loves to become president culch. the challenges are going to be credible story.this bob, you want to do some return on g.w. . this is g.w. news, and these are our top stories. german chancellor angela merkel and the leaders of germany's 16 states have failed to agree on tougher coronavirus restrictions. merkel said the state leaders had objected to new measures, but have agreed to meet next week. the chancellor said restrictions imposed earlier this month had not had the desired effect and she called on germans to reduce social contacts to an absolute minimum there's been another break.