the songs of bavaria-- we'll-a never forget them. wonderful! she's in the lawrence welk snap stage. and now, a little polka. and a one-a and a two-a and a three-a. ( playing polka ) i didn't know it until now but aunt hilda playing the accordion is my biggest fear. you think maybe she's dead? this is totally impossible. you've got to be patient. turning yourself into fire water and wind is one of the hardest things to learn. salem: for me it was learning when to say no to pie. stop thinking about how bad it feels to get it wrong and think about how good it's going to feel when you get it right. okay, i'll try again but this time if my legs go numb nt help getting off the bed not just pointing and jeering. concentrate. you are no longer a physical being. you are a fluid entity. you are water. hey, i did it! yes, you did! and it only took you four weeks. am i the only one thinking

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now fate has brought him back to germany and bavaria. >> of course the matches are different to officiateunt of the level. the higher the level, the easier it is for the referee. the players at a high level are a lot faster. they have to push themselves a lot harder. overall, those matches are easier to supervise. reporter: even know he cannot speak much germany, he has the match under control. he got his referee license from the bavarian federation in september. four years ago the wardrobe his family out of damascus. he has just recently been reunited with his wife and children in germany. >> i want my children to finish their studies and to study what they like. and i hope to be able to lead a stable life. germany is a stable country. the future here is secure. reporter: refereeing in the district league has given him the chance to gain a foothold in his new home country. sarah: a quick reminder of our top story before we go. hillary clinton and donald trump are staging final rallies in key swing states on the last day before u.s. voters pick a new president. clinton is scking to a posi

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. >> the plastic smiles on the face of this new police unit in bavaria protect the anonymity of the firsty trained to fight terror groups. >> what happened between '72 and '76 in germany and in other parts of the world is a complete revolution of the military and much more emphasis on counterterrorism. >> don't miss! don't miss! >> here's the situation in what's turning out to be the year's most spectacular hijack story. 101 hostages released today were flown to paris, but another 110 are still being held at the airport in uganda. about 85 of them israeli nationals. >> relatives of the israeli hostages held an emotional meeting with government representatives this morning. they didn't care that israel has a basic policy of not dealing with terrorists. they wanted action from their government. >> israel set the example for many countries. they told the terrorists point-blank, we are not going to negotiate with you. we do not recognize your legitimacy. >> if you're going to be hardline your response, how do you end the episode? do you just stand by while all the hostages are killed? sprint'

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but because that will force all insider -- inside her own party and the sister party in bavaria, to closeind her. if she announces early, that is an open invitation to everyone who wants to criticize that decision to come out and raise question marks about would it not be wiser to have another candidate. she will try to avoid that debate in order to control the critics in her own party. anna: do you think when we finally get to the german about howm a speaking german politics and the brexit conversation linkup, do you think the u.k. x assumes -- assumes that merkel will hook up. will it be consistent with the german policy in the future we have developed for brexit? nothing unexpected happens, which could happen. there are a lot of risks in the air over europe. crisis, the eurozone the turkey eu refugee deal, that is a temporary thing. think of the ukraine war. there could be things the , andng politics in europe germany in particular. if no disruption happens, she looks like a pretty certain winner. it also looks like the present coalition, the social democratic, christian democratic, le

all the refugees coming into germany come through bavaria. it is unclear whether they will deliver their backing, what it would actually mean if they withheld their backing. thirdly and perhaps most importantly, there's the potential for any kind of unforeseen upset. for example, what happens if the refugee deal with turkey collapses? what happens if the euro crisis bubbles up again or there were to be some kind of terrorist attack linked to radicalized immigrants? francine: thank you so much. alan crawford there who leads our european government coverage. let's welcome xenia wickett. thanks for coming in. we're going to talk about the u.s. in just a second. we had big news over the weekend. can we look at the donald trump presidency and translate it to what it could mean for what europe could look like 12 months from now? xenia: great question. given the brexit vote going against the polls, the trunk vote, both kind of a nationalist vote, what does that mean for marine le pen? say, 10 days ago the odds of marine le pen winning in france incr