reporter: more than half of german -- half think markus soder he would be great. der definitely turned this into a complement and says it is all thanks to the chancellor. >> the fact that germany got through this crisis better than other countries is down to the influence and leadership of the chancellor. reporter: angela merkel's trip to bavaria was a display of harmony. pictures like these certainly will not hurt bavaria's state premier on the road to a possible candidacy for the chancellorship. brent: let's take this story to our correspondent. she is covering the story a in berlin. good evening. the last time i saw the german chancellor republic without scenery, i think she was meeting with the french president macron. i think before that, it was barack obama. the other u.s. president. this is not what we expect from miracle, is it? melinda: no. those pictures were practically idyllic. the fact is though that she is not the person who chose those rather romantic settings. it was her host. that however makes this meeting even more notablble, because the fact is