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friedrich mertz, the cdu cdu leader and frontrunner to become the next chancellor, had been willing tothe support of the far right to push through the bill. anita, fascinating stuff out of germany. you know, it feels like this strategy from friedrich mertz has backfired. to really focus on migration over the economy at a time when germany's economy is struggling so much. now, today, throw into the mix these tariffs from the us and the prospect of tariffs on europe, on germany. are we going to see a pivot from the cdu? >> well i. >> think what he what we are going to see today is that he's rallying the troops behind his position because there were also ten members from the cdu law, parliamentary group, which actually objected his motion or the bill on friday. so i guess the biggest uproar is that he openly was willing to get those the bill through parliament, with the support of the afd. as such, it's not such a big problem. the afd has been regularly voting for certain bills, but i guess that he openly said, i want to push it through no matter what it cost, has caused to that major upr

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did not pass parliament because he could not get his own party and line, and the consequence is the cduoming in at 8% -- 28%, and what it has not done is obviously he is trying to undercut the afd saying cdu can be strong on immigration. we saw a bit of growth for the greens and other parts of the political spectrum, so this is releasing largely as a political blunder for the cdu and as dented support and has not changed meaningfully in terms of who will be in the running, but did has created once again a fragmented political landscape in germany. it will be harder as these votes dissipate and all of these parties converge around 20% to bill the government when the time comes. lizzy: if we could link politics and the corporate dots, tesla sales in germany are at their lowest levels ever. do you think there is a link? >> we know that cars are fundamental to every part of german life, whether it is the culture or economy, but increasingly it seems of the politics, because elon musk came out in support of afd aggressively and sink the alternative for deutschland is the only thing can save

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>> as we saw on friday when frederick merz the head of the cdu, the party leaving the pulse right now, try to make immigration the main issue and voted with the fd meeting that's the first time the centrist party voted with a far-right party since the end of the second world war. that greeted a to might've upheaval. a lot of protests, particularly hamburg which is an spd holding point. scholz was the former mayor of hamburg. this was the concern going into the weekend. after all that the vote failed because many of the cdu did not back it, so it demonstrated that merz did not have control of his party. but we heard from him yesterday basically reassuring that he would not work with the afd. have a listen to what he had to say. >> i can assure voters in germany very clearly of one thing. we will not work with the party that calls itself alternative for germany. not before the election. not after. never. this party stands against everything our party and our country built up in germany over the past years and decades. it stands against our western orientation. it stands against the euro

germans have national elections in two weeks and that party has made gains against a frontrunner cdu.rk with the national grouping. john, back in the u.k. it might be a few years before there is a national election but local elections in a few months and that has establishment policy very worried and elsewhere with an unhappy electorate and right ward shift in politics. >> john: big change across the continent there. >> dana: two of president trump's cabinet picks tulsi gabbard and rfk, jr. will facing votes today. welcome to "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off today. >> john: great to be with you. enjoy it. i'm john roberts. rfk, jr.'s nomination for health and human services secretary will face a critical vote in the senate finance

germans have national elections in two weeks and that party has made gains against a frontrunner cdu. few say they would work with the national grouping. john, back in the u.k. it might be a few years before there is a national election but local elections in a few months and that has establishment policy very worried and elsewhere with an unhappy electorate and right ward shift in politics. >> john: big change across the continent there. >> dana: two of president trump's cabinet picks tulsi gabbard and rfk, jr. will facing votes today. welcome to "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off today. >> john: great to be with you. enjoy it. i'm john roberts. rfk, jr.'s nomination for health and human services secretary will face a critical vote in the senate finance committee any minute. kennedy will need a majority of votes to advance out of committee for consideration before the full senate. >> dana: the afternoon tulsi gabbard is up for her vote. president trump sounding positive about her chances. >> have you called senators who have concerns about tulsi gabbard. >> pre