welcome to do business i want to get johnson berlin good to have you with us traders often say when wall street sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold on tuesday's trading on asian markets once again seems to show this shares on tokyo's nikkei index were down more than five percent that was its worst finish in nearly two years this after monday's a two percent plunge on wall street the worst christmas eve for u.s. stocks on record investors are increasingly worried about the future of the u.s. economy on twitter president on a trump lashed out at the federal reserve calling it the only problem the economy had she blames the fed's interest rate increases or bringing an economic boom to a halt traders are also worried about a budget standoff between trump and the senate which so far has refused to pay for donald trump's border war. so a lot of issues there around christmas last long time wall street correspondent joins me now the studio last whatever happened to that traditional santa claus rally well it looks very much like santa is not in charge really on wall street these days it'

you're watching detail the news coming to you live from berlin let me bring you up to date with the top story that we're following for you jimmy johnson addressed to see the party for the final time as leader in an uncharacteristically emotional address she urged the party to remain on course she had said and received a lengthy standing ovation it seemed would be success as they defined an impassioned plea to the delegation delegates are now voting on who will sit. as. we should have the results. and before we proceed any further let's take a listen to what i had to say at the c.d.u. posse conference today this hour in front of this moment there is just one feeling. that i have and that is to feel his gratitude it was true joy it was a true honor thank you to. so i'm under such a pleasure to have your company let me now join our correspondents about america's decision and her affair with speeches he made at top party conference in hand but we cleaned the studio i have senior correspondent peter craven and at hamburg at the posse conference for america was speaking we have political editor. a woman both come to both of your i want to s

among his works are berlin the downfall 1945, the battle for normandy into the second world war. samuel johnson prize, the end the prize for literature not to mention the decorations with the governments and he's married with a distinguished and much loved historian who passed away this year. ladies and gentlemen it's my honor to introduce anthony. [applause] >> i thought he would begin by having you set the scene it is the end of august early september, 1944 and something strange and unaccustomed as happened in india and dignified retreat. can you paint a picture for us and tell us how he planned for the four were found in the north i got underway? >> he was also on the eastern front. it created this extraordinary charge forward from brussels and also they made a big mistake about the attempt to bomb hitler on the 20tthehitler on the 20th. they assumed. it must be in the state of disintegration tha but what they fail to see. they are going to make sure. they believe it is one more push and would come to an end. it's of course determined before a general pattern. they could drop them in a line

auntie johnson fixation campaigners like the ones we've seen in the report a many politicians up makes cost of good public enemy number one. it's late but you know is just calling it a day on this berlin building site the real estate tycoon is always busy but he's found time for a brief interview. is one of the richest men in germany and he didn't inherit his money he made it himself his company is turning this high rise office building into luxury apartments. do you think gentrification is going to change berlin a lot. but i think berlin will retain its identity there's no law that says we have a right to live in beautiful old apartments with stucco on the ceiling for a mere six euros a square meter it's not a fundamental right. there's a fundamental right to housing yes to housing but who says it has to be cheap land in the heart of the city in future of fordable housing might be on the outskirts rather than downtown. considers the bottom i'll tell us about the building how did you find it. nobody was interested in it it's an old office building and was riddled with asbestos so we approached the local office artes and proposed turning it into apartments. for. the purchase price was

his brilliant works are stalingrad, berlin: the downfall, 1945, d day: the battle for normandy, and the second world war. his literary prizes include the samuel johnson price, the wolfson prize for history and the hawthorne prize for literature. not to mention orders and decorations from various european governments. he is married to the writer and biographer art miscooper whose father was a distinguished and much-loved historian who, sadly, passed away this year. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to introduce sir anthony beevor. [applause] sir anthony, i thought we'd begin by having you set the seen for us. it's the end of august, early september, 1944, and something strange and unaccustomed is happening. the germans on the western front are in full and rather undignified restreet. can you -- retreat. can you paint that picture for us and tell us how the planning for what churchill later called the all-important forward bound in the north got underway? >> it was all just on the western front that the germans were in retreat. it was also on the eastern front. there was an operation where the red army had advanced right the way across bela ru