we're going to stop in germany. >> reporter: germany. >> what kind of life do you think you'll have? >> a good life. simple life. >> reporter: the three months imagined in germany isecidedly more complex. >> this is pretty far removed. from anything. >> hello. >> hello. nice to see you. >> how are you? >> it's been a long time. >> reporter: he's clearly relieved to see familiar faces here in this remote corner of east germany where he's been placed by the government without anybody he knows. >> when you walk through the village, do people say hello to you? >> no. >> no? >> no. they l lk at you strange. like this. and they will go -- >> reporter: he tells us he spends most of his time at this hotel for refugees. >> this is our theater. she's perfect. >> reporter: he's trying to learn german while he waits for a temporary residency card. he says he'seenly aware that many people are suspicious of him. >> they think we are terrorists. that's why they are scared from they must to understand us. because the people, they are coming from syria, t ty are running, running from everything. >> s

that was bad news for many of germany's biggest companies. germany's economy is the biggest in the eurozone and plays a large role in the region's outlook, but it is china's economy that is setting the pace at the global level. demand for imports has been plummeting. another 8.7% decline in septemb er. it is the world's biggest manufacturers, like germany, that suffer the most. markus: let's bring you up-to-date with some other stories we are watching for you. -- says a says aco to co2 emissions problem is a lot smaller than estimated. they had been understating co2 emissions in up to 800,000 vehicles. now they say it is just 36,000 vehicles. two major u.s. chemical companies are said to be in talks over a major murder -- over a megamerger. the combination of dupont and dow chemical's could be potentially around $120 billion. the business would need to be split into three parts to get the go-ahead from regulators. it would be one of the biggest corporate mergers of the year. french -- a french hospitality group is b uying -- is buying holding

when it came to germany and invasion threat by germany on britain, there was a metaphor to explain it and it was called the -- the elephant and the whale. britain was the whale. it had tremendous navy and if it could bring that navy to bear, it would break the german invasion fleet in the channel easily but it couldn't bring that fleet to bear unless superiority. the germans had a tremendous land army which could probably could have gone through britain which had three and a half -- there were three and a half fully equipped divisions in britain, wouldn't have been a great help. it was extremely vulnerable if the germans could bring their land power to bare. the only way to do that was if they could maintain air support superiority over the channel which meant they'd be able to destroy the british fleet before it could get into the middle -- you know the german ships. it's sort of interesting. neither side was quite sure, specially the british admirals were really frightening of it. the home which was up in scotland and had all the major, big battleships and whatever, the admiral, the

take us with you to germany! we are one family, seven people. reporter: ahmad hilal has a degree in economics and had a good job in aleppo. then he fled for his life. he is writing a book about how being a refugee changes you. your life crumbles into small pieces, and that is how you feel -- broken, fragmented, and worthless. ahmad: i have been trying to deal with it. we have been living as refugees here in turkey for three years. i am not even a quarter of the person i once was in syria. reporter: ahmad, his wife, and their son would like to start a new life in europe. but only if it is legal. they would be frightened of a dangerous clandestine journey. >> i am scared of the sea. and i would not want to risk our son's life. if there is no legal and safe way to get to europe, i shall not put his life at risk. reporter: syrian refugees in turkey are not allowed to work legally. still, some do find jobs. but they are paid less than turks. hussein was a lawyer in aleppo. he could never afford the apartment he and ahmad are working on. they earn the

at the moment, he only has a temporary residence permit, and can't bring his wife to germany. the two fled from syria to turkey. ahmad left his wife there, and set off alone on the dangerous journey across the mediterranean. his wife was afraid she'd never see him again. >> i send her a message, that i am alive. she said, no, you are lying, you are not ahmad. if you are ahmad, just let me hear your voice. and when i called her, she started to cry. >> since then, ahmad has called his wife every day. >> hello. how are you? i miss you so much. >> ahmad's wife is living illegally in istanbul. >> this is hard. if we are lucky and she gets a visa in june, that it will be, we will complete one year without touch, without seeing ourselves, but we have to wait. >> ahmad is going to the city of suhl in thuringen. he wants to visit the reception center where he first arrived, and see what's changed since the summer, when thousands of refugees like him arrived. >> here, this is the camp. this fence is new. >> suhl has become mass housing for 1,800 refugees, three times as many as in summe

at the moment, he only has a temporary residence permit, and can't bring his wife to germany. the two fled from syria to turkey. ahmad left his wife there, and set off alone on the dangerous journey across the mediterranean. his wife was afraid she'd never see him again. >> i send her a message, that i am alive. she said, no, you are lying, you are not ahmad. if you are ahmad, just let me hear your voice. and when i called her, she started to cry. >> since then, ahmad has called his wife every day. >> hello. how are you? i miss you so much. >> ahmad's wife is living illegally in istanbul. >> this is hard. if we are lucky and she gets a visa in june, that it will be, we will complete one year without touch, without seeing ourselves, but we have to wait. >> ahmad is going to the city of suhl in thuringen. he wants to visit the reception center where he first arrived, and see what's changed since the summer, when thousands of refugees like him arrived. >> here, this is the camp. this fence is new. >> suhl has become mass housing for 1,800 refugees, three times as many as in summe

those people are not entitled to asylum in germany. she emphasized those strategies are already making progress, and she emphasized the need for immigration. those are all things that they like to hear. minor concessions but nothing policy driven here. genie: sarah harmon reporting from berlin. next to the central african republic been . heavy gunfire interrupted in the -- heavy gunfire erupted in the capital city. latest -- our correspondent tells us more. >> the crucial votes end here the sectarian strife. the central african republic constitutional -- the referendum was seen as a fight, a step. >> the people of the central african republic took a historic democracy forre their country. smooth palatef a forinds -- were soon dashed the neighborhood has been a flashpoint of violence and christian anti-the lockout militia. those whocalls by remain loyal to the rebellion to boycott the vote. securitye lives within . from today, the will of the people is such that these rebels and criminals should retreat. it is the beginning of radical c

in germany, a similar debate taking place as well. as climate talks continue, southern india faces its worst floods in a century. i'm sarah kelly, good evening and welcome to the program. in the united states, reports of an active shooter in the southern california city of san bernardino. the local fire department is responding to reports of up to 20 victims. sheriff's department meanwhile says there are one to three suspects still on the loose. richard walker is standing by in our uris bureau, we heard the police saying that multiple shooters are on the loose. this is different from the shootings we've heard about in the past. we haven't really heard about multiple shooters before. bring us up to date. >> san bernardino police department has confirmed three possible suspects. it is the area important to because this and how we handle this information. it is not unusual for there to be erroneous and conflicting reports in the early stages of what we have here, which is a breaking news situation. a lot of scrambled information coming f

and by that time, there weren't very- there weren't that many americans still left in germany.re were some prisoners of war that were freed. but by this astonishing thing, i learned through the national holocaust museum that germany didn't have enough americans to give. and so they gave about 100 jews from bergen-belsen, who were not americans, obviously. they were from amsterdam and they were from germany. and there were 100 jews that made it out. and one of those jews was named irene hasenberg, who was exactly the same age as ingrid. and so i tell the story in the book of irene making it out when ingrid went marching straight into hell. >> cspan: where did you find irene? >> guest: irene lives in ann arbor, michigan. she's a holocaust survivor. and went- and as soon as i got the list, there were only two names of people on the list still alive: irene hasenberg and jacob wolf. jacob wolf lived in brooklyn, and he's recently died. but i interviewed him in brooklyn, and then i interviewed irene in ann arbor. and irene is a very, very brilliant woman and a leader in the holocaust

nazi germany was still one of the world's most tightly run police state. the average german citizen had up to 18 different basic identity documents, an oss unit had to forge so casey, who eventually had 3430 -- 330 people working for him, had to scramble. the last five months of the war he managerred to parachute more than 150 agents in germany to radio back intelligence for the advancing allied armsies. his spies had to improvise on the fly. a two-man team code nailed show sure enlisted the help of two french women working in -- forced to work in a bavarian brothel. the women would bees entice military secrets, one one of the oss agents hid in the closet with a flashlight taking notes. bill colby. our next subject. bornin' 1920, he was an army brat. his father, who rows to the rank of colonel, was something of a curmudgeon. colby spend his early years moving from run duty station to another. he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and be an army officer but he graduated from high school ahead of schedule at the age of 16. his yearbook nicknamedded h

in germany. >> c-span: where was she born? >> guest: she was born in germany. >> c-span: let's go back to the chart one more time, and off to the side there, and we don't have a name for this, is your biological father and he was nigerian. >> guest: yes, he's nigerian. >> c-span: where is he now? >> guest: he's also living in germany. he was a student when he came to germany and i would talk about it a bit more later on when we talk about the family structure. actually, my biological parents met in the household of my grandmother. he came as a student to germany and then he went back to nigeria for a while, but today, he's living in germany. he's married. he's married to a german teacher and they have more kids. so i have a bunch of half siblings. >> c-span: when was the first time you met your biological father? >> guest: in my 20s. i was never really interested in my father maybe because as a child i grew up with my - with the knowledge of who my biological mother and grandmother was, but my fa

dominic, we're just a few hours away from new year's eve there in germany.appening at the center where you are? >> reporter: barbara, the center i'm in here operated by the charity which deals with people's solidarity, as you can see, food is being handed out, and families are dining. it's a special menu that is putting on for the refugees tonight. and later on there will be particular new year's eve festivity to the meal that is being provided. and this center cares for around 300 people. many of whom have come from the world conflict zones. i have spoken to one refugee who managed to flee from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. he told me about the journey he had taken to get here. and certainly here at the center, the organizers talk about the need for facilitating their logistical issues, and there are volunteers too who give up their time to provide food and opportunities to some of the refugees here. joining me is alexandra, who is a volunteer who works from time to time here at the center. can you tell me what made you want to get involved in t

so germany is now virtually alone. how long can that position be sustained? number one, we might wish that the u.s. would take in more theory and refugees but very difficult and the environment. but what it does is the most generous donors that are refugees in the region and it's one of the most important questions when we talk about solutions. in the adjacent syria, turkey, lebanon, and help the idp, the internally displaced persons in syria there are 7 million tons of the knowledge there's about 11 million the u.s. is by far the most generous donor. of course that goes to the root cause. and here in the end, we need a military combat. and we are grateful to secretary kerry for leading this initiative to establish the process. >> we are going to go to amber e.. you wanted to jump in. >> i will leave on a more optimistic to automatic restarting the source pushes to end the civil war. we will not do it for reasons that we think we should have done it from the beginning that even in the beginning on why we should intervene much earlier by both in my case anyway

yet to be determined, and we believe it to be much closer than germany. reporter: authorities in new york received a similar e-mail around the same time, but after closer inspection, dismissed the warning is not credible. brett: let's go to our correspondence -- correspondent, richard walker. what is going on? what has the fbi said? richard: it's very interesting, isn't it, brent, just how different the reactions have been from the los angeles authorities compared to the new york ones. taking los angeles first, they said this e-mail contained a threat involving assault rifles, reminiscent of what happened in san bernardino recently, what happened in paris recently. it also contained what they are describing as an implied threat of the use of explosives. whereas, comparing what we heard from new york, they were very swift to say that they saw the threat as generic. they quickly decided it was not a genuine threat. interestingly, the chief of police in new york on his twitter feed set these threats are made to promote fear and we cannot allow ourselves to r

it seems as france wants germany to be visibly involved in this and this is the commitment that germany wants to take because france is the closest ally >>> how long do you see germany willing to be involved? <>> do you think in the end it is going to get the go ahead? <>> thank you so much. political analyst joining us from berlin. >> you're welcome >>> police in thailand are reported to have received a warning from russia of possible i.s.i.l. linked attacks against russian visitors. an flernl police document linked to local media says ten syrian nationals who entered thailand. oil ministers from the opex exporters are meeting in vienna, oil ministers arrived in vienna on th

chancellor. >> before the crisis she was seen as the most beloved politician in germany.her approval rate has dropped significantly. >> reporter: sheila macvicar, al jazeera, germany. >> you can see of more of sheila's report tonight on "america tonight." for a look at what is coming up at the top of the hour, john siegenthaler is here. >>> coming up tonight at 8:00, tough talk from president obama on the fight against isil. >> it's simple. you are next. >> tonight a hard look at the u. u.s. strategy. >>> in plane view, this woman made no secret of her views. some of her on-line posts called for violence, long before she came to america. why immigration officials never even bothered to look at them. >>> center ted cruz mounting a big challenge to donald trump. the issues pushing the presidential race into a new face. >>> plus our conversation on linda's remarkable career in television news. why she is calling it quits now. and her sober advice for young people who want to get into journalism. >> find an honest trade fast. find a day job. >> we'll have those stories and a

it is the furthest germany has gone since the nazi era. germany's forces will stay out of combat and inside its constitution. the six german tornadoes will be restricted to reconnaissance and tanker aircraft will refuel french warplanes. all western lot -- leaders agreed this effort has to be accompanied by a major push for peace talks to end the syrian war. the search for some sort of syrian peace process involves most of the key world and regional powers although they do not all agree where it could end up. russia's president putin has not given up his support for the assad regime. the two great regional rivals involved, saudi arabia and its king pitted against iran and its supreme leader opposing sides. the u.n. hopes to get the assad regime and the syrian opposition into talks as early as next month. the u.n. plan seeks a political a newtion leading to constitution and free and fair elections in 18 months. fordisputed role if any president assad remains the big potential spoiler. getting the leaders of syria's opposition fighters to a

so the strategic priority to help europe or germany. i can assure you it isn't the russians it has to be our strategic parity. it is in charge to scratch your head to think why did they elect them that after months but then it switched to greece. that was one bad analysis. that we will have to take people from greece then they came up with the relocation plan that was not politically prepared today there's a total of 130 people out of a commitment of 160,000. >> you have to build the european response with that european integration you have to support her and in europe it is a global problem. this is a global responsibility and the capacity to do that. >> why does the united states not identified this as the problem that is and it's self-interest to support european germany in a rhetorical way. >> and because of the humanitarian of the farm policy. with the pillar of the foreign policy with what is deeply exercised. >> is simply has fallen away. as empirical. i think as the three weeks ago but didn't do it again 300 at least so she dash

some countries considered to be saved by germany. these men and women wish to emigrate, based primarily on economic hardships. >> i have no work in serbia. no home for my kids there. i will go back, but there is no home for my three kids. where shall we go? if i cannot find work, they will tell me to leave again. i will ask -- why do i have to leave? they will tell me that it because i have no work. >> 170 have been forcibly deported. 463 people voluntarily departed. despite the tense situation, the mood is peaceful only days before christmas. hand, they know that a constitutional procedure awaits them. hand, when they come to the center we all treat each other well. the mood is actually quite good. >> these figures show that the number of deportations in germany has almost doubled this year. >> the biggest lottery in the world is underway in spain. that is the 2 billion euro whopper known as the fat one. an annual christmas tradition in spain. thomas has more now on the buildup to the big draw. thomas: it is nearly christmas. that c

in germany, they thought it might hurt the christmas retail boom. there's little need for woolly hats and down jackets but it did not stop the end of year spending spree. >> you could probably pick the flowers yourself. the mercury has hovered around 15 degrees celsius. there are cherry blossoms in time for the holiday. many people splurge on fancier food for christmas dinner. germans may be regarded when it comes to -- as tight when it comes to spending on food. and this year, more of the usual. >> people are spending a lot of money. business is better than usual. city centers were also bustling on christmas eve, full of people looking for gifts. for some, last-minute shopping has become a tradition. the 24th is always the day i do my shopping. it is wonderful to shop without stress. it doesn't appear to be entirely stress the -- free. this particular holiday season does not seem to have hurt balance sheets. it's actually more like easter. but we're really pleased with the christmas season. a lot of people visited munich city center. despite this w

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it we will manage because germany is a strong nation. phil: celebrating with fireworks is a big tradition. what happens if you have one million refugees, many in conflict zones? authorities are worried about how they will cope. >> refugees are getting handouts to help with the traditionally loud new year's eve celebration. they are concerned about how children will react to the fireworks. >> i can easily imagine that coming from a war zone, it might not react positively. you might really get frightened. i am worried the children will get scared. >> a number of states have banned fireworks and firecrackers in the refugee centers. the city has witnessed the ill effects of fireworks can have on refugees. >> unfortunately, there was a large fireworks display close by that we were not informed about. everyone living here panicked and went indoors. >> this refugee center is also handing out flyers. their experience of war and violence have left its mark. phil: the self-proclaimed islamic state has claimed responsibility for an attack in southe

after last month's paris attacks and antiwar activists have been protesting against the plan and germanythe latest addition to the international anti-i.s.i.l. coalition which includes dozens of countries and however not everyone has played a military role and not all at the same time so here is a break down for you. these are the countries that have been involved in fighting i.s.i.l., there is 18 of them in all. these are the ones carrying out or supporting air strikes in syria and these are the countries that are striking i.s.i.l. targets in iraq. there is a caveat as well, canada has since decided to call off their air strikes and instead increase its presence on the ground. that is also the strategy as several countries such as italy and spain. the countries like the u.s., france and now the uk are doing all three. christian is head of the foundation in istanbul office and think tank affiliated with the german green party and is live from istanbul and appreciate it very much so do you think it is wise for germany to now be part of the coalition in this way? >> no, of course not. i mea