the party's leader in thuringia courted criticism when he dismissed burley‘s holocaust memorial is a is forming a coalition to govern the state. unclear which parties you may work with. 0ne parties you may work with. one thing is certain, no party is prepared to work with the far right. gareth barlow, bbc news. three people arrested after the discovery of 39 bodies in a refrigerated container lorry in the uk have been released on bail. the driver, maurice robinson, is due to appear in court on monday, charged with manslaughter. meanwhile, the families of those feared dead have been holding vigils and ceremonies back in vietnam. many are thought to have come from the village of yen thanh, from wherejonathan head reports. singing. a community overwhelmed by shock and despair. they haven't heard from sons and daughters who were en route to britain for days and they all fear the worst. earlier this year, le van ha left vietnam to seek his fortune in europe. since he left, his wife has given birth to their second child. he was the great hope of this family. the news from britain has left

one of germany's most controversial politicians likes to provoke for example speaking of the holocaust memorial in berlin that pays tribute to the 6000000 jews murdered by the nazis you notice that germans are people that is the only people in the world to plant a monument of shame in the heart of the capital which. should offer. her. language and that of other d. politicians and officials he is full of a cabaret that's very very similar to that of the nazis thus. the confusingly similar in that some forex in. the former history teacher deliberately stirs up resentment of immigrants and is i'm sorry when they deal except that thousands of their children experience school as a place of fear every day because migrants much ohs who bully and torture and beat them much create them. within the far right populist a.f.d. the so-called flugel a movement that the german office for the production of the constitution has classified as extremist he's comfortable marching alongside well known right wing militants. some people in the small eastern german town don't seem bothered that her openly racist. i mea

a scandalous way to conduct politics and it has to be stopped 2 years ago perko called the holocaust memorialn berlin a memorial of shame and while he and his party do not condone violence against minority groups just across the state border is the city of halla where 2 people were shot dead outside a synagogue earlier this month police arrested a 27 year old suspect who admitted wanting to kill jews and other minority groups the f.t.c. condemned the attack but other mainstream politicians believe the party's rhetoric fuels extremism the christian democrats lead candidate here says he's received death threats is very timid right wing extremists demanded i stop my election campaign if i didn't comply they would stab me i'm saying let's leave no room for hate violent aggression and death threats the man polls suggest has the best chance of beating the far right here believes his own far left views other way ahead border on hama law has governed the ring year for the past 5 years he wants another 5. remains the party that understands east germany's needs best the issue is constantly being challe

a scandalous way to conduct politics and it has to be stopped 2 years ago perko called the holocaust memorial in berlin a memorial of shame and while he and his party do not condone violence against minority groups just across the state border is the city of halabja where 2 people were shot dead outside a synagogue earlier this month police arrested a 27 year old suspect who admitted wanting to kill jews and other minority groups the f.t.c. condemned the attack but other mainstream politicians believe the party's rhetoric fuels extremism the christian democrats lead candidate here says he's received death threats is very timid right wing extremists demanded i stop my election campaign if i didn't comply they would stab me i'm saying let's leave no room for hate violent aggression and death threats the man polls suggest has the best chance of beating the far right here believes his own far left views other way ahead border on hama law has governed the ring year for the past 5 years he wants another 5. remains the party that understands east germany's needs best the issue is constantly being ch

controversial politician in germany he has upset quiet of few people by for example labeling buildings holocaust memorial monument of shame recently a call to even rule that it's ok to call him a fascist so he's had has upset a lot of people politicians some researchers say that his rhetoric is contributing to an atmosphere of hate and political violence but apparently 25 percent of the voters either don't agree with that or it doesn't bother them are unemployed stay with us i want to bring include in our conversation rather michela krishna she is our chief political editor here mikaela good to have you here with us how big of a setback is this for chancellor on america i mean it's a bruising result for city you there can they come back from this. well that's a big question recently it's it is an absolute may just sit back take you for the top can sit there who really try it's to raise the profile of the conservative c.d.u. as a posse also standing in for the former east here in germany listening closely going out to talk to people as everybody did and that simply didn't work for the conservatives nobody

a scandalous way to conduct politics and it has to be stopped 2 years ago perko called the holocaust memorial in berlin a memorial of shame and while he and his party do not condone violence against minority groups just across the state border is the city of halabja where 2 people were shot dead outside a synagogue earlier this month police arrested a 27 year old suspect who admitted wanting to kill jews and other minority groups the f.t. condemned the attack but other mainstream politicians believe the party's rhetoric fuels extremism the christian democrats lead candidate here says he's received death threats to sort of right wing extremists demanded i stop my election campaign if i didn't comply they would stab me i'm saying let's leave no room for hate violent aggression and death threats the man polls suggest has the best chance of beating the far right here believes his own far left views other way ahead border on hama law has governed the ring year for the past 5 years he wants another 5. r.'s remains the party that understands east germany's needs best the issue is constantly being ch

one of germany's most controversial politicians likes to provoke for example speaking of the holocaust memorial in berlin that pays tribute to the 6000000 jews murdered by the nazis. germans people that is of the only people in the world to plant a monument of shame in the heart of their capital. of the language of. god other a.f.d. politicians and representatives is full of vocabulary that is very very similar to that of the nazis. see as they are in it's strikingly similar the former history teacher deliberately stirs up resentment of immigrants and is i'm sorry when people accept that thousands of their children experience school as a place of fear every day because migrants much ohs who bully and torture and beat them much was mocked. within the far right populist hokum leads to so-called flugel a movement that the german office for the protection of the constitution has classified as extremist he's comfortable marching alongside well known right wing extremists some people in the small eastern german town don't seem bothered by hookers provocative rhetoric. yes i mean i'd say he has said t

remarks upsetting a lot of people in germany one of them for example is he labeled the burden holocaust memorial and monument of shame as i said that has upset a lot of people politicians and also some researchers excuse be on the hook for contributing to hate speech to political violence but it barely every 4th voter in syria as easy as seen that differently or isn't bothered by its. reporting thank you so much for that update we'll talk to you in our next bulletin for now i want to remind our viewers of the top story that we're following for you as well this hour u.s. president donald trump has confirmed that the founder and leader of the so-called islamic state is dead trump said i will barker al baghdadi killed himself with an explosive suicide vest as american special forces stormed his hideout in northeastern syria. next up is there a magazine show your max your tweet of the news from berlin and more news coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can always get the latest headlines and information around the clock on the man by heading it to our website w dot com for now thank you

the party's leader in thuringia courted criticism when he dismissed berlin's holocaust memorial as aader bodo ramelo is forming a coalition to govern the state. it's unclear which parties die linke may work with. one thing is certain, no party is prepared to work with the far right. gareth barlow, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the lost renaissance painting sold for $26 million at auction, after years of hanging undiscovered above the stove in a french kitchen. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation". after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, thi

. >> james longman with us live tonight at the holocaust memorial in germany. and james, this gunman, sadly, using a similar tactic of other recent extremists who have tried to carry out these attacks and livestream the shooting? >> reporter: that's right, david. he posted a video of the attack online, but that's since been removed. and he had written about killing people he described as nonwhite, especially jews. but as bad as this attack was, it could have been a lot worse. his gun kept jamming. those makeshift bombs didn't really work. and thankfully, those synagogue doors remained closed. david? >> all right, james longman live in berlin tonight. thank you, james. >>> back here at home, to those two major storms we're following tonight. the coastal system about to slam the east, new york up to boston. the major snowstorm, more than a foot of snow in the middle of the country. and of course, there are fire dangers in the west, as well. meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. these are two significant storms, both

berlin since the attack definitely a more visible police presence i just poked by the holocaust holocaust memorial there are big trucks outside with very heavily armed policeman does that and women does the hat reassure you that they've gotten the message well it's you know this that they have to attack i had this urge to go to a synagogue which is something that rarely ever happens to me and just to to for the sake of solidarity i'm not a religious person but and then i was fast talking to my partner about it and he said are you crazy i told him actually that's the safest place to be right now so after the act yes. as you know it's better it's better than never but i can't say it's reassuring because i think it's not just about protecting each and every institution or religious you know or jewish somehow connected institution it's just about. making more of an effort of reach out hitting the core the roots of this problem and this is where it needs to start ellen according to the interior ministry there are some 24000 right wing extremists in germany at the moment of whom they say 50 percent are

been from the far right whose leader here is beyond her care a man who believes the national holocaust memorial shames his country and who strongly opposed to immigration and multi-culturalism and those messages helped him more than double his party's vote share the sun is rising above the east and soon we will let the sun shine above all of germany we have made the east blue and in just a few years we will be a people's party for the whole of germany. collectively the vote for the 2 political extremes is more than 50 percent at a time when many in the old communist east germany feel disillusioned with what 30 years in reunited germany has brought them for the christian democrats this is a blow whose effect was clearly acknowledged by its lead candidate here. for flooring in the democratic center this is a bitter result we fought for this democratic senator and this democratic senator did not get a majority all of which means finding a stable majority to govern this state for the next 5 years could be difficult one analyst believes the far left may try to govern alone maybe there's a lucian sho

whose leader here is beyond her care a man who believes the national holocaust memorial shames his country and who strongly opposed to immigration and multi-culturalism and those messages helped him more than double his party's vote share this sun is rising above the east and soon we will let the sun shine above all of germany we have made the east blue and in just a few years we will be a people's party for the whole of germany. collectively the vote for the 2 political extremes is more than 50 percent at a time when many in the old communist east germany feel disillusioned with what 30 years in reunited germany has brought them for the christian democrats this is a blow whose effect was clearly acknowledged by its lead candidate here. for flooring in the democratic center this is a bitter result we fought for this democratic senator in this democratic center did not get a majority all of which means finding a stable majority to govern this state for the next 5 years could be difficult one analyst believes the far left may try to govern alone but maybe there's a lucian should be a minorit

he was a research fellow at the united states holocaust memorial museum, working on his phd project onhe restitution of jewish property in germany. dealttest publication with the memorialization of the marker see, the history of democracy in museums and memorial sites across germany. i would like to welcome him. please. [applause] >> hello. can i move this up? it is nice to be back. thanks that you all came. thanks for this nice introduction. thanks to your team to host us here in this magnificent building. of reinventing a museum, i really understand what you have achieved here. congratulations. it's a deep honor we have anna on our advisory board. ralph isgrateful that with us. he is a real airlift veteran. i will introduce you shortly. is part of the weeign office of germany have to -- germany. we have a traveling exhibition on the berlin airlift. thanks to the foreign ministry for support of the events today and a traveling exhibition and the reception afterwards. also thanks to our closest partner in making this happen. the berlin airlift is a central part of our exhibition, are c

he was a research fellow at the united states holocaust memorial museum, working on his phd project on the restitution of jewish property in germany. his latest publication dealt with the memorialization of the -- of democracy, the history of democracy in museums and memorial sites across germany. without further ado, i would like to welcome him. please. [applause] >> hello. can i move this up? it is nice to be back. thanks that you all came. thanks for this nice introduction. thanks to your team to host us here in this magnificent building. being in charge of reinventing a museum, i really understand what you have achieved here. congratulations. it's a deep honor we have anna on our advisory board. she will be with us once we create our new museum. i'm very grateful that ralph is with us. he is a real airlift veteran. it is amazing to have you tonight. thank you for coming. i will introduce you shortly. our event today is part of the campaign of the foreign office of germany. we have also designed a traveling exhibition on the berlin airlift. seattle,ed through chicago, houston, atlan

against lake in 2013 the freedom from religion foundation objected to the star of david holocaust one - - memorial you can make an argument in favor of that proposition that there is no good influential argument to be made for quite want to emphasize as a matter of original understanding in a way or shape or form is the establishment clause is the star of david on public land. >> and now to suggest there are good many reasons that they are influenced by their christian convictions i have to say in many cases we don't know many did not leave papers. they were destroyed but what we do know as the term is defined we had a very good reason to believe that many were christian. and i have argued as well america's founders were influenced by christian ideas like original sin, the understanding of liberty i actually appreciate mister seidel's point i never claimed they are uniquely christian principles i could see people from other religions can embrace those religions but i could go to quaker school for one can be a pacifist are all sorts of reasons but if you look at my colleagues that would suggest the

now open at the museum of jewish heritage a living memorial to the holocaust. ♪ for exhibition ticketsit auschwitz.nyc. [applause] [silence] let me begin by thanking museum of jew picture heritage for hosting this ping important conversation. thanks to the books coauthors thanks to mary beak who helped organize this event and many thanks. thank you first of all to dr. irene you heard enthusiasm of my response to the book that was read aloud before so i don't again but i will say it is extraordinary book extraordinary in part simply because it tells story of the holocaust over and again every time you read it that may come as a shock. but also extraordinary because it is a transforms that is describes irene went from her original experiences as a small child in germany through the many painful experiences of the war and then on to a life afterwards. it is very encompassing and humane. i think it is a very, very important book so i'm honored to be here with you. >> thank you very much. >> why don't we begin with a quick description of soft what happened and where you were and where you w

i'm the director of programming and engagement at the museum of heritage a living memorial to the holocaust. a little bit about this institution before we go into the program. this is the third largest holocaust museum in the world offering a range of rigorous and engaging exhibitions, programs and resources. in the world of rising intolerance, anti-semitism and holocaust denials we are

background sounds] ♪ ♪ not long ago, not far away that the museum of jewish heritage and living memorial to the holocaustr exhibition tickets visit our punishment . nyc. [background sounds] >> let me begin by thank you for hosting and support conversation and thinks to the books co-authors and snakes to marry this big, who helped or to organize this if it in monday snakes to media. i think most of not to doctor irene. you heard the enthusiasm of my response to the book which is read. i will read it aloud again. but it will say that it is an extraordinary book. it tells the story of the holocaust over again & that you read it it becomes a shock. but also extraordinary because is a transformation and it describes irene is she went from her original experience is a small child in germany through the mary knee painfully spaces of war and a live afterwards. it is very encompassing and very humane and i think it's a very important book. so i am honored to be here with you. >> thank you very much. >> what would begin giving a quick description of what happened and where you were and where you went. >> summit bo

want to welcome everyone director of programs engagement at the music of heritage a living memorial to the holocausta little bit about this institution before we go into the program, this is the third it large pest holocaust museum in the world. offering range of rigorous engaging exhibitions program and resources. in a world of rising

memorial. it is no less impactful than the holocaust museum, yad vashem in israel, than the 9/11 museum. wish it was a rite of citizenship for all people to visit the memorial. having established that, jason, your take on the invocation of this powerful word in our national discourse today. >> well, first, brian, the reason this can happen so glibly on the part of this president is the lack of history most americans understand. lynching is still seen as this terrible thing that occasional the klan did. things happened around the country until they watch on sunday, most americans don't realize that acts of terror on the part of white democrats, white citizens, police officers in the army were standard in this country for over a century after the end of the civil war. if there was even the slightest inkling of understanding on the part of the average american about how pervasive lynching was, how violent it was, the women who were raped and then lynched, the children who were lynched, the men who's body parts were cut and stuffed in their mouths and lynched, you would never have a president

holocaust. my mom particularly was totally traumatized. i grew up knowing all the horror stories.>> reporter: she still is so shaken by the memories she cannotin the room when marty recalls much of this history. >>> but this audience of vacaville employees is riveted. >>> it is bigger than yourself. the goal for this is to get our managers and supervisors to think about the residents we serve. the employees that are part of their team. and how the decisions they make affect them.>> reporter: for marty such takeaways are his motivation. >>> positive messages about character ethics and doing the right thing. respecting all sorts of people.>> reporter: for sharing the story during the holocaust and inspiring others to make a positive difference this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to marty brownstein. >>> marty will be speaking on the east coast sharing the story with audiences they are. you can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online. kpix.com/hero. >>> the bay area school struggling to keep students flowing through its halls. the multiparty problem that is shutting it down. >>> a peer of earthquakes rattling nerves t

margaret hodge mp, that referred her to a video on youtube, the video said she trivialised the memory of the holocaust reach a conclusion based on those fresh allegations made against him. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide, and see what's happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to amanda parr in bristol for us this afternoon and can tell us more about a new initiative to help people with mobility issues enjoy the beautiful cotswolds. yes, that is right. we sent our director, jonathan, out to test a brand—new eight mile accessible route in an all—terrain mobility scooter. we got him to make a film forest. his talents reach further than even we, his colleagues, realised. he is laughing in my earpiece as we speak now. i think he feels rather more at home sitting at the controls in the gallery. it is up the controls in the gallery. it is up to me, i think, to embarrass him with some pictures of him in action and tell you what he has been up to. he has been exploring the area around sudeley castle. very beautiful terrain and he has been trying

up in the shadow of the holocaust meeting my mom particularly was totally traumatized and so i grew up knowing the horror stories. >> reporter: leah is so shaken by those memoriesnd can't be in the room when he recalls much of the history. this audience of vacaville employees is riveted. >> it is bigger than just yourself and the goal of this is to think about the residents we serve and the employees that are part of their team and how the decision they make affect them. >> such takeaways are his motivation. >> character, ethics, doing the right thing and respecting all sorts of people. >> reporter: for sharing the stories and inspiring others to make a positive difference, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to go marty brownstein. >> you can nominate your own local hero at www.kpix.com /hero. we will be right back. at hertz, we know that a change of scenery shouldn't mean a change in standards. that's why - thanks to you - we're rated number one in customer satisfaction by j.d. power. >>> it is time for a look at this morning's top stories . >>> a ceremony will mark 28 years since a deadly firestorm in the oakland hills. the fire went on for thre

memory of the obliteration. the enocide denial is also first step in the next genocide. hitler assured he could get away with the holocaust, he speaks to the annihilation of the armenians, and it's time to recognize this a stain on remove america's honor because up until now, we have hiddened and acknowledge the truth. we have been silent all in an turkey.o appease we -- turkey committed a in world war i and denies it to this day. genocide mmitted a during world war ii and has 1940's.dged it from the germany has moved on to be a prosperous and strong democracy. continues to deny the genocide. then passes law preventing the of the genocide. nd that leads to krens sureship -- censureship, authoritarianism, leads to country that has great problems. where would germany be if it the holocaust till this day? denied uld we be if we the genocide of so many native american tribes? ally of ll be a great the united states. only when it recognizes the genocide of the 20th century, only when it allows its own ussion of history by its own people. today is the right day to first genocide of the 20th century. we should have done it earli

memory of all at all times. >> do you think she beats ill he >> she gets a calming feeling when two things of the holocaust.he was the one that had to be forcibly removed from a trump's rally in a truck gathering in 2060. also she said we are going to impeach, and a not and i sort after that. she is very radical. and there is a base for this, this goes to show that the base of the democrat party is no longer union workers or carpenters or electricians. that is how the base of the top movement and because of this the democrats have moved further and further to the left to radicalize themselves and she is a byproduct of just that. >> when you talk about this, i remember in 16th when bernie sanders said i am a democrat socialist, i still don't know what that means, socialism for a democrat. i don't know. and everybody was surprised and now everybody says socialism is not about what has happened in the last few years, where are people coming from the have this mentality. i know it's education and i know within schools, a lot is mainstream democrat party. >> i will tell you whatever happens on college campuses w

memorial for the hollowness. the bed about this institution before we go into the program, this is the third largest holocaust museumorld offering a range of vigorous engaging exhibitions programs and resources. in a world of rising