aftermath of sunday's elections i want to turn now to the kettle on the government's representative to germany marie it's good to have you on the show and i want to have you know when asked about these election results the far right vox party it's basically doubled its seat numbers in. parliament they are against kettle on independence so that must mean a huge loss for your calls where we see on one hand that say that honest party collapsed basically to 10 seats and i'm boxed party gained a lot of seats so that's like a parallel movement and of course i think it's frightening for all of us not only for the cattleman's to see a far right frankly as party group or send it in as a 3rd force in the democratic column and in spain and europe in country and 21st century a party that is against women's rights and against. all rights it's against all these things we think it should be normal in those days and and that's the concern of us not only as a cattleman's about. the progress of spaniards many of the. former government leaders are either in spanish prisons or they're in exile outside of the country i'

germany efficiently without them. it will take time and they expect here in west berlin a lot of east berliners to come across. mary alice: how concerned is the government of west berlin about the economic ramifications on west germany for taking all of these refugees in? martin: it is interesting. because most of the refugees so far who have come across have been young and semiskilled or skilled and had been a great boost to the west german workforce. at the same time there is a major housing shortage in west germany and the refugees have added to that. so there has been some competition among those in west germany looking for homes and the refugees. but there has been a lot of goodwill towards absorbing the east germans. mary alice: are there suggestions in the west german government for east germans to stay there, to work within their system and watch the democracy movement grow there rather than emigrating to the west? martin: well yeah, there's a major irony here. for years the east germans have been calling on the west german government. but now they are coming in such large numbers that the west germans are

mary alice: thank you, artin. east germany's extraordinary actions have ramifications, not only for the political stability of germany, but nato, the defense problems of america. all of the is no doubt, will be talking points at the bush-gorbachev summit next month. i'm mary alice williams in new york. tonight on abc news, tom brokaw will be reporting from west berlin. >> the tonight show with johnny carson and late night with david letterman will be seen in their entirety following this nbc news pecial report. [cheering]>> east berlin tonight. tens of thousands of germans pouring through the berlin wall which opened today. not waiting for special visas or daybreak. they are still coming. >> this is an nbc special report. this is garrick utley. garrick: berlin, you are looking at a live picture of the berlin wall, shortly before the dawn of a new day, a day that will see this order open to all in east germany. this is 5:30 a.m. berlin time. these crowds, mostly young people have been there all night elebrating the opening of the

mary alice: thank you, martin. there are extraordinary ramifications, not only for the political stability of germany, defense problems of america. all of the is no doubt, will be talking points at the bush-gorbachev summit next month. i am mary alice. alice williams. tonight on abc news, tom brokaw will be reporting from west berlin. >> the tonight show with johnny carson and late night with david letterman will be seen in their entirety following this nbc news special report. [cheering] tonight.erlin of germansusands pouring into westworld in. not waiting for special visas or daybreak. they are still coming. >> this is an nbc special report. this is garrick utley. rick: shortly before the dawn of a new day, a day that will in this order open to all east germany. this is 5:30 a.m. berlin time. these crowds have been up all night, celebrating the opening theof the wall, welcoming tens of thousands of east germans coming across to the west. good evening. we are truly privileged tonight. we are eyewitnesses to history. who on either side of the berlin wall or in this country would have believed this morning this day wou

mary alice williams. >> astonishing events today unfolding in east germany. the berlin wall that separated east and west and shaped the politics of a generation is no longer a barrier to freedom. the east german government in a , in a surprise announcement today, said its borders to the west would be open, its people given the right to travel freely anywhere they want for as long as they want. for the first time since the berlin wall was erected in 1961. with us now from san antonio, is the west german ambassador. thank you for being with us, mr. ambassador. your reaction to these amazing events. >> it is a pleasure to be with you. i think it is breathtaking events for us. i have not heard the details yet on how this new permission to travel from gdr, from east germany to west germany, is going to be shaped, but i think it has been a demand from the east germans, as well as from our side, for a long time that there will be an opportunity to travel freely from east germany to west germany. and if that comes about, i think this is going to be a very important a

at euro 2020 their 1st ever fall off occasion for a major tournament germany are also hoping to go through later on saturday. i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. sri lankans have been going to the polls to elect a new president a record number of 35 candidates are on the ballot box it's expected to be a tight race between the 2 frontrunners former defense secretary and go to by average apoc son who oversaw the defeat of tamil separatists 10 years ago is facing the government minister and. the poll is being monitored by thousands of election observers including dozens from think european union. wall is in the street like in capital colombo she sent us this look at the choices facing sri lankans and a painful legacy of this election is trying to heal. sri lanka today void sport it's a precedent and bordered on our show is already pretty impressive which is expected in this island nation which records height on now is amongst the highest in south asia 16000000 people ought to legible toward in this election and they have their work cut out for them to $85.00 candidates are whining for their board the bal

resolution or when there's been some advancement in your court case marie culprits the kettle on government representative to germany ri thank you very much thank you very much to you. or when you think of an animal that can offer a human emotional support what usually comes to mind dogs cats maybe or probably not a pig lilu is what is called i guess a therapy pig gave sensitive swine she's part of a program that brings trade therapy animals to the airport so that spirits and to ease travel anxiety. it's just another day of work. she's part of san francisco international airport swag brigade she's not catching any flights but a person smiling to help stressed out the past and just relax. people are very happy to get distracted from the travel from their routine whether they're flying to on their journey or location or work by everybody is usually very happy. i did scenes it's not to load a whole bush there's no lipstick on this pig. just perhaps a touch of nail polish. and people seem to enjoy it. i've never seen one here so it's interesting that it's fun i got really excited are you just a person a program they emp

germany, kind of the same issues we see today. that was all happening quickly. host: this is mary out of batesville, arkansas. good morning. ller: hi. in 1974, i was with the uso and we were in germany for about a month because there were so many [indiscernible]over there. we got to ride the duty train through east germany to berlin and we were told not to look out the window because they will shoot you. you're not supposed to look at the guards when we stopped at the train, all of the different stations, but of course we did. it was quite -- i have a lot of pictures and i often think about that. i get them out and look at it, because it was so, so awful. it was awful. i enjoyed my time there. chic. was so tray they had discos, the fashion sector, and it was across the place.his bleak, cold and across the wall, it was this bleak, cold place. host: our next caller. caller: thank you for taking my call. my family was in the service and down,and when it all came yeah, it was surreal in a sense, but it was also kind of expected. .t the lower level it was started over in poland really, and the way it spread and, believe it or no

with foreign fighters we heard at the beginning of this newscast mari in your reporting of the repatriation of several persons to germany there are a number of countries that are looking at trying to repatriate their foreign fighters and certainly this is something that the u.s. itself is grappling with especially given the report that there might be one person of jordanian ancestry but who is a u.s. national who may be on his way back to the u.s. possibly for prosecution thank you for now from washington rosen enjoy it in. investigation in the 2014 downing of a malaysia airlines flight has found evidence that strongly connects russia to ukrainian fighters in the east the plane was shot down of eastern ukraine killing all 298 people on board investigators released phone call recordings they say between separatist fighters and high ranking russian officials in the weeks leading up to the attack or more yorkers who got it who of your crew we. will look at remember who you are to make sure your kid you know not your lucid up reward you just for them which is so who is it real quick will ever come in europe with you good lu

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key elements of my trip to germany's northeast i want to discover sheilds and a world heritage city and the baltic island of luton. to get a little overview of i'm at st mary's church it's considered a masterpiece of late gothic architecture and boasts a tower that gives me a perfect view of the city. here in charlotte and i'm going to admire an amazing viking treasure and a local delicacies i'm also really looking forward to exploring the island of in the low season when it's not so overrun with tourists and. besides that we'll show you what delusions famous shock is used for. our female of the week takes us to a popular festival and colombia. and our globe trotter will show us the winter sports paradise around davos in switzerland. charles and was founded in $1234.00 and was a member of the mediæval trading alliance the hanzi attic league it's now symbolized by the magnificent brick gothic architecture built at the time it's also why shawls and was declared a unesco world heritage site in 2002. and the port you'll find a real eye catcher the gores fuck a former training sailing boat built in 1933 and these planks could top the captain's cabin has seen germ

. >> reporter: marie yovanovitch, daughter of immigrants who fled the former soviet union and nazi germany, serving tours as ambassador in some of the world's most dangerous places and known as an anti-corruption advocate, arrived in ukraine in 2016 and was fired this year with no explanation. >> it was -- it was a terrible moment. a person who saw me actually reading the transcript said that the color drained from my face. i think i even had a physical reaction. i think -- even now words confound me. >> reporter: the former ambassador to ukraine testified to a concerted smear campaign led by the white house and trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani. after she raised concerns of a, quote, irregular back channel effort to dig up dirt on trump's political rivals. >> it was shocked and devastated that i would feature in a phone call between two heads of states. >> reporter: then in realtime, an unprecedented moment during this impeachment hearing. president trump takes a jab at yovanovitch's reputation tweeting, everywhere marie yovanovitch went turned bad. she started off in somalia, how

mary? i'm willem marx in london. daimler shares veer off road and drag the auto sector lower negatively impacting earnings over the next two years. down turn avoided germany dodges a technical recession as the gdp rises by 0.1%. ricardo rakes it in. helping the luxury group burbery grow and missing estimates in october as cnbc learns trade talks with the u.s. has hit a snag and learning that canceling tariffs is an important preseason. >> good morning and welcome to the show daimler has warned earnings in 2020 and 2021 will be negatively impacted by cost cutting plans a new strategy to stream line business and improve efficiency. it needs to, quote, significantly increase its financial strength at mercedes benz it plans to cut workers. daimler is down 3.3% volkswagen down, bmw down 0.1% in france, renault down almost two-thirds a percent and ferrari also performing negatively why do you think daimler is doing this >> looking around, all of the shares, they are all facing a lot of challenges. i don't think it is anything specific to daimler. i think they are all facing global trade uncertainty and steel factories where they might be underusing their capaci

right-wing radicalism as refugees continued to stream into germany, kind of the same issues we see today. that was all happening quickly. >> this is mary out of batesville, arkansas. good morning. >> hi. in 1974, i was with the uso and we were in germany for about a month because there were so many bases over there. we got to ride the duty train through east germany to berlin and we were told not to look out the window because they will shoot you. you're not supposed to look at the guards when we stopped at the train, all of the different stations, but of course we did. it was quite i have a lot of pictures and i often think about that. i get them out and look at it, because it was so, so awful. it was awful. i enjoyed my time there. berlin was so tray chic. they had discos, the fashion sector, and it was across the wall, this bleak, cold place. and across the wall, it was this bleak, cold place. >> our next caller. >> thank you for taking my call. my family was in the service and army, and when it all came down, yeah, it was surreal in a sense, but it was also kind of expected. at the lower level. it was started over in poland really,

germany, kind of the same issues we see today. that was all happening quickly. host: this is mary out of batesville, arkansas. good morning. ller: hi. in 1974, i was with the uso and we were in germany for about a month because there were so many [indiscernible]over there. we got to ride the duty train through east germany to berlin and we were told not to look out the window because they will shoot you. you're not supposed to look at the guards when we stopped at the train, all of the different stations, but of course we did. it was quite -- i have a lot of pictures and i often think about that. i get them out and look at it, because it was so, so awful. it was awful. i enjoyed my time there. chic. was so tray they had discos, the fashion sector, and it was across the place.his bleak, cold and across the wall, it was this bleak, cold place. host: our next caller. caller: thank you for taking my call. my family was in the service and down,and when it all came yeah, it was surreal in a sense, but it was also kind of expected. .t the lower level it was started over in poland really, and the way it spread and, believe it or no