j.f.k. institute in berlin thanks for being with us. it's time now to give you the economic perspective about the trump speech because despite the criticism trump air to deal with what is definitely clear is that the business people in davos do approve of his economic policies so far the president left davos in a helicopter after delivering his highly anticipated speech but none of the economic news he presented there were really new and sold the world economic forum comes to an end and with today's other discussions focusing on everything from cyber wars to the future of education it became evident that the global economic and political elite will continue to tackle the challenges ahead with or without the u.s. president. and the w.'s team has been covering the meeting all week long and they've been talking not only to business leaders but also experts from the world of science w.'s helen humphrey had to chance to meet the head of the c e r n the european organization for nuclear research to discuss global challenges. fabulous jan ough

j.f.k. institute here in berlin thanks very much. to football now in germany is funded like a return to action from its winter break over the weekend and it featured a big result for a struggling cologne up against local rivals much and god. the rock bottom team pulled off an unlikely last gasp. colognes play is still believe in a miracle escape that much was clear before the right job but the game initially looked like it would run to form the black box christophe karma going close after a quarter of an hour. below grew into the match though and frederic sorry incident had fans jumping for joy with the open after thirty four minutes well known for the hosts in their biggest game of the season. the second half so glad that threaten again but at first they could not take advantage of poor cologne defending. the level that was coming however and the rafael finally managed it that the second this and. even the stuff he goes matter in a prestige darby. but there was to be a twist in the tale and want to twist deep into stuff his time sim

j.f.k. institute here in berlin thank you or when i've been here. now at least thirteen people are dead and twenty five injured after a powerful rain storm triggered flash floods and mudslides in southern california thousands have fled their homes and rescue crews are trying to access blocked off areas in their search for survivors it's another catastrophe for coastal communities already devastated by recent wildfires they were still recovering from devastating wildfires here last month and now more destruction authorities warned residents of santa barbara to evacuate the area mother nature unleashed her fury just before dawn. and later for a train coming down the hill you know you could hear these boulders roll and. yeah the whole house was shaking i panicked i mean i was asleep and i was in my pants and i just said there's mud in the driveway there's mud in the driveway parishes are fences grew. ridges on. this second nightmare to hit the region in weeks last month's wildfires destroyed vegetation on hillsides here leaving them susceptible to eros

j.f.k. institute here in berlin thanks very much. now turkish president vegetate her to one says a military assault on a kurdish enclave in northwestern syria is imminent everyone also said the operation which is centered on the city of offering aims to quote purge terror from his country's southern border the areas controlled by a kurdish militia known as the y p g turkish troops are already stationed in rebel held territory on the outskirts of that city. to sports the first tennis grand slam of the year the australian open is now underway in melbourne here's a look at the pick of monday's results the first big shock is last year's finals venus williams losing to unseeded belinda been cheech the world number five crashed out of the tournament along with fellow american sloane stephens and coco venda way meanwhile in the men's singles a world number one rafael nadal he beat victor estonia boodles in straight sets to advance and so did number three seed grigor dimitrov who crossed cruised dennis novak to go on to two round. to footbal

j.f.k. institute here in berlin good morning to you urban. let's start off with the mccabe resignation what might be behind that well mccabe has come into position after his predecessor james komi was fired he's considered by trump to be loyal more to komi then to donald trump there's also this feeling that because mccabe's wife was running for democratic position and was funded by people close to hillary clinton that he is not a man to be trusted when it comes to donald trump and so that's probably the reason why from trump's point of view he should go and he should go sooner rather than later this is as honorable an exit as can be mutually agreed to ok and there's a memo and question that's playing a role here those were expect that you have the least level of complication is there is a memo having to do with someone who reports to. the head of the f.b.i. and that's rob rather from the head of the f.b.i. reports to rob rosenstein who directly supervises mohler the special counsel investigating the russian affair in the united states the nex

j.f.k. institute here in berlin nicholas this was a speech watched around the world but who is trump's audience really who has this message for. trump faces a very tough midterm on the g.o.p. does too in twenty eighteen his base is shrinking his message of you know the forgotten men and women will be lifted up you know this the trickle down economics of this of the tax law of late twenty seventeen all this is not yet really you know sounding with voters and so what he did was you know. seeming presidential pitching the final speech in bows and becoming being the person that americans want their president to be a champion of their interests which is of course obviously. a fair requirement of a state leader but seeing that the american president the leading global power failed to outline any form of strategic vision for this renewed and more fair and more just global economic and social system. one was left a little bit underwhelmed so it sounds like you're saying he's talking to voters at home specifically republican voters heading into midterm elections in the states and not necessarily the glo

j.f.k. institute here in berlin thank you or when liberia. now least thirteen people are dead after a powerful rainstorm triggered flash floods and mudslides in southern california thousands fled from their homes as heavy rain sent modern boulders flying downhill homes and roads in the upscale neighborhood of santa barbara were demolished at the search for survivors is ongoing the mudslides followed a massive wildfire in the region last month which just roy vegetation on hillsides leaving them susceptible to erosion the fire was the worst in the california's history. let's talk to journalists valentino martelli's been following the story from los angeles hi volunteer good to see you so there were extensive wildfires now these mudslides bring us up to date on what the situation is at the moment well it's confirmed at least thirteen people have died in weather related incidents in santa barbara county especially as you mention in the month to see bill here at the school for early on the number as the sow their california first major winter stor

j.f.k. institute here in berlin thanks very much. trouble you can a construction company karelian has collapsed ever talks with the british government failed over the weekend employs forty three thousand people around the world including twenty thousand and britain and is involved in hundreds of government projects in the u.k. like the building and maintenance of hospitals prisons defense sites and the country's new super fast rail line following a rocky twenty seventeen banks now refused to throw the company a desperately needed lifeline. in july twenty seventeen billion was valued at more than one billion dollars as one of britain's largest construction companies it was known for prestigious projects such as the tate modern in london munches to be some tower and heathrow airport terminal five but things took a bad turn when the company issued a profit warning last july its share price tumbled and by august karelian was demoted from the footsie one hundred the index for the u.k.'s one hundred largest companies karelian now owes more

j.f.k. institute here in berlin specializing in u.s. history welcome and good morning good to be here how does a new york billionaire appeal to people in ohio a life that i mean we saw people really giving him a great amount of trust how did he manage to tap into that that's quite surprising i agree but i think donald trump was able and has been able to harvest the anger and the disappointment of people and to cast himself as a two breaker in chief to speak about what he feels and what his voters feel are painful experiences and painful parts of american politics and he has been able to . articulate that and does has been able to to get votes for his politics he has come and come under a lot of criticism though in the past year a lot of people saying that he hasn't really been able to deliver on on what it is that he promised to the u.s. voters a year later can he still count on his base. i think as we heard people have become increasingly critical and he has lost some of its appeal people are complaining about the constant tweeting wel

j.f.k. institute here in berlin welcome nicholas it's bait tempting to think of these fake news awards as some kind of light entertainment but odd the on these what trump cause or turn it to facts having a deep impact on american life and changing the narrative that. i'm not sure that this is all on don't try to count i think what we see is the deeper frustration within parts of the american electorate in coping with the very incremental and sometimes exhausting democratic process which means that you know you call your representatives you call your senators you go and vote you take part in public life and i think that a lot of parts of the of american society and of european society to be quite frank have come accustomed to a certain service culture in their politics that means getting involved being involved staying involved. causes them to be irritated in the truest sense of the word and that of course is then good excuse to say i don't like this ergo this must be fake news this must be a fact that i don't like or good must be faults so there is a lot of insidious impact of what's happening

j.f.k. business institute in berlin we're also joined by gardell first from our business desk and with us at well from davos is the w.'s helena humphrey standing by for us helena can you fill us in on the expectations where you are for the president's speech. much anticipation here in davos the congress and has been packed out for the past hour with crowds of people in the participants in the delegates who want to enter the congress and have been subject to extra security they're not allowed to take water into the congress center that's the first time that we've seen that here of course there's been much anticipation high expectations all week the thinking has been that this will be a speech promoting the america first agenda looking at different mystic policy domestic wins and bragging rights that say it's today we've seen a different message from the president he said that he wants to bring a message of peace and prosperity a positive one he says where she thinks that the davos elite will like so we went out and about on the streets of davos to find out what people here are expecting ahead