and did abuse political correspondent hans brandt has been following the story for us and he joins us for more hi hans so this meeting between the president. and shows today this could be the last chance to create a stable government and avoid new elections how do you think the conversation between these two is going to go do you think the s.p.d. could actually change their minds. there are indications that the s.p.d. is at least prepared to talk several representatives leading representatives of the party have said in the last few hours that they are prepared at least to sit at a table with the conservatives with marco and discuss the possibility of a grand coalition discuss the contents of such a coalition and how social democratic policies could be implemented under such circumstances obviously frankfurter steinmeier the german president as a social democrat itself knows exactly what he's talking about he was foreign minister in this grand coalition that has been ruling germany for the last four years before he became president so he knows exactly what kind of difficulties maybe al

let's get more now from political correspondent hans brandt who is standing by for us at the german parliament good morning to you hons we know the parliament is now in session and of course some of these lawmakers they have just been elected now they might have to face fresh elections in just a few months time what is the mood there today. well obviously the break of coalition discussions on sunday night is causing its shadow over this session of parliament the agenda that was prepared is being followed but at the same time in practically all the discussions that are taking place in parliament on various issues one can feel that there is tension between the parties they are being barbs are being exchanged the atmosphere is really very tense at the same time parliament is a little bit left in the loo in the lurch is not quite sure how to operate under these circumstances because these are unprecedented in modern german history so the parliamentarians are trying to find a way to continue some sort of work some are even saying well we have a kind of independence from government rule now from gov

well brandt for one thing it really does confirm a lot of what we've been reporting without it being made official that this employee was deployed by president jacob zuma that they are ongoing negotiations what we can tell you bring to the best thing they can see seems to have reached some kind of a deadlock if you will in that the military is pressuring president says to reside to step aside and allow a transition process to occur. we're understanding that president obama is relax its to do so hence we've not really seen much movement either than the fact that he remains under house arrest but those negotiations are ongoing and we hope that a solution will be reached soon listening to the president of south africa jacob zuma speaking earlier he alluded to the fact that he thought that a solution would be somewhat soon if you could read what he was saying you know what does that mean if we want to read into that a solution will be reached soon does that mean and into the four decades of mugabe's room. most likely branch and just as. i think a lot of people are ready for this time now

total amount of defense when it comes to nuclear that lities, brandt, is what you're asking? caller: no, we're told obama set aside $1.2 trillion, but not told how much has been set aside homeland security, it's so spread out. total?ebody have a host: got it, got your point. guest: i'm sorry, i don't have that total. have a project at the stimson center to answer that question anti-terrorist money, counter-terrorist money homeland out and security department, state department, defense department seen a total myself. we're trying to put one ogether, maybe i'll be invited back to talk about that one day. host: we'd be happy to have you center, that, stimson stimson.org, to check them out on the web. hanabel,line for democrats, go ahead. thank hi, i want to c-span and thank your desk. senate six years on the staff and always found stimson incredibly useful and informative. i was wonder figure your guest about the center's namesake, henry stimson, served in patriot, many different capacities, but retirement as secretary of war under f.d.r., himou could say a bit about and his aut

have to wait and see things will be fine as long as they are in her hands thank you very much hans brandt outside of the building where these negotiations have just fallen apart and here is just a reminder of the top story we're following here for you tonight german chancellor angela merkel has announced a collapse of the coalition talks on forming a new government in a press conference she said the parties had made great efforts to come together the talks ended after the business friendly f.t.p. party pulled out due to irreconcilable irreconcilable differences with merkel's conservative alliance. thank. you.

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in countries like india and japan, which remain vie brandt democracies in most respects, there are elements of this new system creeping in. a nationalism, a populism, increasing measures to intimidate and neuter the free press. in america, donald trump for his part, has threatened nbc, cnn and other with government action. he's attacked judges and independent agencies. so, perhaps, even in america somebody seems to be moving up this learning curve. for more, go to cnn.com/fareed and read my washington post column this week. >>> let's get started. >>> president trump is in manila right now, the last stop on his dozen day five-stop tour of asia. the most controversial aspect of his trip so far are his chats with president putin. afterward trump told reporters that he really believed putin when he told him he didn't meddle in the u.s. elections. later trump said he believes the u.s. intelligence community, which of course says russia did interfere. so, lots to talk about with today's panel. elise who works for npr and covered many of the president's stops. ian bremer was in vietnam for the pre

. >> he thinks senator joe brandt is a hypocrite. she gladly took clintons endorsements but is now running for the hills. it's a scandal that's now reached capitol hill. does team clinton have a point or they just mad the democrats no longer seem to fear the power couple? what about trump? why is he tweeting on al franken but ducking on roy moore? we begin with james rosen with more on the senator. good evening. >> good evening from washington as the occupants from the new york senate seat once held by hillary clinton, senator kiersten julie brandis frequently mentioned as a potential contender for the democratic presidential nomination in 2,020. earlier in her political career she campaigned with former president clinton but now that she tells "the new york times" that mr. clinton should have resigned the presidency amid the sexual misconduct allegations that led to his impeachment and acquittal at trial in the senate. >> things have changed today and i think under those circumstances there should be a very different reaction. i thi

. >> philly pops festival brandt is already there putting everyone in a holiday mood, and santa will to help light the holiday tree >> meteorologist kate bilo, mc and she joins us live, kate, exciting times there. >> exciting times, indeed we have got oklahoma pell a sink ers singing deck the halls , we have a huge crowd here in rittenhouse square getting ready to see tree behind me this gigantic tree being lit and it will stay lit for rest of the holiday season we're kicking it off here tonight and a lot of kid are here exited to see santa. i will step down and introduce my friends melissa and river and, magneta and cheryl and you guys are here, live close by your daughters are best friends, right. >> we're having a great time. >> decided to come down and see the tree. do you come down every year or is this your first time. >> our first time, weather is so great, last year was freezing. >> yes. >> so, it is great. >> you guys having fun out here tonight. >> yes, really having fun here tonight. >> yes, what do you think of the weather. >> it is nice, it is really nice, and i'm really

. >> let me give you a shout out >> julie brandt it is her birthday too, it is her birthday too. >> happyirthday. >> great to have you with us, it is weekend, lets check on the forecast. >> first weekend of november to day isn't going to feel like in but by tomorrow it will. so enjoy another day. >> first friday. >> first friday, we have got the first week end of the month, you know, on sunday, you pay as you wish to the philadelphia museum of art for sun day and monday event. we have a nine again out of 10 with some fog out there, dense fog advisory in effect for most of the south jersey and new castle county delaware but fog in other places as well, looking up to the north and west we will see rain with the cold front that will come through later this afternoon with maybe a shower or two, three-quarters of the mile visibility in wilmington. now that the if you go has spread to lancaster, trenton, wildwood, atlantic city all experiencing some dense fog this morning. we have 8 miles visibility at the airport and 58 degrees and wait until 7:32 for sunrise and eventually the sun will take o

these men are called technicians, not assembly line workers at this brand-new nissan brandt in smir that, tennessee. >> the plant sits on 1,300 acres of what used to be rolling bluegrass. workers inside produce as many as 280,000 toyota cam riz a year. it was dedication time for honda's first u.s. auto manufacturing plant. one million square feet of it. the newest in technology with the capacity to turn out 150,000 cars a year. >> so you see, that's how it got started. and even though car industry types believe the president had his automotive history wrong this weekend and some of them said so, aaron blake of the "washington post" defended the president's comments in context and something of a newsletter to his cohorts in the media. the headline screamed stop cherry picking that trump quote about japanese cars. it's not what you think. noted. that is our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being here with us. my thanks to ali velshi and nicolle wallace for covering for me while i was on sick leave. tomorrow night our broadcast will include the election returns from the commonwealth of

steinmeyer is now expected to urge him to reconsider no idea if he is political correspondent hans brandt has been following all of this for us he is outside the presidential palace where the two men are meeting hi hans good to see you there were some suggestions today hans that the s.p.d. is marching schultz might be considering or threatening to resign now what more can you tell us about that. well obviously there's a lot of pressure both on the social democratic leadership and on the shows in particular because there have been saying for weeks in fact since the night of the election in the end of september they're saying that they're not interested in entering another grand coalition with the conservatives of anger then are now the situation has developed that if germany is to have some form of government this is one of the only possibilities are just open to germany and as a result the pressure on the social democratic party on schultz himself has increased rapidly and in this at this moment it is the german president who's also putting pressure on his party colleague martin chose to

while some retailers rolled out deals as far back as tradition brought susan brandt out to the mall onlack friday. >> for 25 years three sisters in law are getting together on black friday and it is a sacred day and got together and do all of our shopping. >> more than 164 million people are expected to open their wallets this holiday week weekend, up from 154 million last year. >> wages are kicking up and they want to get out and spend a have a good time this holiday season. >> when all is sedan done consumers will have spent about $1.4 trillion this holiday season. says usa today business correspondent charese jones. >> a lot of retailers make half of the revenue for the year within this period of time. and it is even more critical now because amazon is ascending, they are scooping up all of the sales and money. >> richard berry said that is why his stores are providing unique in-store our fan vault, so this is an area where we're bringing collective products. yes, kids love the products, but guess what, adults love them much more. and of course there is also those cute unique items

total amount of defense when it comes to nuclear that lities, brandt, is what you're asking?aller: no, we're told obama set aside $1.2 trillion, but not told how much has been set aside homeland security, it's so spread out. total?ebody have a host: got it, got your point. guest: i'm sorry, i don't have that total. have a project at the stimson center to answer that question anti-terrorist money, counter-terrorist money homeland out and security department, state department, defense department seen a total myself. we're trying to put one ogether, maybe i'll be invited back to talk about that one day. host: we'd be happy to have you center, that, stimson stimson.org, to check them out on the web. hanabel,line for democrats, go ahead. thank hi, i want to c-span and thank your desk. senate six years on the staff and always found stimson incredibly useful and informative. i was wonder figure your guest about the center's namesake, henry stimson, served in patriot, many different capacities, but retirement as secretary of war under f.d.r., himou could say a bit about and his autob