to reflect on that time in east germany.ion: rest i assured for someone like me for whom travel and freedom of movement are a hard one right such restrictions are only legitimately establish in cases of absolute need. iud’eii only legitimately establish in cases of absolute need.— of absolute need. well after the fall of the berlin _ of absolute need. well after the fall of the berlin wall _ of absolute need. well after the fall of the berlin wall in - of absolute need. well after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 - fall of the berlin wall in 1989 angela merkeljoined the christian democratic union, the cdu as the party she's come to dominate and she did so in less than a decade. that same year she won a seat in the bundestag and she was eventually appointed ministerfor women. she appointed minister for women. she went appointed ministerfor women. she went on to become environmental minister presiding over the first un climate called friends in berlin. 1998 was a big year for engler merkel, she was elected secretary general

those were his qualifications for being the press secretary for east germany. unfortunately, what i'm about to tell you calls into question both of those qualifications because on the night of november 9th, 1989, he attended a bureau meeting and was handed from the bureau a list of travel, new travel policies that were going to be embargoed for a few more days, but ultimately were going to be released that would allow hopefully to relieve some of the pressure of east german citizens wanting to flee. it said, for example, that citizens could go to various passport parole centers and apply for a passport. that was new. they could apply for a passport with the expectation they would get it and if they went through proper channels, they could get a 30-day visa to go across the board. he heads off to the press conference where he proceeds to bore the crowd to tears for two hours. i encourage you to google this and look it up on you tube so you can see just how many people in the press room had actually fallen asleep, more than this crowd, i'm happy to say, until at

months later when similar crowds were protesting throughout east germany and budapest, and the entire east bloc, and the crowds were marching and singing the idea of freedom, and again, a freedom that is expressed in english so that the cn ncam ras can understand it, and they -- so that the cn ncam ras can understand it, and they went right up to the police, to taunt them, and daring them to do something, and at the time, there was a daily mass exodus of people seeking to flee snowed we are the people ♪ ♪ and we have power ♪ ♪ we are the people ♪ ♪ and we have power ♪♪ and then they began to chant ♪ we the people ♪ ♪ and we are staying ♪♪ that means that you are going. those in charge. we are going to be in charge now. at places like leipzig, and people marching around the ring road in the city, for freedom, so terrified that east german authorities that we now know that they actually ordered the troops to pull the trigger, they ordered quite literally tiananmen square, and something they had been threatening, and threatening explicitly by the way when they invited the chinese authori

growing up in east germany, she brings a lot of that to her leadership style. just talk us through angela merkel, she's inscrutable as a woman. talk us through how she became probably the most powerful woman in the world and the legacy she leaves? >> indeed, angela merkel is unique. and she not only was first woman leading the country for such a long time, leading it at all, but she also is the first leader from east germany who immediately sort of adopted to the western system, who was brought into the kohl government of the '90s. she brought some traits which were extremely helpful in though tumultuous years. she's a daughter of a pastor. she grew up behind the iron curtain, pastoral household, being guarded by the stasi, by the secret police, having to stay quiet, having to be very cautious in what she does and what she talks to. and these kind of very branding experiences, which she -- half of her life was spent behind the iron curtain, this is what she carried en ion in the chancellorship. she led the country with a calm and steady hand and people didn't h

i think that is the point where she lost the former east germany.kel opened the borders in 2015, european right wingers like french presidential candidate marine le pen have secured a stronger footing with their anti immigration rhetoric. >> all the migrants who did not stay in germany went off amusing themselves in other european countries without asking for our permission. those who didn't remain in germany went to sweden, italy, france, weighing heavily on our finances, and creating conditions for conflict. malcom: unlike last time, when immigration dominated, climate change is this election's hot issue. polls suggest germany is steering to the left. most germans expect social democrat olaf scholz to replace merkel. as finance minister in merkel's coalition government, scholz is a known quantity, if a little dull. his main rival, armin laschet, who replaced merkel as head of the centre right christian democrats, is also charisma challenged. but that is not a disadvantage in germany. the main outsider, annalena baerbock, of the environmentalist gr

those were his qualifications for being the press secretary for east germany. unfortunately, this calls into question both of those qualifications. on the night of november 9th, 1989, he attended a politburo meeting and was handed from the politburo a list of new travel policies that were going to be embargoed, for a few more days, but ultimately would be released and hopefully allow to relieve some of the pressure of east german citizens wanting to flee. it said that citizens could go to various passport control centers and apply for passports. it said they could apply for a passport with the expectation they would get one. and if they went through proper channels, they could even get a 30-day visa to go across the border. that's a big deal for a society that closed itself up for generations. he is in a rush and puts the paper in his briefcase and heads off to the press conference, where he proceeds to bore the crowd, literally to tears, for two hours. i encourage you to google this and look it up on youtube so you can see how many people had actually fallen a

there to a party from the far left, democratic descendant of the communist party that governed old east germanyll parties know there will be a coalition government of some form and they are offering themselves as a would coalition partner with the social democrats and the greens and misses merl is keen to ward off voters who are in fact not focused on the bricks -- risks she sees and is trying to present her own party candidate as a stable leader for germany. >> it's also about tangible economic and fiscal considerations that will define the future of this country. that is why, ladies and gentlemen, the best way forward is a government led by the cdu and csu. his government will stand for stability, reliability, moderation and balance, exactly what germany needs. >> being presented as a stable oice, but may not be enough. have a look at this latest poll that suggests that support for them, marked in black as the union because they align with their sister party there, together they form as low as 19%. it's the lowest rating for them since they began measuring these things in 1949 and it isown fr

she was germany's 1st chancellor from the former east germany and she may actually be germany as long as serving chancellor. if it takes a long time for there to be a coalition in berlin, so those are going to be, you know, certainly records that she will hold. but it, i think there is also generational change in germany. after 16 years of the helm, borders were very nervous. i mean, just a week ago there was a pull that said that 40 percent of voters were undecided about who they should vote for which party they should vote for. so certainly there is a generational shift here in germany, but i think both chancellor candidates are going to be also, you know, somewhat status quo candidates. but germany is also facing a lot of challenges that ongoing math will certainly manage through. she's been the consummate crisis manager, but hasn't necessarily made decisions to prepare for the future. so the, you mentioned angela michael, female leadership. we are now also looking potentially at these 2 strong male contenders the chance. last 16 years of a woman and child has local leadership, do

and really only one votes in east germany at the same is true about the party. it was the former communist party to p d. s. it also did battle got under 5 percent of the vote as still represented in the parliament though because of the peculiarities of the german election. but also really just in the eastern germany. and so in effect there's a anti european feeling in parts of eastern germany. but absolutely known in the old federal republic and there's an enormous consensus if there's an enormous consensus. you don't really need to have a disagreement about virtue in public order. it doesn't appear very prominent. harold, i have to jump in here. i have to go to a hard break, and after that hard break, we'll continue our discussion on the german election. stay with our team. the ah, ah, ah, ah. ah me. there is your media, a reflection of reality. ah, the in a world transformed what will make you feel safer? tyson lation community. are you going the right way or are you being direct? what is true? what is faith? in the world corrupted, you need to defend the join

effectively slicing the city into two, and leaving capitalist west berlin isolated deep within communist east germanytegel airport became an important lifeline for west berliners. in 1974, its brutalist inspired hexagonal shaped terminal opened, making the shortest walk from aircraft to exit just 30 metres long, which led to the airport becoming one of the busiest in germany. i've been to many airports in my lifetime, but i've never had the unique opportunity to stand in the middle of a runway, one thatjust two years ago saw 2a million passengers leave and arrive. it's empty now, and a bit bizarre... but then again, this is no ordinary airport. after a decade of stays of execution, in november 2020, the planes and the passengers stopped, and it was time to say a final goodbye to this cold war relic. it's less than a year since tegel airport closed to the public. now, it's full of deserted departure boards, closed carousels. makes you feel like you're walking through a post apocalyptic world. i want to rid myself of this eerie feeling, i want to know what this place was like when it was brimming full

but in order to being an island at that time in the east germany, which some areas may just need reminding of some of the confronted by getting a call, see what was in the, in the german border. this extraordinary line of bob, machine guns and mine strips and magog dogs and then in berlin is still getting cost of all game cost checkpoint charlie in the east and just seeing a well that was complete the 80 and the saw. and to me at st. shocking in depressing balance. we had it. so we had that complete presentation for me ever since then, basing it so. so physical safety pass, i think physical safety with its normal lines of space. it is extraordinary buildings, its cultural sea, but also its politics being on the front line of europe like and getting them interested in so much as it has been. an idea that actually history have been in is written in printing center is so untrue, actually look up, but in most cases i use it as it is. and why is it always been say, different to the rest of germany. why, you know, it has been said, well, yeah, you kind of mentioned that you read the book, you sa

but in all the sitting and either at that time in the east germany, which some areas may just need reminding of somebody. confronted by getting a course the what was in the, in a german border fits extraordinary. so the line of bob was machine guns and mine strips and magog dogs. and then in berlin, it's getting cost of all game cost checkpoint charlie in the east and just seeing a world that was complete the $80.00 and the and to me at stay shocking in depressing. but in the we had, it's always had that complete fascination for me. ever since then, basing it so. so physical safety such a fascinating physical safety with its normal lines of space in this extraordinary buildings, its cultural see, but also its politics being on the front line if you'd like, and get them interested me so much as it has been an idea that actually history have been in is written in 20th century is so untrue, actually look up, but in this case, if i use it as it is, and why is it always been say, different to the rest of germany. why it didn't always has been so well. yeah. you kind of mentioned that you through

and really only one votes in east germany at the same is true about the party. it was the former communist party to p d. s. it also did badly got under 5 percent of the vote as still represented in the parliament though because of the peculiarities of the german election. but also really just in the eastern germany. and so in effect there's a anti european feeling in parts of eastern germany. but absolutely known in the old federal republic and there's an enormous consensus if there's an enormous consensus. you don't really need to have a disagreement about virtue in public order. it doesn't appear very prominent harold, i have to jump in here. i have to go to a hard break, and after that hard break, we'll continue our discussion on the german election. stay with our team, the the me and i make no, certainly no borders under my number t's as emerge. we don't have authority, we go to the back seen the whole world, leads to take action and be ready for people who judge, you know, come crisis, we can do better, we should be better. everyone is contributing each in

merkel was saying for her fluency with russia, a woman who grew up in east germany and was very familiarputin at a global geopolitics of all. what does the next level of german-russia relations -- what is the next level of german-russia relations? thomas: german-russia relations are at their lowest point since world war ii. certainly since 1990 -- shouldn't exaggerate. there was something called the cold war. they are at the lowest in decades and it still can go down. that is because mr. putin keeps undermining the politics in this country, keeps wanting to split the west. social democracy has a tradition of wanting to reach out to russia, and they have made that clear over the past years, including their support of the disputed pipeline, nord stream 2 , but if olaf scholz can assent to the chancellery, he will have to coalesce to groups who are much less benign about russia. dani: thomas, fantastic to get your thoughts on this important day, after the german election. thank you again. coming up, china cryptocurrency crackdown ramps up. we get reactions. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> china has

the only reason i see it more clearly than my friends is because my mother grew up in east germany and my father grew up when economist i did take over with the second world war and they raised me to know how particularly wicked and cruel communism is and therefore you love america because freedom is the antithesis of that. i am kind of amazed what you say that americans are so myopic and so blessed that they think this is normal. they think what we have always had here is normal rather than an idea but shouldn't logically have succeeded the data we should be grateful and keep the republic. dia pope because of where we are now people are waking up? >> i think they are. the other day was speaking with someone a wildly disagreed with me and a professor at a major university campus and came up to me and said i disagree with everything you say that but i want to have a conversation with you about it. i was shocked by it. i'm getting notes from people that i've never gotten notes for him. they say i disagree with all the things that you're saying but i have to tell you i feel like i'm livin

and then i have to go to east germany if the wall is coming down and that year in 1989 i was right insions if you give them second rate currency do not let them go to hotels and cars that don't work then the good life is for the top people most will be embittered and glad the wall came down and that's what i write about my conclusion. >> doctor small is the director of the alzheimer's disease research center at columbia where he is professor

to east germany kennedy himself blames cia for putting him into that position. he briefly considered breaking up cia into its various missions or business areas and distributing it throughout the government. that was justifiable anger on his part, but he got over that. he also considered replacing alan dulles with his own brother robert. robert kennedy liked working with the agency, but he was savvy enough politician to realize that. that wouldn't work very well. it's not really career enhancing for politicians to bcia director so we turn that down. now just a few months after the bay of pigs debacle. kennedy is meeting with the soviet premiere in vienna at their summit khrushchev. berated kennedy for american imperialism and said the soviets are going to get tough regarding berlin. um in august, this is four months the bay of pigs. the east germans acting on orders from moscow erected the berlin wall cutting off east berlin from west berlin. the communists called it the anti-fascist protective wall, but it was really meant to prevent east germans from escaping

we don't have a state system, as you saw in the former east germany or soviet union and so forth, that identifies and recruits talented youth and puts them in, let's say a government training academy, to funnel into the olympics. and college is kind of it. and therefore, this is one of the few, kind of, government programs that does pay attention to who is talented and so forth. and it matters to a lot of people if you have the opportunity now to be seen by a recruiter. so, an area that's targeted for monitoring is where a school has more teams than it can accommodate on one field. who gets to play on that field in which season. and a lot of women have complained. i think there was a case in michigan that the girls soccer team was only allowed to use in spring but recruiters were coming in fall. one of the things that's a big headache for compliance officers is they have to look at are men and women getting the same accommodation in terms of when are you playing? are you available for recruitment? are your events publicized? are you getting new uniforms? are your games televised? all o

think i see it may be a little bit more clearly than my friends, because my mother grew up in east germany. rmy father grew up in greece whn the communists tried to take over after the second war. they raised me without trying very hard to know how particularly wicked and cruel communism is and therefore, even without thinking to love america simply because freedom is the antithesis of that but i am kind of amazed at what you say that so myopicsomehow are that they think this is normal. they think that what we have always had here is normal rather than a wild idea that almost should have succeeded and we should be grateful. do you have hope that because of where we are now people are waking up to this that have been asleep? >> so i think they are. the i other day, speaking with someone that wildly disagrees withth me on this, a professor t aor major university campus came up to me and said i disagree with everything you say that i want to have a conversation with you about it. i think t my students should hae a conversation about it. i'm getting notes from people that i've never gotten not

reason i think i see it maybe a little more clearly than by friends is because my mother grew up in east germanyew up in greece when they tried to after the second world war and they know how wicked and cruel communism is therefore without thinking, to love america simply because freedom is the antithesis of that. but i am kind of amazed at what you say that americans somehow are so myopic, so blessed, that they think this is normal. they think that what we've always had here is normal rather than a wild idea that almost shouldn't logically have succeeded, but did, and so we should be grateful and keep the republic. do you have hope that because of where we are now, people are waking up to this who have been asleep to it? >> i think they are. you know, the other day, i was speaking with someone who wildly disagrees with me, who is a professor at a major university campus, and i disagree with almost everything you said, but i want a conversation with it and students want a conversation. i've gotten notes with some from before i use today disagree all the things you're saying and disagree with a l

to east germany. kennedy himself blames cia for putting him into position.briefly considered breaking up cia into its various missions, or business areas, and distributing it throughout the government. that was justifiable anger on his part, which got over that. he also considered replacing alan with his own brother robert. robert kennedy liked working with the agency, but he was a savvy enough politicians to realize that, that would not work very well. it's not really career in enhancing for politicians to, the cia director's. so, he turned that down. now, just a few months after the bay of pigs debacle, kennedy is meeting with the soviet premier in vienna. at their summit, khrushchev berated kennedy for american imperialism and said, the soviets are gonna get tough regarding berlin. in august, which is four months after the bay of pigs, the east germans, acting on orders from moscow, erected the berlin wall. cutting off east berlin from west berlin. the communist call that the anti-fascist protective wall. but it was meant to protect east germans from esca

the only reason i see it more clearly i think my friend is because my mother grew up in east germany, my father grew up grease when the communist tried to take over, they raised me without trying very hard to know how wicked and cruel communism is and therefore even without thinking from the love america simply because freedom is the antithesis of this but i am amazed at what you say that americans somehow are so myopic so blessed they think this is normal, what we've always had here is normal) while the idea that almost shouldn't logically have defeated but did so we should be grateful and keep the republic, you have hope because of where we are now, people are waking up to this? >> i think they are. the other day i speaking with somebody who wildly disagrees with me, a professor at a major university campus came up to me is that i disagree with everything you say but i want to have a conversation with you about it and i think my students should, i was shocked. getting notes from people i've never gotten notes from before were saying i used to disagree with all the things you're sayi

only reason i think i see it may be more clearly than my friends because my mother grew up in east germany, by father grew up in greece when the communists tried to take over after the second worker a raise be without trying very hard to know how particularly wicked and cruel communism is and, therefore, even without thinking, to love america simply because freedom is the antithesis of that. but i am kind of amazed at what you say, that americans somehow are so myopic, so blessed that they think this is normal. they think what we have always had here is normal, rather than a wild idea that almost shouldn't logically have succeeded but did and so we should be grateful that we should keep the republic. do you have hope that because of where we are now people are waking up to this who have been asleep to? >> i think they are. the other day i was speaking with somebody who widely disagrees with me who is a professor at a major university campus and came up to me is that i disagree with everything you say but i want to have a conversation with you about it. i think my student should have a conv

developments i described, it wasn't only that americans stopped fearing gorbachev, citizens living in east germany and hungary and poland and elsewhere stopped fearing him as well. it wasn't that these citizens loved america and reagan, but they believed the united states was open to them. that american allies were open to them. and so beginning, really, in poland, in early 1989 and culminating in berlin in november 1989, people living in the soviet system who had been walled and started to tear down these walls. and this was most dramatic on the night of november 1989 when the east german regime opened the wall slightly to let some people to move in, and a throng of citizens came. if you look at these image, these young people, they are not doing this as i said because they love america. they're doing this because they want to be free. they want to go where they want to go, and they no longer fear that gorbachev will shoot them down like dogs as stalin did. and they no longer fear that the united states will exploit them. they believe, they believe that now this is a new moment and that the leade

to there is far left — and the democratic descendant of the communist party which governed old east germanynke is offering itself as a would—be coalition partners with the social democrats, the spd, and the greens. mrs merkel is keen to warn voters of what she sees as the risks that would involve. she's also seeking to to present her own party's candidate — this man, armin laschet — as a stable leader for germany. translation: it's also about tangible economic and fiscal considerations which will define the future of this country, the numbers ofjobs and are common prosperity. that is why, ladies and gentlemen, the best way forward for our country is a government led by the cdu and the csu with armin laschet as chancellor because his government will stand for stability, reliability, moderation and balance, which is exactly what germany needs. so armin laschet is being presented as a stable choice. that may not be enough. look at this latest poll by latest the forsa institute. it suggests support for the cdu has fallen as low as 19%. to put that in context — that's its lowest rating ever meas

action against russia because of course, economic ties, not least the gas which flows from the east to germany. we know homes are much marcel's. but under that pressure, of course, the germans eventually comes and know they're joining in what is increasing our cold war with which in russia was america and russia. exactly the same day as allocations are coming from moscow. that america itself is intervening in the rest of it. if you've got a, you officials voting, you know, as a majority to say, we suspect that the russian elections are going to be, that are independence. and we're going to look for evidence of that isn't there is an argument that some voters in russia yet to cast a ballot here about this and could be influenced by that does not constitute meddling because i suspect that's what some politicians will cite. i think that's right, and i think united russia will exploit that is to say the west is trying to intervene, interfere in our election the way west is judging us even before the election has been been held. and they will play on what is january nationalism that doesn't one int

what's interesting about uncle michel, she came from the east of germany. she was exposed to socialism and communism when she was younger. so how devastating that could be to businesses. so she was more pro business and she was less on all the social benefits that olaf schultz is advocating and ran on a platform for social benefits. so i think you will see businesses a thriving life and her mandate over those 16 years was primarily due to the success of the german called me. well, and i know we've seen some actual response already from the business community. i think siemens their director actually said they weren't too concerned at this point because they don't see a huge shift in way economic dependency. or even despite the fact that this might because you're exactly right. they don't see any major threat because no party has a mandate. however, most businesses in germany that have thrived and dom well over the last 20 years, hence the good economy in germany. they obviously, with bank of america gone, they won't be as much support to the business communi