machall at the height of her unlikely rise to power. when the east german physicist switched to politics after the fall of the berlin wall nobody expected her to ever come this far how much cause girl as the chancellor of reunification called her was initially surprised at her own success. in the final days of the last government of communist east germany did you ever imagine yourself becoming a minister here no absolutely not in the end. yet this was only the beginning of the political newcomer from the formerly communist east learned fast. it was she who sealed the fate of her political patron home after a party funding scandal. defying the male dominated dynamics of her own c.d.u. party she became its new leader and won her first term as chancellor in two thousand and five. angela merkel has a reputation of thinking things through to the end before she makes up her mind only her mind can change. when the fukushima disaster struck in japan she didn't hesitate to pull the plug on german nuclear power within weeks several reactors were

for years this has been the familiar image of hunger machall a central figure among the world's leaders during her chancellorship germany consolidated its position as a leading car within europe like no other german politician machall has come to involve a this new leadership role model that is devoid of pomp and grandeur hers is an approach that is good not to confrontation but to pragmatism mediation and restraint. ungrammatical was first elected chancellor on november the twenty second two thousand and five at fifty one she was the youngest ever to hold that position in the first woman. in favor three hundred ninety seven. pre-disaster gary hart was not the first to have underestimated. the before dr doctor you have now become germany's first democratically elected female head of government that sends a powerful message to many women and no doubt to some men as well. as. a long time for us in germany to get used to the idea that a woman was doing the job. she had all she never made a song and dance about coming from the east germany or being a woman that would have done nothing for h

towards the end of machall second term the n.s.a. spying scandal broke details emerged of a widespread internet and telephone surveillance program run by washington for many america's response was too little too late. it's not a game ever since we started to talk about the n.s.a. i have repeatedly told the american president that we don't spy on our friends it's gone. michaels comments were intended to show results but instead revealed impotence it was only after learning that the n.s.a. had also tuned into our own cell phone that an indignant chancellor seemed to mean business. because of the germany's entire government as cowardly and submissive they don't dare stand up to the us and he says it was speaking as a private citizen i would say she was too restrained especially considering she had first hand experience of living under a dictatorship. medical's approval ratings were barely dented by the n.s.a. scandal photos trusted her it seemed in part because she avoided conflict one day he called her the perfect chancellor for citize

over the years younger machall succeeded in keeping her. private life out of the public gaze she never felt the urge to play to the cameras bought her sober down to earth style contributed significantly to have. an idea for you before people see three things on her that they like things that don't involve her strategy or goals. she was she seems modest. she's not vain and she has zero interest in material things. usual and appealing. to her new heart of her secret. that's part of why so many people accept and trust her. they don't see her as someone who is out to prove herself. they see her as someone who wants to change things. the two thousand and thirteen general election represented in landslide victory for the christian democrats. returning to a coalition with the social democrats because their time in office would see the economy continue its recovery. on other fronts however the chancellor had major crises to contend with. early two thousand and fourteen dramatic scenes in ukraine where pro european protests on my down square in the

the troops so where is the vote to secede from iraq heading also coming up german chancellor of the machall hits the campaign trail again just days after winning the general election this time around she's helping out in a vote and one of germany's states. and hugh hefner the founder of playboy dies at the age of ninety one did he empower women or was he just a peddler of porn. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show iraq's kurds are facing growing political isolation after the massive yes to independence and monday's referendum airlines from turkey egypt jordan lebanon all saying they'll be halting flights to iraqi kurdistan at the request of baghdad now turkey has also warned it could stop cross border trade with the region and iraq. central government has threatened its own sanctions. there were euphoric scenes among iraq's kurds after the official result was announced kurdish authority said that with a seventy three percent voter turnout the poll had been a resoundingly success. at this historic moment i want to congratulate you on the success of the referendum on the independence of kurdi

we will hunt mrs machall whoever and we will take our country people back again. so we're going. it is incredibly vitriolic the language why are they why has a so toxic in their view of the angle america. well they basically have to declare that in a way they've set off a political brand as well being anti machall also looking at polling that actually is a significant proportion of german voters who felt that twelve years is enough american anyway so they tap into this right wing rhetoric they. are going on just in the middle of this campaign saying it's time for germany should draw a line to be proud of the military achievements of demonstrators in world war two and then basically saying well i don't really see what the problem is that's what false homage to all said i'm just quoting him and it's this kind of new mechanism that is breaking a consensus here in germany amongst not just the last parties but also those parties already in opposition that is not something you toilet and jim politics and strikes me most when i hear those songs but this is one hundred percent donald tru

fall right populist small groups of protesters from the far right alternative for germany cloaked machall campaign the if tea party is making a bid to go mainstream. so dealing with xenophobic populism at home in germany may prove to be next big challenge. of get more now on those challenges we are rejoined in the studio by heigho funk an expert at germany's for university a professor there and also from from again as friedrich schiller university gentlemen welcome to both of you we just saw a piece there about angela merkel about her her governing and also her career history just generally speaking in the wake of these election results where do you think that we are on that trajectory now at this point is this now the point at which she starts to descend. no sure america. and she will do it she's pregnant i think efficient and the other party members who will be in this possibly in this correlation know what they have to do there pragmatic petitions and they know that they are responsible for having that kind of government so she would do it again she did it already she's very tough. tha

we will hunt mrs machall or whoever and we will take our country and our people back again. so we're going. i would like the f.t. was elected for its content first position is for the people that have given us their trust and the first thing we will do is to keep our first promise we will initiate a parliamentary investigation into. the f.t. says the german chancellor broke numerous laws when she opened germany's borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees in twenty fifteen now it wants to take her to task it's also promising to make immigration a major issue in parliament. we don't want the makeup of this country changed by a mass invasion of foreigners we've always said that some will take that into parliament. in fact the a.s.d. wasn't always about immigration when it was founded four years ago it was a single issue set up campaigning against the euro and germany's contribution to the e.u. bailout fund for greece. it almost got elected to the bundestag in twenty thirteen but ended up just shy of five percent needed. but the a.f.d.c. electoral fortunes change with chancel

member of the party is the closest rival to the ruling christian democrats headed by chance that machall in an exclusive interview told us his views on the upcoming elections. targeting russia. the voice of i was very happy when two days ago the russian president vladimir putin oil and publicly announced plans to request a u.n. mission of course is the conditions proposed by russia and not the same as the ones we use ukrainians proposed that i consider it a good first step and what we need to do now is negotiate with the goal of the stablish in a cease fire and pulling back heavy weaponry and now we have an opportunity to do that and if we manage to implement its the troops at least the political process of reconstructing done bass may start then we can start lifting sanctions against russia and i was criticized yesterday for my position on ukraine but i still believe it's correct. yeah i want people to vote in germany's interests and in their own interests we want this country to prosper and that's possible only within the united europe that those who are turning against europe will wea

former partners the social democrats but they say they're going into the opposition i could mean machall working with two parties that have little in common also coming out. kurdish celebrations after a referendum on independence from iraq the problem practically all the regions big players bitterly opposed the vote and have been pushing back. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show while it's known as the alternative nobel prize each year the right livelihood award authors those who. defends human rights and the environment and we have some breaking news here right now the names of those twenty seventeen laureates have been announced this year's honorary award goes to the u.s. law lawyer robert billet who takes on the big chemical companies on behalf of the victims of pollution well the prize money totalling three hundred thousand euros and all will be shared by three people also the journalist khadija ishmael over john who has courageously written about elite corruption in her country undeterred by a prison cell intended to muzzle her and ethiope is. now using the group has been honored f

very good place a konami clee so we are well off yes if you have observed the town halls so when machall and schultz and main leading candidates have have appeared there's a lot of frustration and anger though that you notice amongst the electorate especially amongst east germans a lot of frustration against the establishment that has been building up since the refugee crisis and that could so on sunday in in the outcome of that they liked ok so prosperity on the one hand frustration and anger on the other german you've been going up and down the country what are your impressions what have you learned i've learned that germany is sort of superficially very calm as you've said but i think that there is under the surface an interesting trends going on you know there's been this tradition almost grown up that people will turn up at merkel's rallies and heckle her and throw tomatoes and yes this is representative of a small and noisy minority but i think it speaks to this of slights it's symbolic of the sense that there are all tensions under the surface of german society that perhaps aren't

its allies against their nuclear weapons program in an exclusive interview with the w i'm going to machall said that germany would be willing to lead the search for a diplomatic solution. even if this conflict is far away from germany it's one that also affects us that's fine i'm prepared as is the foreign minister to assume responsibility here. we took part in negotiating the iran agreement which i think is good and better than having no agreement at all. it took many years but in the end it did limit iran's possibilities for nuclear disarmament. meanwhile germany's foreign minister sigma gabriele has been speaking out about the iran nuclear deal another donald trump's targets was to gabrielle is due to address the u.n. general assembly later t.w. will carry that speech live speaking on the sidelines of the event she said the current deal with iran was necessary to prevent nuclear proliferation and suggested that it might offer a model for resolving the crisis with north korea since first target is to see that it's almost tragic when the only functioning agreement to prevent the prolifera

be reelected as chancellor of the a if he is likely to win seats in parliament for the first time machall ruled out ever cooperating with the far right party and she promised to take the concerns of those who feel disadvantaged seriously. my you know my answer is clear to solve people's problems the worries they have having their own jobs as well as decent schools and doctors to really take care of these issues but on the other hand to signal a clear stop to hatred and violence. the interview with chancellor merkel was the last in a series of seven that included all top candidates of germany's major parties recent surveys are correct on sunday on conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. will become the strongest political power and she could become one of the longest serving chancellors in german history. and you saw his editor in chief in his poll there interviewing a german chancellor angela merkel and getting a selfie done i thought good morning in as you did that we thought oh ok so. you've got a real collection then do indeed so many parties vying for places in the business are now there's just a

was on the program germany's angela machall begins the tricky task of forming a new governing coalition a three way alliance maybe her only option but what does allow her to deliver the stable government she has promised the german think. maybe top of the bundesliga but i face a huge challenge tonight in the champions the in champions league time and champions league title holders well madrid. on field guy welcome to the program french president emanuel not cry he's delivering his long awaited speech on his vision for the european union addressing a crowd of the soul bone university in paris he described current you systems as weak slow and in effect if he's called for a shed budget for the eurozone he also proposed more european cooperation on terrorism and proposed a european rapid reaction force that would work in tandem with nato. they w. europe correspondent catherine martins that is that i welcome catherine he is still speaking i believe let's talk about what he said so far he's talking about europe with greater cooperation at all sorts of levels how's the housing talking about ge

the narrative for are spinning the narrative that this loss is not as big that at least chancellor machall becomes gets a fourth term as chancellor and that her conservatives still came out as the strongest party but of course behind the scenes there is a soul searching is already starting party leaders have been arriving here about an hour ago including the german interior minister that is part of the conservative party and they are in a back room somewhere behind me meeting analyzing these election results and trying to find a way for would also in terms of what coalition they might be able to go for and it's quite interesting thomas i'll turn to you next because one party that will not be part of that coalition the s.p.d. said that it is going into the opposition so the grand coalition seemingly not an option tell us a little bit more about why they might have made that move. well if if this soul searching at the cd you are shallow to says imagine what the feeling is like at the s.p.d. and what the feeling was like yesterday when those results came in it was absolute shock by the s.p.d.

stations are open now for the country's federal elections judging by the pre-election polls angler machall is set to become chancellor the what would be an incredible fourth straight in office she's been around for twelve years already and that means that for the young people of the country this have been a time without her in the background. the time i remember she was always there i mean i can remember a time when she wasn't like the chancellor and i don't even know who came before. as only madonna's to be long in america said i think she was elected in two thousand and five for the first time i was like seven she's just been around forever she's always been an image she's been in power a long time i think there's a piece that is content don't of us myself. i've never seen an adult without under american governing. in two thousand and five she was elected for the first time i was only thirteen. i pierced my ear lobe. a boy from my school died in a traffic accident. in fukushima the core melted people died. i went to mississippi for a year as an exchange student. black smoke today obama w

when with machall we see that whistling not happening that is so you become the fog of this campaign that is the campaign of the time and saw the recent weeks these are very few people i must say the problem doesn't have you know with whistles who are clearly identifiable as honestly the this is. going on was making a lot of you know was not also you know it was the night of the c.s.u. call to you was the part of the magazine it was a couple of minutes ago ignore a sunset then that this was about democratic debate this shouldn't be about the war just sounds around but it didn't sound once again the germans are. basically one of the noise. to get across the message went over this many undecided voters who syrians are many less than twenty four we actually know how these elections played out. you know these mckayla coup for reporting from munich. one of our other correspondents political correspondents has been all over germany. campaign trail with various candidates fabienne fun a mock with me in the studio. a wall of noise mccain low was talking about that we've been seeing the ralli

this is deja vu news live from berlin a politically weakened on the machall begins the daunting task of building a new german government he's ready to talk to her former partners the social democrats but they say they have ruled out a return to government now that could mean machall working with two parties that have a little in common also coming up. dirty celebrations after a referendum on independence from iraq the problem practically all the region's big players bitterly opposed the vote and have been pushing back. on the war of words between president trump and pyongyang again ask allayed snorts korea says the u.s. has declared war the white house calling that claim sir. and in soccer the champions league resumes than i germicide receive dortmund play host to defending champion ryall madrid which seemed like a very tall order but is it sitting at the top of the bundesliga table dortmund scored a league high of nineteen goals they have an unbeaten run against real madrid in fact they've never lost at home in this competition. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we be

machall told voters you know me that was a decisive factor in her campaign many wanted continuity and like the chancellor's unassuming style. she's not obsessed with demonstrating the trappings of political power. many voters are also proud of the fact that during her administration germany has become a key player on the world stage. germans have grown used to saying until america is meeting with world leaders with loud amir putin she speaks russian which she learned in school. with british prime minister theresa may the chancellor speaks english merkel learned the language from her mother an english teacher. with turkish president regift everyone merkel talks tough. the relationship between merkel and u.s. president donald trump was described by the white house as unbelievable trump former press secretary said the president had a great deal of respect for the german chancellor. merkel seems to get along particularly well with the new french president manuel michel. the two leaders share a political outlook and that includes a more self-assured europe. on the domestic front merkel ruf

towards the end of machall second term the n.s.a. spying scandal broke details emerged of a widespread internet and telephone surveillance program run by washington for many americans response was too little too late. it's time for the game ever since we started to talk about the n.s.a. i have repeatedly told the american president that we don't spy on our friends it's gone. michaels comments were intended to show resolve but instead revealed impotence. it was only after learning that the n.s.a. had also tuned into her own cell phone that an indignant chancellor seemed to mean business. guns i think germany's entire government is cowardly and submissive they don't dare stand up to the us she says it was speaking as a private citizen i would say she was too restrained especially considering she had first hand experience of living under a dictatorship. but merkel's approval ratings were barely dennet by the n.s.a. scandal voters trusted her it seemed in part because she avoided conflict one daily called her the perfect chancellor for c

its allies against their nuclear weapons program in an exclusive interview with g w i'm going to machall said that germany is willing to lead the search for a diplomatic solution we're going to show you that interview now in full. i'm going to maritimes americal has been german chancellor for twelve years and is running for office for the fourth time was magical we're delighted to have the chance to speak to you here at the johnson arena been in the german capital expense i can go i'm pleased to welcome hello madam chancellor magnifies the guidance of almost the entire world knows your face and your name in these uncertain times of terror and war and collapsing alliances how many people are afraid of the future and place great expectations in you. know ask us what you are actually afraid of. i don't think fear is a good adviser we must face our challenges head on and we face huge tasks then we can consider what to do in my experience when the world works together we can move mountains when everyone has different opinions it can take a really long time to reach a solution at all but we ne

at least while the capital city of germany a down to twenty percent twenty percent it is not that machall is convincing everyone but there is no real major figure to challenge. i'll be back with more of the day's big news stories in iran half an hour's time also more of what's making headlines around the world on our twitter page updated by the minute thirty. bustle in the dubrovnik. fix travel destinations so it must be nice to live or is it. going. to arrests disrupt the city's economic and social life in them a little bit before this on the celestial get out of the. sun. as we've done. while the city has tried desperately not to collapse. the profit of. the supper will probably be global in the coffee cup at home in the bushes up little on saabs and the supposed. to. find. is a tourist phobia fulfill photo and identity. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself and taken your last wrong turn. up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest this thing that i never got off my chest. i remember wh

just two weeks to go before jim the federal election chancellor machall has been out on the campaign trail but not everything is being going her way. was the chancellor being booed at the rally on thursday and two days earlier she'd been hit by a tomato thrown from the crowd at a similar event but it wasn't just demonstrators who got in the way of her speech as well adjusting parliament she was interrupted by her main rival from the social democrat c. claimed she was taking credit for her. polities work that's with you but i think sally when. you know and see a loose. leaf you know. as . if it was the. moon you know saturday and. when you went back to win points in parliament it's least. that's was like the america looks set to win a fourth term as chancellor with the polls giving her party a clear lead over the social democrats left party trails in third place with the free democrats behind them and the immigration alternative of germany parties expected to gain its first seats in parliament auntie's peter oliver takes a closer look at the election. with most pundits already calling

berlin at least while the capital city of germany down to twenty percent twenty percent it is not that machall is convincing everyone but there is no real major figure to challenge i'm resigning back from him. in just thirty minutes time. i've got to do just that if you're watching. people have got to know whether or not they're present or six american people deserve to know at this point does it mean to guard against the military industrial war we shall never on the golden gate come out of the world. war machine old an old man yes we do but the most. sacred. the feeling to. have the experience. and you get it on the old. according to josh. welcome to my world come along for the wrong. way thank you thank you as you know houston is under water but i have no fear in order to deal with it our billionaire billionaire manchild president has been busy tweeting us with mexico being one of the highest crime nations in the world we must have the wall mexico will pay for it yeah well houston drowns you cannot forget the mexicans. because you tell you the number one thing nobody is thinking when they're

at least while the capital city of germany a down to twenty percent twenty percent it is not that machall is convincing everyone but there is no real major figure to challenge so that's how things look so fast and. who. has time to keep you updated by. what politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want us. to go right to the pros it's like the three of them will be good. interested always in the audience in the. us alone the dubrovnik content is a fixed travel destinations so it must be nice to live or is it. crowds. if tourists disrupt the city's economic and social life in yemen hopefully before this on this national good argument to all such as the traditional story some nuts comes by him sometime soon as we don't find the needs of a school much as i don't like the wireless cities tried desperately not to collapse . the profit a vision didn't include will put this up it will probably be global on the dole coffee cup at home in the bushes up the on some snuck up to suppose that so many of us. i

berlin at least the capital city of germany a down to twenty percent twenty percent it is not that machall is convincing everyone but there is no real major figure to challenge the part of course from my party the oter on it for germany. and with regards to seeing some what he said during that t.v. debate he did say that he would oppose the talks the from turkey. there are a lot of turkish voters are there in germany's and shot himself in the foot they think slightly. he has for two reasons first of all germany has and isn't isn't authorized to unilaterally call off the goshi ations with turkey that's a decision that has to be made with all the e.u. member states and second of all there's a large turkish community here in germany now schultz announcing that he doesn't want to talk to the to add a god he doesn't want to talk to turkey he wants to stop everything certainly hasn't increased his support of the support of the turkish community here in germany and quite on the contrary ok here look we've been at it time ever told you a bit longer but i'm afraid we'll have to wrap it up that was

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was not bringing any change so basically i think there is no big difference perhaps only one that machall is of course have been much more knowledge to international policy than assurance and she's the only time a leader of this country and i think so far in these turbulent times she might be not the worst chancellor for the future. elsewhere in europe hundreds of people took to the streets of paris on wednesday to protest against president micron's new labor law designed to make it easier for companies to both hire and fire work it's trial that you've been reports. but the demonstrators have come out again in front to show how unhappy they are with a manual that once one performs the working code they have described emanuel my own as being a man who only supports business i once took the rights of look at this is what people have been saying to us said that. if you tax work and workers were against it because it has no a show now we can share the work. resents the big bosses and those who want to come pick services social protections and everything achieved by workers agree with that. it

i'm going back and that machall has been general johnston of a twelve years and is running for office for the full time was magical we're delighted to have the chance to speak to you here at the johnson i mean and in the german capital expense i can go i'm pleased to welcome i'm going to hello madam chancellor magnifies the guns of almost the entire world knows your face and your name in these uncertain times of terror and war and collapsing alliances how many people are afraid of the future and place great expectations in you. people often ask us what you are actually afraid of. i don't think fear is a good adviser we must face our challenges head on and we face huge tasks then we can consider what to do in my experience when the world works together we can move mountains when everyone has different opinions it can take a really long time to reach a solution at all but we negotiate talk and find one. thing that keeps you from sleeping at night. well there are situations to which i have to devote a lot of thought such as now when i think about the question of ukraine and russia . when

anyone who wants to form a coalition look at the christian democrats this is not possible with angular machall still in power she's responsible for many things that went wrong in this country many things people object to in this country and as a strong resistance against hunger that back in her own party you look at the pictures where she gave speeches market places she was booed she was good people after their protests they don't want her to continue the policy with other parties will look at the greens the free democrats and say ok we can make a deal with them a lot of them is a look at him and say no we do must be a market where you have to reach how many more percent do you need to become a realistic player i can't really put a figure on that number because if you look at our work in the lead up parliaments in the small apartments and communities now we are working together with the sensible people when the cameras are off the photographers have gone and then you can talk but you can talk sense to a policy and on a very local level many. agree we have decent agreements now of course if we

former partners the social democrats they say they're going on to the opposition banks that would mean machall working with two parties that have a little in common also coming up. kurdish celebrations after a referendum on independence from iraq the problem fact that all the region the big players bitterly opposed the kurdish vote and have been pushing back. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start this program with the winners of what's known as the alternative nobel prize each year the right livelihood of ward honors those who defend human rights and the environment prize money totalling some three hundred thousand euros will be shared by three people the journalist khadija ishmael of john has courageously written about elite corruption in her own country undeterred by a prison sentence and ongoing harassment if yo b. as yet no bash legacy has been honored for her work fighting discrimination especially against the disabled and cullen gonzales an indian human rights lawyer who champions the poor is also filed a petition defending a group of her hinge of refugees against dep

berlin at least while the capital city of germany down to twenty percent twenty percent it is not that machall is convincing everyone but there is no real major figure to challenge remember you can get your news on the main by downloading the altie out for free. in just thirty minutes time. you buy gold gold gold buy gold there's always people buying gold and the professional marketeers understand this and when the gold price goes to a certain level they bang it down with short sales they're selling the gold make it or they're just selling it they're just doing short sales are not losing money they're just selling the gold sure and then when it gets down to a certain level they can convert those shorts at a profit that's our short sell works you're buying back at a little price for a profit and that's the problem with gold. market that's completely beholden to the concept. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself and taken your last turn. here at the top to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry finally i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to

come about and therefore it already is stated the most important question is how will you all if machall is ready and able to reunite was the c.s.u. . this is the most important question that you that she has a tech right now and until she has reached in and agreement nothing will move forward in these negotiations. i think if i may sort of generalize this to we're seeing across the west tabs of change so much that the traditional party landscapes are being shaken up you saw that trump is not a traditional republican neither republicans nor democrats knew what to make of him or bernie sanders emanuel rick blew up the party landscape and came with a zone i think if you look at this conundrum that we're in here in germany germany is overdue for this kind of shake up and even though the germans like it stable i think it's coming one of the things for a possible future show is i can't see if you said five or ten years out i cannot see this partnership between this christian social union and christian democratic union that's lasted for seven decades i cannot see that lasting much longer they'

that they have been hecklers at all appearances hecklers from the right at appearances of angular machall it's been a lot more contentious on that level this election campaign on another level as we've said it was not very interesting between the large parties but on this level it was quite rochas it was quite vociferous it was quite in some senses racist anti-democratic and that's really. what's going to move into parliament when those party comes into parliament it will be a lot more robust you might say in a positive way debates it may also be a lot more poisonous debate and there is some question amongst certainly certain sections of this of the party about whether or not they even support parliamentary process and democratic processes even though they have participated in these elections there's some thought whether they really think problem and is a place where politics should be made or the way a country should be governed all right and we will see how their popularity indeed shapes up as we mentioned germans just beginning to head to the polls this morning hans brandt with the ver

be reelected as chancellor of the a if he is likely to win seats in parliament for the first time machall ruled out ever cooperating with the far right party and she promised to take the concerns of those who feel disadvantaged seriously. my you know and my answer is clear to solve people's problems the worries they have having their own jobs as well as decent schools and doctors to really take care of these issues but on the other hand to signal a clear stop to hatred and violence. the interview with chancellor merkel was the last in a series of seven that included all top candidates of germany's major parties if recent surveys are correct on sunday younger americans conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. will become the strongest political power and she could become one of the longest serving chancellors in german history. of the more i'm joined by the woman who conducted that interview our editor in chief has pull in is great to have you in the studio today we heard merkel making this offer to mediate with north korea do you think that's a real offer or is this more of a political campaign thing w