half of the country that becomes east germany and insight east germany, 110 miles inside east germany is berlin, just like germany itself is divided into two have, berlin run by western allies, east berlin by the soviets, with berlin is essentially a tiny island of democracy and freedom completely encircled by communist territory. the east becomes a police state based on communist authoritarianism, a communist dictatorship based on the soviet union and the ministry for state security, secret police, on the kgb, forces the population into submission. on the other side administered by nato allies, based on democracy and freedom. as the marshall begins to develop the west the soviets stripped the east. everything from railroad tracks to farm machinery to toilets, even doorknobs. entire cities and towns are gutted, factories dismantled to be reassembled in the soviet union. food is to be turned in and divided equally among people which is slow to happen or doesn't happen at all. they confiscate private property and germans impose rules which amount to conform or you are an enemy of the st

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germany has been so welcoming of refugees. you know, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. germany not involved in the fight against isis, at least directly inside syria. so why, then, would isis want to attack germany? >> well, it's not particularly to do with germany, as the point michael was making, they want to create, they want to foment this idea of a big war between islam and the west. and germany goes against that narrative by saying, we welcome muslims, we welcome refugees. and that really doesn't work with the isis narrative. they need the narrative to be us against them. and so if they can take down a liberal champion like angela merkel, if they can in so doing, if they can empower the right-wing forces in germany that are anti-muslim, just as we've seen forces like that in -- all over western europe, that would suit them very well. they could go back and say, look, we told you all along, you cannot trust the west, you cannot trust these europeans. they may talk about welcoming you, but in real, the

also, i have the benefit of having lived in east germany and west germany. west germany did go down that route and the east germans didn't. so it was also to do with the leadership, loss to do with the fact that it was western democracies that took over and built up germany so that the institutions and so on, including education, became important in the country itself in the west and so that you have the chance with the 1968 generation to question their parents and grandparents. and this wasn't just a question of leadership. it was also a grassroots movement. >> yes. >> it was also a reaction of a generation that wanted to question. and in the end, nothing like that happened in east germany because the system wasn't in place that allowed such questioning. and so, when the wall collapsed, there were a great many people in east germany who didn't understand some of the things that west germans simply took for granted in terms of cultural, historical norms that had become very gradually into place into west germany. >> yes, i would agree that it took east germa

germany has been spared so far, but there have been attempts to terror attacks in germany. very often people think that if a country applies a different policy, for example, the united states or france in the middle east region keeps a lower profile like germany, it will be spared from these attacks because it will be spared from, let's say, this vindictive attitude of terrorist organizations like the islamic state or al qaeda or whatever. we see we don't know if this was such a terror attack yet, but the pattern looks very much like it. we know whatever policies these countries apply, it doesn't spare them from the terror and violence from these organizations. it's irrelevant what kind of policies the countries applies. anchor: everybody is fair game? >> absolutely, absolutely. we should bear in mind that the jihadist ideology that has been commended, the spokesperson of the so-called islamic state has recommended months ago that people who cannot find weapons to fire at the evil west can use anything as a weapon, be it cars or be it tools or whatever. the west can be hit

he could be in germany, in europe. the authorities have made it very clear that the warrant extends to the whole of the passport-free schengen zone. at the same time, we are getting a war clear picture of his background. there are reports he spent some time in prison in italy. he has a history of violence. he may have been arrested at least once in germany. a lot of questions for the authorities. why was he not stopped the four he became the main suspect in this investigation? long before he was identified as the main suspect? yesterday the police arrested an innocent man and spent many hours before they released him. valuable time in which amri gained a valuable head start. an overwhelming sense of grief in berlin in germany. there is anger, frustration, and unease. you aremong the germans talking to, are you hearing much criticism of angela merkel and her refugee policy? this is an interesting question. tonight in berlin, the anti-immigrant party who has been critical of merkel's refugee party held a protest. they bl

germany,history of where you had east germany, where people could not go out of the country, i thinkt is not ok that turkey would develop to east germany and try to bring people away from leaving the country. if they want to leave, they leave. erdogan is only remembering that , but tot possible socialize the cost on turkey. melinda: what is your solution? if you could advise the e.u. right now -- remzi: advice for the e.u. would be, try to work together with the people who know the region, who have been there for hundreds of years, for nearly 1000 years, and don't try to solve the problems around this on your own way by supporting the pkk, by supporting strange people, because this will destabilize turkey and a destabilized turkey, even to germans who don't like turks, i see you have to stabilize it. 20 million will come. melinda: are we likely to see increasing divergence? will things get worse before they get better? michael: i see this increasing divergence before the referendum. my hope is that after erdogan has got his presidency, then the new constitution, he will relax a bit.

he arrived in germany in july of 2015 and very soon after arri arriving in germany, he came on radareen as somebody they believed was dangerous, radicalized, somebody part of an isis recruiting network. he was very close to one of the lead i leading people in that network. all of these details are significant because these ties to these -- the recruitment network individuals in germany suggest that there may be people there who can offer him perhaps a safe house, a hiding place, or even maybe able to smuggle him out of the country. it may be quite difficult, given all these details we've been given, especially when you think back to the paris attacks and especially when salah abdeslam went to ground in brussels and was protected and hidden by the network there for five, six months or so. >> michael weiss, it seems to many people they look at the various contacts that german authorities had with the suspect, and they think how did they not get on to this guy. and yet it was interesting, peter bergen, our terrorist analyst, said it's strange that someone would do something like this, a

tonight, there is a new phase for germany's most wanted man.olice across germany and europe hunting for a tunisian in connection with the deadly drug attack. federal prosecutors it issued a europe wide arrest or and for 24-year-old anees amri, warning he could be armed and dangerous. his paper was found inside the truck that plowed into a christmas market monday night. we will go live for the manhunt. dw news starts right now. brent: it is good to have you with us. tonight, good authorities have stopped the berlin truck attack? this has been asked. it has been revealed the tunisian suspect was already under investigation for preparing a serious act of violence against the state, a terrorist attack. prosecutors have now issued a zero-wide arrest warrant for 24-year-old anis amri, warning he could be armed and dangerous. his quest for asylum had been denied, and he was due for deportation. the manhunt began after his papers were found inside the truck that smashed into a berlin christmas market on monday, killing 12 and injuring almost 50. media

he arrived in germany last year and was refused asylu m germany last year and was refused asylum butay. the security services admit he was known to them are considered a threat because of his links to one of germany's most notorious to islamist networks. he will be hard to find. he used six different names and three nationalities. translation: this person attracted the attention of several security services in germany through his contact with a radical islamists. the hijacked lorries yielding grim evidence. documents leading to the suspect and dna. it's thought anis amri fought with the man should have been behind the wheel before shooting him dead. but it was 2a hours before police identified him asa hours before police identified him as a suspect. first they arrested and released an innocent man, giving anis amri a vital start. today, flowers for the dead, prayers for the injured. the german foreign minister was joined the injured. the german foreign minister wasjoined at the injured. the german foreign minister was joined at the scene of the attack by his italian counterpart. amon

that was a major holiday in germany. this was big in germany.urthermore, it was his 50th birthday. nothing could be allowed to get in the way of that. what happened was by saying he was going to answer but it would take about 10 days, suddenly everybody found themselves speculating what hitler was going to say. he had the state back again. an american newspaper got it exactly right. the milwaukee journal wrote the head of the greatest democracy of the world has put up to hitler the question of war and peace. the world is to have 10 days guessing what the answer will be. for wheel orwell, president roosevelt has given adolf hitler the spotlight of history. a couple days, roosevelt had held centerstage. now, everybody throughout the world was wondering what was hitler going to say. he had a lot of help. states, you had a variety of people giving him advice. johnson was a syndicated correspondent, widely publicized. he actually gave hitler advice. washingtonembassy in reported they were getting a flood of comments, letters, telegrams from american,

germany is europe's centre of gravity now. among the best in the world, and that is germany's economic strength. the pursuit of unity in europe has been germany's way of turning the page on its own dark past. the eu has been germany's act of contrition and of redemption. the pianist saleem ashkar is a palestinian, now settled in berlin. what i do see is a country here that has been traumatised by its past, and as a result has become extremely thoughtful about politics. in a way, germany has used its traumatic past for the good. and it is now a very — what do we say in german, very awakened. it's not sleepwalking anywhere, or careful, very careful of sleepwalking. 2016 has given germany a new responsibility, one it did not seek — how to lead in europe without rousing the ghosts of german domination in europe. germans are incredibly neurotic about world leadership, 01’ even about european leadership. they don't like to think of themselves really having a foreign policy. so, you know, the idea that germany would somehow lead is v

as germany's humanitarian position on accepting people fleeing war, coming into germany.y is divided about that. whether this has a political effect, particularly coming up next year's elections. if it turns out the perpetrator is not an asylum seeker, it really would have nothing to do with mrs merkel‘s policy on refugees. much more on that story in a few minutes, now time for the sport. ahead, twice went —— wimbledon champion petra kliba the twice wimbledon champion petra kvitova is undergoing potentially career—saving surgery, after a knife attack this morning. will alastair cook resign after england's humbling in india. jamie vardy‘s appeal against the red card and suspension is dismissed. the twice wimbledon champion petra kvitova is undergoing potentially career—saving surgery, after a knife attack this morning. the world number 11 says she's ‘fortunate to be alive' after the attack during a burglary at her home in the czech republic. the full extent of the damage will not be clear until kvitova emerges from surgery. what do we know about this? this happened this mo

consequently, we like germany. guy: just germany?s far as we're concerned, all of europe looks ok. volatility around italian banks is a can earn. french elections coming in april is a concern. but the weaker euro benefits germany more than any other country. guy: how week do you expect the euro to come? yogi: it is already 22% undervalued versus the dollar. so we cannot see it weakening much further. guy: you do not believe the parity calls? isi: if it happens, it momentum and sentiment driven, not fundamentals driven. i am not going to say it cannot happen, won't happen. exactly.at traders -- but from a fundamental perspective, we should not be down to these sorts of levels. the big beneficiary of this, germany. remember, valuations in germany are quite attractive relative to the rest of the world. it is a good place to park your money for equity exposure in the run-up to 2017 and beyond. guy: yogi, thanks for your time thus far. dewan is going to stay with us. a manhunt is underway in switzerland after an attack on an islamic cente

, but also because of the stasi in east germany.ry strong privacy laws there. hence german newspapers, until the last minute, we re newspapers, until the last minute, were not able to show the full picture that you are seeing here of anis amri. his eyes were blacked out. and when they arrest somebody, the surname is usuallyjust an initial. there are other issues as well which people are talking about today, which is that of schengen, the passport free, borderless europe, a wonderful idea in theory. u nfortu nately, europe, a wonderful idea in theory. unfortunately, it is being exploited by terrorists and people trying to bring weapons in. we have already seen this with the bataclan attacks. they were planned from brussels and executed in paris last november. so the fact that this man was able to cross easily, three countries, from germany to france from france to the italian border and then to turin and then to milan. but on the other hand,it then to milan. but on the other hand, it was extremely good european eu cooperation and pol

here we are talking about germany's a cce pta nce are talking about germany's acceptance of immigrantseven know if this was a migrant who committed this attack, but most of the attacks this year were committed by migrants, so we are shimmying it isa migrant by migrants, so we are shimmying it is a migrant because of the percentages. —— shimmying. 0r most everybody in germany will be thinking the same thing. that is what the tabloids are thinking at the moment. that is the projection for alternatives to germany, the right of centre party that is really challenging angela merkel on these questions. —— alternative for germany. it is going to be the front and centre issue throughout german politics, all the way through to september next year when she is up for re—election. september next year when she is up for re-election. it must be playing oi'i for re-election. it must be playing on the minds of people in france as well. they have an election before germany, there is in the spring. yes, marine le pen will make vidigal capital about it. we have been talking about it all year, and it will

an attack could happen any time in germany.re a lwa ys germany. at the time, there were always success. in her row was that tried to attack the country. and they were quite successful until two nights ago. we in a way ran out of luck there. are we doing enough? obviously not enough. but it's not that germany was unprepared for this. there were more police forces on the street for quite some time, just if you take a look at the british embassy in berlin. there is more protection. but there are only so more protection. but there are only so many people in the police force. finally, i refer to the political implications. we don't know quite how this current hunt is going to turn out, all the details are. based on what we do know, i suspect it may mean that angela merkel, the chancellor, once again comes under pressure. if it turns out that it was actually the guy from tunisia, and he came in as a refugee, it will certainly not help her with her position. on the other hand, i think most people in germany have already decided which

it is creating a certain amount of concern here in germany.e commenting that this will become a political story because of the possibility that the person behind this attack may have come into germany as an asylum seeker or refugee. i have seen others pointing out that germany's acting in a way, perhaps markedly different to how other countries have reacted to terrorist attacks. what is your reading of that? i think both are true to a certain extent. on the one hand,it true to a certain extent. on the one hand, it is a political story, there are hand, it is a political story, there a re lots of hand, it is a political story, there are lots of questions around the way the investigation is being handled and the background of this particular suspect for example the fa ct particular suspect for example the fact that he is a rejected asylum seeker. but for legal reasons was allowed to stay temporarily. there area allowed to stay temporarily. there are a lot of people in that situation, it's satisfactory situation, it's satisfactory situation for th

that numberjust in germany.e is too much focus on the threat of a massive big scale attack and not enough on these relatively low level, low—tech arbitrary attacks which can cause just as much terror? when there is an individual willie to keel and being killed in the process it is very difficult to stop. —— willing to keel. what is interest the about anis amri is he wa nted interest the about anis amri is he wanted to survive the attack, he fled the scene. that to me shows he wa nted fled the scene. that to me shows he wanted to survive and build some sort of status with isis as he got credit with the attack. it was necessarily a help or it is not necessarily a help or it is not necessarily help when police get information from the public that is misleading which may have happened after this attack was make the pakistani that was detained allowed any summary to have a head start. they were hoping he makes a mistake when he thinks the heat is off of him. we do not know yet why or whether he took advantage of this

this is a race against time in germany right now. also concern that other members of this network still at large could themselves be security risks in germany in the hours ahead. and concern that this is somebody that may well have been in touch with isis in some way because he would have had plenty of opportunity to connect with the group given his radical contacts inside germany. >> da veed, you've been very careful to instruct it's a different dynamic in europe than back here in the u.s. where we are sensitive to the one-off, the lone wolf. you keep pointing out that the analysis in germany is necessarily having an eye on this being part of a broader plan, especially around the holidays. why are you thinking that and what do you see here that is suggestive? >> well, a few things. first of all, the networks in europe are just much more robust. i think paul did a good job of articulating a lot of concerns that investigators have at this moment. if you think about the cell that carried out the attacks in paris late last year and brus

he spoke several times about committing attacks in germany. german officials today issuing a formal arrest warrant for europe's most wanted man. as new evidence points to the 24-year-old tunisian as the man behind the wheel of the truck. >> translator: we were able to find fingerprints outside of the door of the truck and inside and our investigation make us assume that anis amri did drive the truck. >> reporter: a desperate manhunt for amri and possibly even more suspects has led investigators on raids across germany as far north as coastal denmark. intelligence revelations increasing the political pressure on angela merkel, germany now joining france and belgium whose intelligence services failed to stop known security risks from carrying out attacks. this as we're learning more about the suspect. in an a. radio interview, amri's father said it has been years since he's seen his son. >> it's been about seven years since he left home. i have not spoken to him directly for that long. >> reporter: but he revealed his son was in prison in 2011 a

other parts of germany. still heard nothing from authorities as to whether found him or anyone else in relation to that. but that was a good break yesterday when they announced they had found the documents in the truck that crashed into the market over my shoulder, killing at least a dozen people. have found those documents, links to tunisian man and going from that. he was released in august. how? he had been facing a deportation order and because authorities could not fully identify him by the name to deport him, had to release him. believe it or not. that's where it stands right now john. >> now that the suspect is known to be been a faired asylum seeker clearly has political ramifications for angela merkel. >> reporter: absolutely does and joining me is dominick thomas. like to talk to him about this. you're a professor of french and francophone studies at ucla and visiting humboldt university here. the political ramifications we saw a bit last night. the far right group here that will be campaigning in

the same professionalism has been observed throughout germany. the police force has reacted very well and quickly, and that is how we were able to identify the situation quickly. we were able to understand excellentd we had media support. this is good. and this is what we expect. think something that is very understanding what is going on there, in the field. peopleanding what the whwho are suffering arare experiencing. shortly we will be going to the remembered spare this will be a time to come together. we will have a church service, speeches on this occasion. evening, after 6:00, there will be expressions of solidarity. have not seen since previous attacks. gate has beenrg lit with the colors of the flags of the countries that have been attacked, but this time the betweenurg gate will be the countries of germany. i wouldnd gentlemen, like to simply say that the situation is very trying, and that we will continue to work solidly. but i would like to underline, berlin is only possible when its citizens from all religions, all works of life work

does that mean that he had a support network in germany? in milan that they are still investigating? really significant issues that we need a nswe rs significant issues that we need a nswers to. significant issues that we need answers to. one thing to leave you with, which i thought was fascinating, towards the end of the press co nfe re nce , fascinating, towards the end of the press conference, the ministry of interior in germany admitted, they essentially told us about the scale of the problem that faces them. they talked about 330 relevant people, essentially people they suspect of having either terrorist sympathies or being involved in terrorism, present in the country, on their radar, needing surveillance. those are significant numbers they put in front of us today. thank you very much indeed. a fast—moving scene this morning. just to recap for you, we started with a press conference from the italian interior ministry, confirming that the chief suspect in the berlin christmas market attack, anis amri, has been killed in a shoot out wi

germany has a police present. what measures were in place and what measures are within the city of berlin, munich and the different cities in germany. to be able to prevent the truck, the attacker, the gun from firing into that crowd. to prevent it from actually happening. that's where the biggest layer is missing throughout europe. we can't protect everybody. but there's a great deal of resources that get spent to make sure we reduce risk. what's being done? are we not getting it done because of the political correctness? >> i want to bring julia in on that. aaron said that there was a warning. it was the follow-up. and maybe there was a problem in germany to secure these places from a law enforcement issue. >> i mean, there was. -- that's where -- high risk -- attacks that -- i think what we need to do -- >> i'm sorry, julia. we still have problems. we might leave it there with julia. two tries. we will try and get back to you, maybe later on. obviously, aaron. we have word from the owner of the truck company, t

germany has been so welcoming of refugees. you know, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. germany not involved in the fight against isis, at least directly inside syria. so why, then, would isis want to attack germany? >> well, it's not particularly to do with germany, as the point michael was making, they want to create, they want to foment this idea of a big war between islam and the west. and germany goes against that narrative by saying, we welcome muslims, we welcome refugees. and that really doesn't work with the isis narrative. they need the narrative to be us against them. and so if they can take down a

linda: they were listening last march when the interior minister of north germany -- of germany travelednorth africa and apparently they agreed that such deportations would occur in a much more expeditious and efficient manner than they had before that. in addition, germany has a security agreement with tunisia whereby it provides tunisia with material, support for training security to -- and also for supporting the administration of complicated matters like repatriation. both of those reasons, germany does feel it has leverage to demand tunisia now deliver on its promise to get such repatriation cases processed more quickly. the fact is there were two attempts to deport him from italy and germany. both failed because he was lacking the proper papers and passport. tunisia did deliver papers for him, but too late, this week. brian: that will be part of the -- the investigation expanding this week. angela merkel is ordering a comprehensive investigation. what can we expect? linda: over 100 officials are working on reconstructcting this case exactly to find out where were their gaps? how is

the mood is shifting in germany. major political parties all seem to agree for the need for quicker security -- rather, better security and quicker deportation for failed asylum-seekers. but there's still plenty disagreement as to how to best prevent attacks like this in the future. reporter: security measures in brlin have been stepped up. at christmas markets you can now see concrete barriers and an increased police presence. what this is still not enough for the conservatives in germany. they are demanding a rework of immigration and security policies. >> unfortunately, we cannot agree on everything having to do with the transit centers and they have not yet signed off. it is also very important we include tunisia, algeria and morocco in the list of safe countries of origin. reporter: the social democrats agree. but on other points they are accusing the current government of being too slow. >> of course we will be discussing how we should react to this attack. we will intensify deportation measures. reporter: anot

." ♪ >>> here in germany authorities are hunting for the person who drove a truck into a crowded christmasarket. the man police arrested near the scene on monday night was later released for lack of evidence. isis claims a soldier of the islamic state carried out the attack. chancellor angela merkel joined thousands of mourners honoring the 12 people killed here. police are urging berliners to be alert. >> translator: it is possible that there is still a dangerous perpetrator on the run, and of course people are worried. i believe people who live in this city should be vigilant. >> reporter: fred pleitgen now has details so far of the investigation. >> reporter: a massive manhunt under way across germany after the horrific truck attack on a christmas market in the heart of berlin. isis now claiming to have inspired the attack. the suspect or suspects still at large and armed and considered dangerous, as investigators release the man arrested after the attack. captured on cellphone video, the immediate aftermath of the attack that left 12 dead and more than 45 injured. a truck with polish r

it is sort ofa found his way to germany. litany of failure, not least because the germans picked up the wrong guy on monday. although it has to be said the italians are fairly proud of themselves, and obviously with good reason, having caught the fellow. and he shot one of the policemen, and the italian minister has said that italians will be able to have a happy holiday and all italian should be proud of him, fair enough. on the daily express, eu's borders, nigel farage saying the passport free zone helps terrorists launch attacks. there is the option of closing borders. yes, but i think you have to envisage a pretty major emergency to roll back your‘s progress in creating an environment of open borders, after an attack carried out by one man driving a truck, awful as it was. and i think this is a big challenge, isn't it, for politicians across europe, is to retain a sense of proportionality about these kinds of incidents. it is very interesting to see how germans have handled this. angela merkel took 12 hours before she ca

germany just lacks that kind of tradition. there's been a lot of calls to toughen the rules on video monitoring since the terrorist attacks that we saw over the summer, and those calls will now, i think, intensify, and of course we'll see a bit of a political backlash now against angela merkel and her refugee policy. i think that's now going to creep back to the top of the political agenda after being in abeyance for a few months and she'll have a lot of explaining to do. but it's early days. we don't know if this was carried out by a refugee or something or perhaps it was someone who was born and grew up in germany. who knows? at this stage it's too early to tell. >> reporter: well, isis claimed responsibility, but they provided no evidence, have they, that this was a soldier of oh isis or directed by isis or just inspired by isis. so they could just be being opportunistic on this one. >> right, and there's no so far video confession. normally when isis claim responsibility, they also release a video that shows the terrorist

before moving to germany. presumably had a number of contact there who could help him, as well. does not seem to be an intelligence-led shootout. they just got lucky, it seems that routine patrol last night that he decided instead of handing his identity papers over to go off in a blaze of glory by attacking italian police. fortunately, the italian police were able to return fire and to take him out. this removes the threat from

he was free to move away germany —— around germany.s free to move away germany —— around germany. i just want to he was free to move away germany —— around germany. ijust want to pull back and talk about what we're dealing with. the last leaders, so—called islamic state have released a video of people burning to death turkish soldiers. border guards. people who have not shot and killed anybody in their lives. they are in uniform, but that is not the point. they have shown these people being burned alive as thejordanian pilot was. i've not seen the video, just the report. it is a 20 minute video showing the intense pain and suffering with them being burnt alive in gruesome detail. that is what you are dealing with here. that is the mentality, cruelty and barbarity of this organisation which has no place in the middle east or in our lives. thank you. our security correspondent. a reminder that of our threat to europe. in malta, the media are reporting that an airliner has been hijacked and diverted to malta where it landed. multi's prime

germany is our home. we love germany, we want to live here.lin is our city, and we won't allow our life to be threatened. it is still not known who crashed this lorry, or where they are. this was the immediate aftermath. 12 people were killed, dozens more injured, when the christmas market was attacked on monday evening. fabrizia di lorenzo's family in italy fear she may be one of those who died. the lorry itself is key to the investigation. it appears it was hijacked. it's owned by a polish man. he said his cousin, lukasz urban, should have been at the wheel. he was found shot dead in the passenger seat. police had arrested a man from pakistan who came to germany to seek asylum earlier this year. he was released without charge. the so—called islamic state group claimed the attack, but the person or people behind it are still at large. the director of the bnd, the german security service, warned only two or three weeks‘ ago that the christmas markets would be a likely target, and it was necessary to be vigilant, so it wasn't as if they hadn't

germany hosts around 1500 christmas markets every year.se mayhem and cause problems at this time of year. just to reiterate once again for those of you joining us and getting this breaking news and it is that a lorry has left the road in a busy pa rt lorry has left the road in a busy part of west berlin, deliberately leaving the road, ploughing into a very busy christmas market by the side of the road. nine people have been killed so far. at least 50 have been killed so far. at least 50 have been injured. eyewitnesses suggesting that this vehicle was travelling at something like a0 miles per hour. there were two people, we think inside the cab. one man made off on foot, who has now been arrested according to german police, who are speaking to local media. the other person who was inside the vehicle at the time, he a p pa re ntly inside the vehicle at the time, he apparently has died at the scene. these are the latest pictures that we have from berlin. it is extraordinary how i and seeing how many people are saying that they are fine and we

a reporter for the huffing torn post, germany. take a quick break and be right back. >> that's going wrap up my hour here on msnbc. i will turn it over to katie turr. >> i'm in for steve and we are continuing to watch the breaking news out of germany along with breaking news out of turkey. in germany, nine dead after a truck slams into a busy christmas market. we are also following breaking news out of turkey. turkey's ambassador assassinated on chilling video. we begin with the breaking news out of perl in. as many as 50 injuries after a truck plowed into a crowd. the co

and i think we're going to see this here in germany. one of the things that we learned here in the united states since 9/11 is that, when you get good information sharing between local, state and federal intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies, is the best way to protect the homeland. >> that you're more likely to catch someone there. i wonder, as a cia officer for many years, can you take us behind the scenes a little bit. just how difficult it is to track and to keep an eye on potential attackers. >> the volume of information that our intelligence services have to manage is vast. and we have -- if people knew the size of our actual intelligence agencies, they would be pretty shocked at how small it is and how they really do punch above their weight. then, when you deal with a permissive environment like europe where it's easy to move back and force across international boundaries, that further complicates the effort. what's going on right now is that our intelligence agencies are working as closely as we can with the german