and joaquin phoenix says that he usually hates film festivals but not to berlin though and where he is starring in the film don't worry he won't get far on books stick around for all the buzz from our correspondents down on the red carpet. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us we begin in syria where government backed troops have entered a free and a kurdish enclave in the north of the country raising the specter of deadly confrontation with turkey columns of fighters were seen moving into the city. as turkey prepared to lay siege in the coming days turkey has now confirmed reports that its military shelled the area immediately in response the turkish president saying that those fighters have now been pushed back the region is controlled by kurdish forces turkey considers them terrorists. and for more let's bring in middle east analyst marcus climb from the german institute for international and security affairs in berlin welcome to you marcus good to be here a direct face off between turkey and prover g m forces there in offering this could have major implicatio

his struggles with his paralysis and with alcoholism brilliantly portrayed by the one and only joaquin phoenix also a great supporting cast jonah hill plays has a sponsor a little bit disjointed but some really great performances here no joaquin phoenix himself although the president really likes his performance was not too happy at the press conference he sort of refused to answer questions he turned away from the press at one point this is going to be screening on the red carpet behind me in just a little bit i hope that helped perk out by them for i think. that is part of his persona though isn't. what else it is showing and it is really no surprise it's no surprise there what else was showing today well well a very short film just how its world premiere only four hours long by a lot of diaz the filipino director and i say short because his last film of the betting on that was eight hours long it is called season of the devil we've got a look. out of the a lot almost you see i must. be in the how come you like about an hour song line of work that didn't belong what you needed body. to do so

a pretty good performance from joaquin phoenix. we saw him walk up on the red carpet.a: he was in a slightly better mood than he was at the press conference, where he turned away from journalists. he is notoriously media shy. david: we are glad he perked up for the red carpet appearance. sarah: of course joaquin phoenix is a big hollywood star and not the only one showing his face in berlin today. david: that is right. willem dafoe is also here to collect his honorary lifetime achievement award. what a career. maia: you may know him from such films as the spiderman films in the early 2000's are the last temptation of christ. his career spanned many films and types of roles. he is up for an oscar this year. let us take a look at his storied career. >> i got a videotape of the kids illegally entering the utility room. >> you're out of here. >> and his most recent movie, the florida project, willem dafoe plays motel manager, bobby. the performance could win him an oscar this year. it is his third oscar nomination . willem dafoe plays an actor who takes his role as vampire

disjointed i have to be honest but i did think that the performances were stellar especially joaquin phoenix and some of the supporting characters jonah hill as he's a sponsor what a performance they're not watching phoenix we saw earlier on the red carpet he was in an ok mood he was taking selfies with the fans earlier not so much he was definitely not in a good mood when we saw him at the press conference just after the screening of the movie and he is known as being very media shy but he actually turned his back on the press room when we were asking him questions and refused to answer one of our colleagues questions when she starts asking how he prepared her for the role so not not in a good mood earlier today at home but he seemed to perk up for the red carpet so hopefully he's having a good time to belly not only if we are. ok at bums out down there though for politeness you should always be nice to the press. meantime we know berlin all up easily obviously obviously the berlin wall is of course renowned for its gritty ads and yet i understand that you've actually been to see a musical

and from the supporting cast a little bit earlier we saw joaquin phoenix roll up on the red carpet he was in a slightly better mood than he was at the press conference where he actually turned away from journalists and his new torricelli media shy so we were we were good after that showing that he parked up a little bit for his red carpet appearance. and of course walking feel like a big hollywood star and he wasn't the only one showing his face in berlin today right that's right willem defoe is also here to collect his honorary lifetime achievement award what a career you may know him from such films as the spiderman films in the early two thousand to the last temptation of christ but his career has actually span many different films and many different types of roles and he's actually up for an oscar this year so now let's take a look at his storied career. i got a videotape of the kids illegally entering the utility room through the atmosphere and you're right here in his most recent movie the florida project wonderful place motel manager bobby. the money is the rear of the perfo

and a lot of from the bruin international film festival we just saw the crowd go wild for joaquin phoenix we'll tell you all about it coming up. thank you very much for your company everyone we start our broadcast in syria where government backed troops have entered. a kurdish enclave in the north of the country raising the specter of a deadly confrontation with turkey columns of fighters were seen moving into our city in the spite threats from turkey that it would lay siege to the city in the coming days are reports that turkey has already begun shelling the area their region is controlled by kurdish forces turkey considers them terrorists. all right let's get you the latest on those unfolding developments syrian pro-government fighters entering kurdish and african despite turkish threats and dorian jones is in istanbul dorian what more are you hearing where you are well turkish president one has spoken about this incident he's told to play it down he says turkey should tillery opened fire on these columns of militia heading towards the syrian kurdish enclave and he claims that they will

movie at the berlin film festival means lots of early morning press calls but it looks like actor joaquin phoenix didn't get that memo he and director gus van sant fielded questions about their new film a contender for the festival's top prom will bring all the details. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us we start with mounting international concern about the syrian government's ongoing bombardment of eastern ghouta new air strikes today have killed at least twenty four people and independent monitors say that more than two hundred seventy people have been killed in the rubble holed area since sunday now eastern ghouta is a group of suburbs just on the outskirts of the capital damascus a duma is the main town of this enclave and it is completely surrounded by pro assad forces right now the siege has lasted more than four years it's thought to have trucked up to four hundred thousand residents. in the bomb does caucus of eastern gets these are the lucky ones terrified shaken but still walking . first responders usher them to safety as an air raid siren underlines the arjun singh as the

film so far to morrow it's going to be all about the stars oh it's a exciting we've got joaquin phoenix on the right off its mark but that was like jonah hill and one of my favorites. of star wars of platoon of star wars the spider man of the tune he's going to be here he's going to have a lifetime achievement award so it's going to be a year day full of stars at the ballet no legal rights solo on glad that sounds like that sounds very exciting to some phil scott rot spyro on the red carpet as always thank you. of the day is nearly done but don't forget as always the conversation continues online you can find us on twitter either at g.w. news my handle is at sarah kelly t.v. and don't forget the hash tag as always is the day thanks so much for watching i'll see you again tomorrow i'm going to. move. from the. audience. to. come. close to. the. law. as many faces. the law. firm the gap between the poorest in the wealthiest keeps growing going to come increasing inequality is dividing the world in the rich society and our focus on the female thirty minutes must be deleted. everyone my nam

sharing that i think i like this that is somewhat attractive man sort of and i mean a german joaquin phoenix i'd say yeah he's in the press conference just a short time ago we were that he was making jokes that how hard it was to drive that drive that forklift it was pretty funny i we can't tell you too much about what we actually think of the film there because we haven't had the world premiere yet so we can't be there want to spoil anything we do have this report take a look. this is not an action movie. and it's an unlikely place for a love story in the aisles takes us to a discount superstore in a small town where there's a new guy working the drinks section. christian hardly says a word but his coworker bruno takes a liking to him as does the unhappily married mother on from the candy department he's sweet on her to. your sister and to the pound. yeah. it's a touch doesn't go up into what. one might say on goes on sick leave and falls into a deep depression and has checkered past threatens to catch up with him. rising star francois gubs q. leads this portrait of an eastern german workin

dreamers and explicit comments getting all kinds of reaction, including democratic congressman joaquin phoenixat the chief of staff has said about a number of people in this country illegally. but first, joaquin castro -- sorry about that. first, brian carron, political analyst is with us. brian, the president made a little bit of news when saying this about a government sutdown. >> frankly, i'll go a step further. if we don't change the legislation, get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to kill, gang members -- we're just talking about ms-13. there are many gang members that we don't even mention. if we don't change it, let's do a shut ydown and it's worth it r our country if we don't get this stuff taken care of. >> i would love to see a shutdown. let's have a shutdown. that say wow moment. why say that? >> reporter: first of all, every immigrant in this country isn't a killer, thug and a thief and he has equated all immigrants, put them in that category. when the crime rate in the immigrant communities are smaller than the general communi

us we're going to see the likes of jack black we're going to see jenny hill we're going to see joaquin phoenix we're hoping for us in a lot of fun here behind me i mean there have been a lot of like the financial lot of dark heavy films the last couple of days are looking forward to something a bit more upbeat bit more whole would also have to say one of my favorite favorite stars will defo he's going to be here he's going to get a lifetime achievement oscar oscar a lifetime achievement award from the delhi nala the man has been so many great movies he was employed to. do that you know that's. where he's going to be here will try to get a hold of him and will of course bring it back to you to morrow is going to be a big star night at the villa not awesome and i only want uplifting movies guys tomorrow skylarks here in charlotte. thank you so much enjoy the red carpet. and we've got some sports news now for you to do that we use that sports pablo alias is here with me with the big stories from the winter olympics n.p.r. chang we're going to start with the bit of a downer because there's been a

supporting role a few other famous faces pop up but i know you just heard john king phoenix and joaquin phoenix was at the press conference he was in a ridiculously foul mood i have to say we were all there willing to to cheer him on because we thought he gave a great performance but he didn't want to answer questions he even turned away from the press at some point so i'm curious to see what he's going to be doing later on the red carpet behind us here is he is famously media shy even when one of our colleagues stood up to ask him a question about how he prepared for this role because it is such an interesting physical role he's confined to a wheelchair for most of and we asked him how he prepared for this and he just did not want to answer the question he has maybe one sentence. yanks all right so beware of walk in phoenix in a bad mood i guess. looking forward to seeing that from both of you. david leavitt's at the berlin international film festival we'll be talking to both a little bit later in the program. you're watching the news still to come the winter olympics offered plenty of thrills

being a german joaquin phoenix i'd say yeah he's in the press conference just a short time ago we were that he was making jokes that how hard it was to drive that drive that forklift it was pretty funny i we can't tell you too much about what we actually think of the film there because we haven't had the world premiere yet so we can't be there want to spoil anything we do have this report take a look. this is not an action movie. and it's an unlikely place for a love story in the aisles takes us to a discount superstore in a small town where there's a new guy working the drinks section. to. christian hardly says a word but his coworker bruno takes a liking to him as does the unhappily married mother on from the candy department he's sweet on her two. glasses from angle. you know. doesn't grow up. when mommy on goes on sick leave and falls into a deep depression and has a checkered past threatens to catch up with him. rising star. leads this portrait of eastern german working class life in a tale of very cautious in its couple it. writes charlotte scott thank you guys so very much i'll