we can talk now to martin dempsey, he's a hamburg parliament member from the german left party. i think we've got him. yes, senator. great. we can. he thank you very much for your time this afternoon. a lot of anger that we've been hearing from human rights groups about this raising. what, what's your assessment? oh, i agree with the oeuvre a relation of the european central constitutional and human rights. they clearly bring forward. it's a very, very sent day for the independence of courts and that's to my mind as well. we can see clearly that there is civilians killed by that rule which are conducted by the these and run style in the german government to my mind has this responsibility. and i hope that the scepter of constitutional and human rights with their clients will go forward to make an appeal to the constitutional court. because the importance of this to cling to international law all the important is to cling to the carter of the united nations and not conduct walk crimes. i do agree more with the decision of the former ruling. 'd of called who clearly was saying tha

the statements are highly disputed by human rights groups who've been working on the ground german left party member, martin dolls, or believes berlin should have resisted washington's pressure. i think the german government and let's say the german move leitz they are afraid of, disappointing. 'd the n.r.a., the united states of america and their government. but i think international law. 'd 'd and the human rights should stand in the middle of any decision although. 'd caught in the middle of any decision of the government and there should be no. 'd pressure to well crimes, and we have information information and there is evidence as well that drones killing civilians. and this has to be taken into account the german government test of the true. what happens in the base of writing style is under control of the us army. and so under the control in the last instance, you know the. 'd us government to allow mind to, to the mind of cliff stunned because because this control issue for faster than light updates on are all your world news stories. make sure to check out our website r.t. and follow

we also heard from martin doul to martin's a german left party member who told us berlin should not have done to us pressure i think the german government and let's assume that german leads they are afraid of disappointing. 'd the, the united states of america and their government. but i don't think international law. 'd 'd or of the human rights should stand in the middle of any decision or the . 'd court in the middle. 'd of any decision of the government and there should be no. 'd pressure to crimes information information and there is evidence that drones kill civilians and this has to be taken into account the german government test, the true what happens and you know, this is under control of the u.s. army and so the control in the last instance, you know of the u.s. government to our mind to, to the mind of the left perkiest should be closed because this control issue about new stories for not. but if you ever seen a person walking a dog on the street and thought that's not a dog. so what, for anyone who told you that's ridiculous or documentary starting in a moment shows you may

or we also heard from martin told her a german left party member who told us berlin should not have done to us pressure. i think the german government and let's say the german move leitz they are afraid, of disappointing. 'd the n.r.a., the united states of america and their government. but i don't think international law. 'd and the human rights should stand in the middle of any decision or the caught in the middle of any decision of the government. and there should be no. 'd pressure to conduct well crimes, and we have information information and there is evidence that drones kill civilians and this has to be taken into account to german government test will come true. what happens when you start? it's under control of the u.s. army and so under the control in the last instance, you know of the u.s. government to our mind to the mind of the left perkiest. these should be close because this control. 'd issue the u.k. government has been criticized for holding migrants in prison like conditions at a disused army barracks. activists want the site to be closing at flights, kogut regulation

we all took up the thoughts of martin dogs or a german left party member who told us berlin shouldn't have done to us pressure. i think the german government and let's say the german leitz. they are afraid of, disappointing. 'd the n.r.a., the united states of america and their government. but i think international law. 'd and the human rights should stand in the middle of any decision although caught in the middle. 'd of any decision over government and there should be no. 'd pressure to conduct well crimes, and we have information information and there is evidence as well that drones killing civilians. and this has to be taken into account the german government test of the true. what happens in the base of writing style is under control of the u.s. army. and so under the control in the last instance, you know, the u.s. government to allow a mind to into the mind of the lift. these should be close because this control issue will monitor news or not, but try not to go too far as more great programs get their start in moments. find out what showing where ever you are today. after the s

tell them to this father, and we're now joined by patient up a saudi who's from the german left party. first of all, i want to ask you, why is your party opposing this new law? what for you is the thing that's most confounding about it. well, 1st of all, it is the whole process, the way this is lost, the wrath through of the journalists is just completely secular. and normally, you would have is gushing about this. you would have many parts of the society discussing wish measures are a little bit and how many scientists and politicians on one cable. but here it is. just the government's not even a clue to the opposition parties in the actions and ramming this law through. they're going to stop. and also, of course, it is the material question, not the constitutionality of this lot of this proposed law, which has been criticized by law professor on all kinds of politics and many universities. and so look, those are the major reasons why we are holding this. has your party proposed any alternative? and you'll hear what would be a good move in order to tackle the pandemic? well, what we

they're being backed up by the left of the german political spectrum, the left party saying also that they don't think that they are paragraph should be signed into law. now we've had said tensions, of course, outside of the parliament, inside parliament, the health minister yen spahn, took the podium to address the bundestag. he was greeted with placards being raised against him. i couldn't read exactly what they were saying. they certainly were against the end spawn himself and his policies by men as of alternative for germany . now that prompted the president of the bundestag century, the speaker, if you are of the bundestag to say, put those away, put them down, they have no place in parliament. so there are some, well, certainly tensions outside. we've seen water cannon used by police and as they try and despair well, get disperse. the demonstrators who are against the covert 1000 measures also some tensions in parliament amongst lawmakers here in germany. ok, thanks. peter of reporting there from berlin. meanwhile, the un has released $100000000.00 in emergency funds to countrie

jim called but who's now a senior transatlantic fellow at the german marshall fund he's one of several prominent republicans who left the party after donald trump to endorse joe biden in this election welcome to you so 3 days in and still no results how you feel. i'm feeling quite confident that we're going to have a new president in january i think that the i've been checking with my contacts in in pennsylvania and in arizona nevada we're going to have we're going to have those the numbers in pennsylvania are just going to continue to increase because all the remaining votes 'd to be counted are in philadelphia and pittsburgh which are democratic strongholds so the numbers just going to get larger george will clearly be a recount but ironically somebody said there this morning that biden's win there looks like about the size of a high school it's of but i school student body in georgia so it's going to be very narrow there will be a recount recount to really change anything in in it in arizona by is ahead you worried that the votes coming in there which are being counted differently from pennsylvania because the only the boo

jim kolbe but who's now a senior transatlantic fellow with the german marshall fund he's one of several prominent republicans who left the party the donald trump to endorse joe biden this election welcome to you so 3 days in and still no results how you feel. i'm feeling quite confident that we're going to have a new president in january i think that the i've been checking with my contacts in in pennsylvania and in arizona nevada we're going to have we're going to have those the numbers in pennsylvania are just going to continue to increase because all the remaining votes to be counted are in philadelphia and pittsburgh which are democratic strongholds so the numbers just going to get larger george will clearly be a recount but ironically somebody said there this morning that biden's win there looks like about the size of a high school it's of the high school student body in georgia so it's going to be very narrow there will be a recount recount and rarely change anything in in it arizona biden is ahead you worried that the votes coming in there which are being counted differently from pennsylvania because the only the books t

one of them is a former party rival who actually left politics altogether because he fell out with going to machall to then went on to become the german chancellor. then to see him as her wish to looks a bit like a male marichal kind of person and the head of the foreign affairs committee of the blunders. talking about what isn't really seen as someone who could ever become a front runner. but there are also unofficial candidates, notably the leader of the c.s.u. system of the conservative party on the map well used to head. and he's actually pretty much sitting on the fence. he's the one who's highest in the ratings, because a very, very long story short, we simply don't know yet. it's still an open race, but it's pretty sure to be a man. interesting, well, you did say earlier that merkel has been widely seen to be kind of a steady pair of hands. what else do you think awaits in germany after the era of america? well, it will be no longer a situation where every detail in the world knows exactly where they're out when they talk to germany. because angela merkel is the one they've been speaking to for fifteen years. she held the stock

german intellectual, intellectual left of the left ism. >> it is to understand unless the republican germany between the war the party was extremely powerful and of the background he came from a very intellectual family and they were very well off. she partly is the result of her experiences seeing the poverty and the degradation and her families left-leaning. they were most when the project seemed to be coming apart in her hands in that movement in the world history working for a brutal regime the extent to which we could certainly discuss. but she certainly had doubts and it's a wonderful way to explore that the story but it all starts in germany in the 1920s. she had not seen what the soviet union was or could even imagine what it might be and gets all the soviet union and ideology that went with it [inaudible] may be a yearning for something many idealistic young people have thoughts and often the phrase we use is we outgrow that there is a wonderful photograph i think about sitting in a treaty absorbed in a book. that is the way she was but yet as you say ended up espousing the violent revolution. she was ready from a very young age t

jim kolbe but who's now a senior transatlantic fellow with the german marshall fund he's one of several prominent republicans who left the party to donald trump to endorse joe biden this election welcome to you so 3 days in and still no results how are you feeling i'm feeling quite confident that we're going to have a new president in january i think that the i've been checking with my contacts in in pennsylvania and in arizona nevada we're going to have we're going to have those the numbers in pennsylvania are just going to continue to increase because all the remaining votes 'd to be counted are in philadelphia and pittsburgh which are democratic strongholds so the numbers just going to get larger george will clearly be a recount but ironically somebody said there this morning that biden's win there looks like about the size of a high school it's of like school student body and in georgia so it's going to be very narrow there will be a recount recount and rarely change anything in in it in arizona by the head you worry that the votes coming in there which are being counted differently from pennsylvania because the only the b

one of them is a former party rival who actually left politics altogether because he fell out with who then went on to become the german chancellor. then to see him as her wish to looks a bit like a male merkel kind of person and the head of the foreign affairs committee of the buddhist talk now about what is not really seen as someone who could ever become a front runner. but there are also unofficial candidates know to be the leader of the c.s.u. system, of the conservative party and the math will use their heads. and he's actually pretty much sitting on the fence. he's the one who's highest in the ratings, because a very, very long story short, we simply don't know yet. it's still an open race, but it's pretty sure to be a man. interesting, well, you did say earlier that america has been widely seen to be kind of a steady pair of hands. what else do you think awaits in germany after the era of american? well, it will be no longer a situation where every detail in the world knows exactly where they're out when they talk to germany. because angela merkel is the one they've been speaking to for fifteen years. she held

degree the same goes for left party members who say that maybe they would have otherwise met with more people during the holidays. but the fact is, the absolute, vast majority of germans find these measures to be appropriate, find them to be necessary and would comply voluntarily. anyway, chief political correspondent on the crane reporting. thank you as ever. the restrictions on our daily lives are just one weapon in the arsenal. when it comes to fighting a virus. we now know several potential vaccines have achieved very positive encouraging results. millions of doses have already been purchased, but not all countries can afford it. a global buying scheme known as kovacs has been set up to ensure a fair distribution of the critics are not convinced that it will work. first code at 19 vaccines on the verge of being authorized billions of vaccine doses have already been secured by wealthy countries. this has raised concerns that the jav live right much later and low income countries to avoid that. and then mr. tive was founded. caltex, backed by the w h o. countries representing 2 thirds of the world's population have job prospects. goal is to make sure all member stat

german lawmakers across party lines have accused the far right party of a targeted strategy to damage parliamentary democracy. members of the governing grand coalition and the opposition grains, f.d.p. and left party all condemned destructive actions by people invited to the bundestag by the way of 50 visitors entered the bundestag ahead of a vote on extending parliamentary powers. during the coronavirus pandemic, they're accused of harassing politicians and filming them without their permission . a woman filming, and heckling german economy minister, peter altmire, telling him he has quote, no conscience. this all happened inside the halls of germany's parliament, the bundestag. and it wasn't the only case for people entered parliament on wednesday invited by lawmakers from the far right. the party. once left unsupervised, they harassed various politicians in a debate in parliament on friday, there was a united front of criticism aimed at the a.f.p. here. i mean, we will protect parliament from these destructive attacks. ladies and gentleman, should be right and this, but all the political differences between f.t.p. c.d.u., c.s.u. and the greens s.p.d. and the left. we will do this together

german communist party was extremely powerful in germany. there were many people and in a way germans were the background. she came from an intellectual academic family and they were very well-off but they left in the life of her linen they knew everybody from einstein and everybody who was anybody on the left there and as a result of her experience as a teenager she had seen the appalling poverty and the appalling degradation and the contrast and her family's leftist meaning. she joined the communist party at the age of 17 out of conviction despite her parents objection and she never really wavered. when she did waiver there were moments in her life when the whole communist party is becoming a part of her hand. and the way her equivocations are part of the story but because she was very young when the bolsheviks revolution took place in very old when the berlin wall came down her life in some ways spans the whole of communism. it was away it seemed seemed to me the exploring that extraordinary events and movement in world history in the 20th century for good and for evil. she ended up working for brutal ruthless stalinist regime and the extent to which he knew about that we can certainly di

german capital will be eligible for an automatic rental price reduction. it's part of a controversial housing policy introduced by berlin center left government to make the city more affordable, but opposition parties say the rent regulations are making it harder for people to find new apartments or lower is being challenged in court with a decision expected next year. a reporter told dove roy has been for in this closely, also presenting a podcast on the matter. joe. tell us exactly what is going on with this new regulation of the city of berlin is running a huge experiment in housing policy. and the question is, what happens when you effectively freeze the free market for rental property for several years? nothing like this has been attempted on this scale in the western world for decades . now the policy is called the meat and deckle, which it literally means rent lid, and it has 3 main elements which we can take a look at now. firstly, there is a 5 year freeze on rental prices, meaning that prices con, be increased by much in the coming years. next, the price of rents has been capped. they cannot be above around 10 years, a square meter, except in new buildings and starting tomorrow, rents whic

german capital will be eligible for an automatic rent reduction. it's part of a controversial housing policy introduced by berlin's a center left government to make the city more affordable. but opposition parties say the rent regulations are making it harder for people to find. the law is being challenged in court with a decision extracted next year. will tell us all of, let's bring in a reporter. he's been following this story closely, including by presenting a podcast all about the rant phrase. welcome to joel. break this down for us if you can. what exactly is berlin doing with this new rent reduction? the city of berlin is running a huge experiment in housing policy, and the question is, what happens when you effectively freeze the free market for rent of property for several years? nothing like this is been attempted anywhere in the western world, at least on this scale for many decades. now the pulse of the whole policy is called the meat dekel, which literally means rent lid. and it has three main elements which we can take a look at now. now firstly, there is a five year rent free zone, almost almost all slots, so the prices cannot increase much in the coming years. then the price of r

extreme leftism with the german communist party in a way she came from a very intellectual academic family that was very well-off everyone from einstein everybody who was anybody on the left but me as a result of her experience as a teenager to see the degradation in the family leftist leaning she joined the communist party at the age of 17 despite the parents objection and never wavered. she didn't leave her there were moments when the whole communist project is coming apart in her hand so her qualifications of the nation on - - over the notion of communism that's part of her story she is young when it started an old when the berlin wall came down to expand the heart of communism with that extraordinary events of movement and world history in the 20th century for good and for evil in that extent we could discuss but she certainly had doubts so it's a wonderful way to explore that story but it all starts in germany in the 19 twenties as far as she was concerned every respectable intellectual position at that point the only people standing up with a communist so it was a migration to the left. >> the soviet union is the future although today not today. >> exactly. core she

degree the same goes for left party members who say that maybe they would have otherwise met with more people during the holidays. but the fact is, the absolute, vast majority of germans find these measures to be appropriate, find them to be necessary and would comply voluntarily. anyway, chief political correspondent on the crane reporting. thank you as ever. now the speed at which pharmaceutical companies are competing to get their vaccines on the market has raised some safety concerns. so would you take a vaccine if one was available right now? to give you news, wants to know what you think and we have a survey. you can be part of, go to our you tube channel and click on the community section to ass or the question. would you take a vaccine when it becomes available? you can also leave a comment there. once again, go to the community section of our you tube channel, and that's where you'll find the survey. all right, says stick with us vito, your business is out next week, kate ferguson. and i'll have more for you at the top of the al for now. thank you so much for spending this part of the day with rests. we know that this is very time for us. the coronavirus is c

one of them is a former party rival who actually left politics altogether because he fell out with going to machall to then went on to become the germanchancellor. then to see him as her wish to looks a bit like a male machall kind of person and the head of the foreign affairs committee of the blunders. talking about what isn't really seen as someone who could ever become a front runner. but there are also unofficial candidates, notably the leader of the c.s.u. system of the conservative party on the map well used to heads. and he's actually pretty much sitting on the fence. he's the one who's highest in the ratings, because a very, very long story short, we simply don't know yet. it's still an open race, but it's pretty sure to be a man. interesting. well, you did say earlier that merkel has been widely seen to be kind of a steady pair of hands. what else do you think awaits in germany after the era of america? well, it will be no longer a situation where every detail in the world knows exactly where they're out when they talk to germany. because angela merkel is the one they've been speaking to for 15 years. she held the stock toget

one of them is the former party rival who actually left politics altogether because he fell out with going to machall to then went on to become the german chancellor. then to see him as her wish to looks a bit like a male marichal kind of person and the head of the foreign affairs committee of the buddhist. talking about what's going on, who isn't really seen as someone who could ever become a front runner. but there are also unofficial candidates, notably the leader of the c.s.u. system, party of the conservative party and the math will use to head. and he's actually pretty much sitting on the fence. he's the one who's highest in the ratings, because a very, very long story short, we simply don't know yet. it's still an open race, but it's pretty sure to be a man. interesting, well, you did say earlier that merkel has been widely seen to be kind of a steady pair of hands. what else do you think awaits in germany after the era of american? well, it will be no longer a situation where every detail in the world knows exactly where they're out when they talk to germany. because angela merkel's the one they've been speaking to for 15 years.

party. voting day in america and we are at the big table tonight here in berlin to talk results reasons and repercussions to my left is tyson barker transatlantic affairs analyst at the germancouncil on foreign relations ties and also worked at the u.s. state department to my right tonight from the windy city and part of the election team stacey. good to have you on board tonight before we talk we want to crunch the numbers my colleague christine has the latest results. that is right brain more results have been coming in in the last few hours it's just gone for it. and let's have a look at how that map is shaping up across the country concede now as that times and starts shifting from east to west more color on that map everything that you see in solid red has gone to donald trump everything. has gone to joe biden and of course no real surprises at this stage in the game surveys how is covering up north dakota south dakota nebraska all of these have gone and then of course in the northeast the mont in new york the ginia as expected have gone to joe biden it's now 0 in on that brace on a state by state basis and we can show you takes us right now 38 electoral college votes