[ bleep ], i'm smoking, i got have a [ bleep ] cigarette, or i'm gonna [ bleep ] -- >> heiko, heiko -- you need to be ready. >> your frustration must be pretty -- >> frustration was immense. >> if he's not calm, then our hostage takers aren't going to be calm. so oftentimes i would have to tell heiko to, you know, be quiet, let the hostage taker speak and then we would have a chance to respond. >> reporter: and then what? how long before they tired of the game and killed the two great loves of his life? >> i've worked these cases that will last years instead of months. >> and i was thinking, "no, i'm not making it for years. i mean, there is no way." >> reporter: heiko didn't have to wait that long. three months after gerfa and kevin were taken, there was a very different phone call. and for heiko it was terrifying. >> coming up -- >> she called me really, really sad and crying. >> i felt her dark place, being a mother myself. and it was awful. >> when "dateline" continues. a. on the face of a flower girl? the hand of a ranch hand? the knee of a needle pointer? prescription eucrisa is

the italian coast guard in a wide ranging speech on european union policy germany's foreign minister heiko moss has been discussing europe's differences over migration policy. we must men's the rift that has appeared within our union in recent years this applies to the rift between north and south as well as to the rift between east and west. this must be our german offer to europe. we want to overcome differences. we want to be a guarantee of europe's an inner unity and string first of it so that europe can better fulfill the europeans hopes and the world's expectations. i hope must deliver that speech of the post bob. because from the top in the form the mark is that welcome been talking to the german foreign minister the key points . well i painted a picture of europe which is under threat by populism nationalism chauvinism and a triumph particularly and his answer was europe has to act united europe united a great europe a big europe which let's not itself be tied it from the outside and from within that should be any divisions between north and south or east and west and that would be

tensions like that they've been mending over recent months and we now have a new foreign minister heiko mossies he's expressed a very sort of pro israel view and and so i think relations are are improving but undoubtedly you've got tension and and you're going to see that continue particularly on iran because that's a fundamental point salmaniya as ever thank you. jordan's prime minister has resigned his departure follows days of widespread protests which is true thousands of people onto the streets demonstrators want to the prime minister to go because of his government's planned tax increases which have been backed by the international monetary fund these are the largest process the only stable country has seen in recent days the king has now asked former world bank economist omar was that too full and you couldn't. get out of his is here now and it's a day getting ready for a new political era with potentially dangerous economic consequences that's right the country's government was finally sworn in on friday ending months of political uncertainty and the threat of a repeat election

let's get more now on that statement from germany's foreign minister heiko moss we're joined here in the studio by our chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome to you melinda what exactly does he mean here is the transatlantic alliance of course one of the world's strongest alliances not strong enough to withstand some tweets from donald trump well in fact he said quite literally a bit later on in that speech that the actions we've seen president trump take over the past year meaning leaving the paris climate treaty renouncing the iraq agreement with the u.s. close allies the recent retraction of the u.s. agreement to the final statement at the g seven seven summit last weekend the direct criticisms of long term partners and allies that all of that adds up to what he called a convulsion with repercussions that will go beyond the trump presidency and he basically is saying that all of these actions are undermining the multilateral rules based order the very principle of the idea that the problems in the world the challenges can only be met by concerted action amongst countr

well the german foreign minister is over in new york and he's been talking about exactly this issue heiko months of course. the key issue that he says the reason for voting for germany why one so many votes he says the council has become increasingly deadlocked and he says it's the job of the elected members like germany is now to build bridges between these great palace and. deadlock is this key word that comes up time and time again at the u.n. security council because when it comes to the crunch the top body in world affairs has been unable to act on global crises and this always boils down to the core interests of these veto wielding big permanent members typically the u.s. russia and china and when it comes to one of their core interests it might be israel for example for the united states the u.s. always seems to be willing to call states veto and stop any action against them and likewise russia extends the same courtesy to its allies for example president bashar al assad of syria and so the role that germany sees itself as playing the role of the nonpermanent member is that perhaps

german foreign minister heiko must welcome the results. we want to be a perceptible voice for peace in the security council. but above all for the future of a multilateral world order under the rule be stolen. if. we want to live up to the responsibility that comes with it. we want to make a contribution to results conflicts and not even to a low crises to emerge. let's come on let's get more from the data because from a cousin in washington welcome constant. this is a two year what will germany need to do during this time. when germany was definitely try hard to make this institution the united nations work as germany in general is always trying to work in mighty letter of frameworks germany believes in cooperating with others that might be partly due to the lessons of germany's history. in the past of recent germany on some try to force its bill by military force on other germans that this is not the right way to go ahead obviously but also it's an acceptance of the fact that germany alone is too weak to do anything or to to bring along

german foreign minister heiko must stress the importance of pash schools especially in times of waning democracy human rights and freedom of the press. he understood if that's what confidence in one's own abilities helps when it comes to fear to learn languages and to travel help against nationalism and isolation to open our eyes to other cultures and so realize our common humanity. minds of all money there. the passionate work also includes vocational schools in madrid the f e d n a is trying to reduce the high rate of local unemployment from thirty five percent a german training course for the hotel industry office graduates better career prospects. plans to study business information technology whether she then stays in germany depends on if she can find the right job. so robin this posh initiative is much more than just about german language classes in schools around the world oh absolutely yeah i mean when you learn a language i think you also massively get interested in where the language the country where the language comes from except in our language english because english is

two thousand and nineteen and will spend two years of diplomacies top table german foreign minister heikomosse said the country would be a voice for peace and rule based order. a fugitive suspected of raping and murdering a fourteen year old girl in the german town of the spot and has been arrested in iraq the man is a rejected asylum seeker who left to germany with his family last week he is now being held by kurdish authorities. austria's government says it's shutting down a number of mosques and expelling some in mom's chancellor sebastian courts said the country had no place for what he called parallel societies political islam and radical tendencies turkey has criticized the move as racist and islamophobia. if the us won't cooperate we will go it alone that is the message heading into the g. seven summit in canada where a trade war sparked by washington barbs on twitter and donald trump support for rush hour overshadowing talks it is six against one and trump is the self-styled outcast among allies i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. well we have a world to run added the g sev

two thousand and nineteen and will spend two years at diplomacy top table german foreign minister heikomosse said the country would be a voice for peace and rule based order. a fugitive suspected of raping and murdering a fourteen year old girl in the german town of v. spot and has been arrested in iraq the man is a rejected asylum seeker who left to germany with his family last week he is now being held by kurdish authorities. austria's government says it's shutting down a number of mosques and expelling some in mom's chancellor sebastian coe it's said the country had no place for what he called parallel societies political islam and radical tendencies turkey has criticized the move as racist and islamophobia. seven summit is underway in canada amid massive trade tension between the u.s. and its partners the summit looks increasingly like the last attempts to prevent a full blown trade war. also on the show top apple supplier foxconn says the u.s. china dispute is not about trade it's about technology. and an idea that could save the oceans we'll take a look at a project aimed at riddi

two thousand and nineteen and will spend two years of diplomacy is top table german foreign minister heiko mosse said the country would be a voice for peace and rule based order. the search for survivors of the devastating volcanic eruption in guatemala has been called off the country's disaster management agency says the four go volcano was liable to erupt again more than one hundred people have been confirmed dead with two hundred still missing. austria's government says it's shutting down a number of mosques and expelling some in mom's chancellor sebastian coe it's said the country had no place for what he called parallel societies political islam and radical tendencies turkey has criticized the move as racist and islamophobia. if the us won't cooperate we will go it alone that is the. a message heading into the g. seven summit in canada where a trade war sparked by washington barbs on twitter and donald trump support for rush hour overshadowing talks it is six against one and trump is the self-styled outcast among our allies i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. we have a world to