well following all of this for us is correspondent john barrett good to see you john to begin with tell us what's your assessment did macros address resonate with a crowd when it was unusually personal i think. she's the person is not a politician who's often not very emotional in her speeches more quiet and pragmatic it was quite emotional she stressed the values of liberal democracies which were of course made possible in the east in eastern europe through the fall of the berlin wall of the flaps of the iron curtain and i think that was particularly relevant because she said it also in the presence of the president of the bishop grug states the czech republic slovakia president and hungry and in poland and hungary at least the rule of law which he specifically mentioned the rule of law is under threat to some extent because the judiciary is have been severely curtailed and the european union has criticized those countries for that let's take a look then instead at our franco to steinmeyer the president i mean in his address he specifically spoke out against the threat of new walls wit

necessary for people 1st of all to listen to where that pain is coming from absolutely correspondent john barrett thanks as ever for your insights appreciate it. well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. tens of thousands have turned out to watch a spectacular parade in tokyo to celebrate the instrument of ember emperor and there he took many of the spectators had one suit off the lottery tickets to attend the festivities the empress took over official duties last month. former brazilian president unit a silva has rallied supporters a day after being released from jail the silva criticized current conservative president. and said leftist parties could take back the leadership in the 2022 election. hundreds of catalan independence activists gathered in barcelona in spain prepares for an election on sunday they call for the release of jailed separatist leaders and an independence referendum it will be the 4th election in spain in as many years. in the u.k. residents in the town of don't cost to have been forced to abandon their homes due to continued floo

john britain and james barrett were cut down with shot gone blasts. >> well-known to anti-abortion protesters was shot down by a sniper last night while at home with his wife and four children. >> you could not find an abortion provider in the '80s and '90s who would say they felt immune from the threat of terroristic violence. everyone involved in abortion was vulnerable. but perhaps no one was targeted as relentlessee as one specific doctor in wichita, kansas. >> for two months anti-abortion protesters laid sieged but their main target was not the clinic, it was a doctor. dr. george tiller. they called him tiller the killer. tiller still performs abortions, but hundreds of other doctors have stopped because of scenes like this and this. >> anti-abortion forces targeted dr. tiller in every way imaginable. in 1986 his clinic was bombed. tiller hung a sign outside the bomb out building hell no, we won't go. he reopened the next day at a secret location. >> we have had a major $100,000 bombing here in our organization, and one day later we're in business. >> in 1991 the radical anti-abortion gr

. >> although john bolton's potential testimony, and we put a big asterisk there, barrett, is one of the big questions that comes out of this, because john bolton's attorney released a statement saying in mcgahn, meaning the ruling, the house judiciary committee emphasized to the district court that the information it sought from mr. mcgahn, quote, did not involve the sensitive topics of national security or foreign affairs. therefore, any passing references in the mcgahn decision instead of court's opinion to presidential communications concerning national security matters are not authoritative on the validity of testimonial immunity for close white house advisers. that's legal speak for that doesn't apply to us. but judge jackson said her ruling applies to all claims of testimonial immunity, writing nor does it make any difference whether the aides in question are privy to national security matters or work slowly on domestic issues. who's right? >> well, the judge really shot down this defense, i guess, of john bolton saying this doesn't apply to me, but it's important to note that