and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you exit polls in the german state of hess a inflict more punishment and a fresh blow to german chancellor angela merkel coalition both the main. aim supports the far right if he called enough support to enter the regional parliament for the first time and the greens also made gains. ok that's join us again at the top of the hour or you can check out our web site that's com you can follow us on twitter at news thank you for joining us c.n.n. . the. letter we were. when we were. even percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship.

one and just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you exit polls in the german state of hess a inflicts more punishment on chance and i'm going to coalition parties both the main parties still in shock drop in support of the far right support to enter the regional parliament for the first time and the greens also made big gains. that's a news rep join me again at the top the hour. bursts. home of species. own words if you can. hear me those are big changes and most start with small steps and big global interiors tell stories of communities people into innovative projects around the world. to use them to turn towards used green energy citizenships and for station. crew to address.

the disastrous result of the election in hesse should be seen as a sign to change. christian democrats and social democrats need to improve. her partners are also licking their wounds after a terrible result in the vote. it was clear that lessons have to be learned at national level. >> we are determined to ensure that we can continue our work in the coalition. it needs more commitment and more determination to leave behind the problems of the last few months. >> opposition parties are already seizing their chance to capitalize on angela merkel's weakness. >> angela merkel is giving up the wrong job. this won't make her government more stable, it will nearly -- only slow the death of the coalition. the much diminished coalition will continue with the chancellor at his headad. several candidates have thrown their hat into the ring. there could be a public battle for the soul of the cdu. for now, angela merkel's t term remains as sober as ever. it is hard to feel that she is not slowly giving up power. >> it has always been my wish to carry out my state and party duti

german]ted from chancellor merkel: the facts are bitter both for our friends in hesse and for us on anational level. in treatingpoint this state election as anything but a state election because it is clear that our friends in hesse certainly could have achieved much better results if they had not

both parties in her coalition have suffered heavy losses in the state of hesse.ad the worst showing in the state in more than 50 years while the social democrats have posted the worst result since world war ii. is the director of .ata at rasmussen global a drubbing to beat all droppings -- all droppings -- all drubbings. would listencher to what was being said to her by the country. is there any resonance in thatcher's demise and merkel swansong? nina: absolutely. they say all political careers end in failure and it seems very clear we are heading towards the twilight of merkel's career as german chancellor. 12 years in office and it was always clear after the national election last year in 2017 that she was on the demise and this message through the regional elections in bavaria and hesse. it's not only the rise of the far right but it's also the rise of the greens. the traditional parties, are failing badly at the ballot talks and the german political sphere like many other european companies that countries are becoming more extreme. as merkel star: does begin

in for another setback polls are predicting low support in the regional elections in the state of hesse on sunday among the main contenders of the green party allied with other left wing forces but the national conservative alternative for germany party is also expected to strengthen its position too as peter oliver reports. the party known for its on the immigration stance is set to chalk up another milestone in german politics just over a year since they shocked the country by entering the bundestag for the first time polls predict that this sunday alternative for germany will enter the state parliament in hessen for the first time that will mean that they have representation in all sixteen german states as well as the national parliament head of the vote in her alternative for germany have been campaigning aggressively. but you just want to just come in and that momentum and the stickies. solicitors want people to spin in she holds a special place for alternative for germany or the air it was at a meeting there back in february twenty fifth the party was formed setting themselves out

this is a news line from berlin polls have just closed in a regional election in the german state of hess a vote as a set to inflict more punishment on chancellor. a poor result could further undermine the coalition will bring you the latest along with full analysis with political correspondent here in the studio also on the program. the f.b.i. praises pittsburgh police officers for their rapid response to saturday's synagogue shooting investigators said the quick apprehension of preventing further.

also coming up the german chancellor faces her next big test as voters in the state of hesse that go to the polls will tell you why this regional election could spell disaster for uncle americal. and us.

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this ended up being years long from barely and bulldoze in the german state of hess inflict more punishment on chance that i'm going to kills shaky coalition government it's a bad day for the two main parties and that kills kristen democrats and the social democrats both to see the shop drop invest the point to make windows of the greens already in coalition with intense over the christian democrats on for the first time the far right if to get enough votes to enter the regional parliament will bring you the latest also with full analysis from all political correspondents here in the.

the decision follows her party's disappointing election performance this time in the state of hesse where the c. to use suffered a double digit loss the chancellor admitted the result was hard to take. the. figures that came in overnight from her selection a wholly disappointing and bitter. politically it can no longer be business as usual for us after this result has after the result and the area after the conflicts between the c.d.u. and the c.s.u. in the summer and after all the difficulties in forming a government coalition as the previous attempts to form one between the c.d.u. c.s.u. f.t.p. and the green party all fell through. it's been about soaked in this and i believe we should pause for a moment and think i hope we see yesterday's election as a turning point that we put to the task we have sat and done from the last federal election and until this moment there in lies the opportunity for us. anglo merkel says she will remain as chancellor but is stepping down as the leader of the christian democratic union she had in the past said those two jobs being the party leader and being

now in germany all eyes are on the countries region of hess's today whether it is a heading to the polls to elect a local government the results of which though could have huge national implications will have the details just off the back. i would prefer to say. the human space is must become into prana terry wish me instead so we have leaving in the solar system. and for sure we show that stands on other all this of the solar system i see these as a way of bring in and developing more technologists and a new technology so that to be can even learn to say increase in the end improve the quality of life on earth. start to bomb a really was very european in his approach he would be very well suited is an m.e.p. in brussels for example doesn't represent america trump is america for better or worse and i think what we're trying to do here is to let the world see what we're all about here. welcome back to our say now the chairman region of her say is going to the polls today to elect a new local government and the result could have a significant impact nationally threatening angela merkel's h

decades in the job it follows another disappointing election performance this time in the state of hesse a where the c.d.u. suffered a slump in the sheriff the vote the move now throws open the race for who will succeed her c.d.u. leader she intends to stay on as chairman chancellor and so forth ten runs until twenty twenty one. essence of the missing woman's father thought that first of all at the next cd you party convention in december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this fourth time is the last one for me i will not run for chancellor during the twenty twenty one election nor will i seek a seat in the parliament. we can now cross live to bear lennon our europe correspondent peter oliver peter please bring us up to speed on the latest developments coming in thick and fast in germany. or after eighteen years germany's coming to terms that angela merkel will not be the leader of the christian democratic union she said she won't seek reelection for that position their party congress is taking place at the beginning of december of in hamburg so now all eyes are on that