german chancellor angela merkel and her main challenger martin schultz well out on their final day of campaigning before germans go to the polls on sunday and while mccain has a comfortable lead in the polls not taking any chances meeting voters in her home district in north eastern germany to pound home the message one last time. chancellor angela merkel doesn't have to worry about keeping her campaign alive as she practiced the c.p.i. . and rates voters inch that i saw and her constituency in eastern germany after all her conservatives have a healthy lead in the polls and merkel looks set to become chancellor for the fourth time. i think she has done a good job so far and that the results are tomorrow's general election will be pretty clear. but it's almost certain that the christian democrats won't get enough votes to govern on their own. one possible coalition partner the free market free democrats their leader christian in dustbin the last campaign day pitching for a comeback the f.t. pay failed to make it into the bundestag in the last federal elections. merkel could also renew

meyer she is covering the final day of campaigning by miracles main challenger in this election martin schultz all right rebecca schultz is putting a positive spin on things so what was the mood like at this final rally. for you certainly got the crowd fired up it was the highlight of the day for many people here in aspen hundreds of people packed into the city's main routes hopes where to see the ask each candidate give his final statement but when i talked to some of the people standing around me though there was an air of resignation the polls are not looking particularly stellar for the ascii right now they were polling between twenty one and twenty two percent possibly historical lows expected tomorrow a little all japanned on at the last s.p.d. you can manage to rally some of these undecided voters who are still trying to figure out which camp which candidate and which party is that they wish to go to work let's talk about martin schultz for a moment it was just a few months ago that people had a lot of hope that he might prove a strong challenger to medical what has gone wrong for him.

you did not expect martin schultz to agree with that. tv debate has shown that there are two candidates running in this election who are capable of leading the country. angela merkel has done this for 12 years already andl has done this for 12 years already and i think i have shown to the general public and germany that i have a better plan for the future of the country, for a europeanjourney thatis the country, for a europeanjourney that is strong within europe. let's talk to our chief european correspondent for politico. thank you for your time, matthew. added to see the debate last night? —— how did you see? it was a bit boring and disappointing for many of us who we re disappointing for many of us who were hoping to see a real exchange between the candidates. it is the only debate that they will be having in the campaign season and really the only opportunity that martin schultz had to make up a lot of the ground he had lost to angela merkel over the last few months. he is about 15 points behind now so this really was his 1—shot to c

korea right now martin schultz pulling no punches saying that turkey. needs to be dropped from all talks when it comes to the european union and joining the european union now i'm starting with the four hundred sixty and it's really hard now with the behavior of the turkish president as they move in prisons people systematically and if i become chancellor i will not only cancel the agreement with turkey would also stop talking turkey joining the e.u. because turkey has crossed all red line waves of refugees have been hitting us now for a couple of days but for months. and south sea and turkey is distancing itself from all democratic norms that have gratz taking place there would be nothing worse than if we said we're stopping unilaterally all turks with turkey on joining the e.u. and we don't have any majority for that in the european union out of the twelve years that i'm glad merkel has been chancellor eight of those she has ruled as part of a coalition with the social democratic party so if martin schultz is to try and slam her legacy and policies an

christian catlike democrats and angela merkel have a significant lead, and it does look like martin schultzend in a coalition, the other parties who could get representation, we also need to take note of them. we have the free democrats, the fdp. we have the free democrats, the fdp. we have the greens, and we also have the party that came out of the communist party that came out of the communist party in east germany, die linke, and on the right you have the alternative for germany, the afd, with their anti—immigration and anti—islam policies, which i came to look at here earlier. we will have to see what effect their policies have on a coalition, but we do know that immigration is a significant issue. you might think that is as maybe but what should i care when the polls suggest angela merkel will get a fourth term and we know that she will stay in power. there are a few reasons. she is a hugely significant player in terms of the world's responds to a number of major issues. on climate change, outside source was at the g20 watching angela merkel shape the world's response to that while don

seats their main rival and current coalition partner the center left of social democrats led by martin schultz got around twenty percent of the vote or one hundred forty eight seats but the biggest change to germany's political scene is this the far right and he is alternative for germany or d. party getting thirteen percent of the vote that translates into ninety five seats the three other main parties one between nine and ten percent of the vote but they could find themselves in power as part of a coalition the mccain reports from berlin. a moment of celebration for the christian democrats can in first place but for some it was a hollow victory they lost almost one hundred seats in this election so anger will very probably remain as chancellor this is

welcome back now the german chancellor angela merkel's main rival martin schultz has failed to win over voters now live to a base that's according to a poll by the t.v. channel but adds their campaign back to the election is set for september the twenty fourth to bring in a new poll limits and will also decide whether merkel remains in office for a fourth consecutive term auntie's piece all of a has a story. well this debate was set up as a a big stage for martin schulz the social democratic party leader and challenger to angular merkel to be the next chancellor of germany where the debate though was ultimately scored as a fifty five to thirty five victory to angela merkel the big thing is that there's not too much difference between the parties on the major issues but when it came to major issues particularly the chancellor's twenty fifteen refugee policy martin schultz said that there were things done back in twenty fifteen that should there be a chance to do them again or they should have been carried out in a different manner if we always stressed that we need to find a common europ

the latest polls haven't been encouraging for martin schultz and his social democrats. they're trailing chancellor merkel's christian democrats by a wide margin. surveys suggesting her conservative bloc is likely to take about 36% of sunday's vote. as the campaigning draws to a close, we've been monitoring events in munich where chancellor merkel delivered a speech earlier today. we asked about the choice of venue. >> basically this is a tradition between the cdu and you see the german chancellor speaking behind me. what is very much unusual here, let me just show you, is the protesters here behind us. there are several thousands of people turning out to support the german chaps -- chancellor. at same time we see people with away with merkel. we see the whistling and heckling that has so become the hallmark of this campaign and haunted the campaign of the german chancellor in recent weeks. we saw very few people, just a couple dozen here, with whistles who are clearly identifiable as antimerkel protesters. but as usual, one can almost say they're making a lot of noise.

pretty much a resoundingly win for the incumbent angola merkel fifty five to thirty five over martin schultz in total but this really was the the big chance for martin schulz and the social democratic party to put across what type of leadership they want to bring to germany we haue saw a lot of agreement on key issues between schultz and merkel where there was difference where it was when it came to under merkel's refugee policy back in twenty fifteen the german chancellor saying that she wouldn't change anything when it came to the big decision she would do everything exactly now as she did then however martin schultz said that when it came to those decisions there were things that shouldn't have been carried out the way they were the few things going to come of. waves of refugees have been hitting us not for a couple of days but for months off and we always stressed that we need to find a common european solution and according to the dublin convention zones it for me should stay where they first arrived and so they are not allowed to come to germany and switzerland and those states couldn'

makes a last minute push for votes she has a strong lead in the polls but with a main challenger martin schultz a distant second all eyes are on which party will come. and iran says it has launched a new missile a new ballistic missile that can carry multiple warheads over two thousand kilometers is a sign of defiance against the u.s. . welcome to the program the u.s. has flown ball most close to north korea's east coast and what the pentagon called a demonstration of its military options in the face of threats the u.s. said the fight flight went to the furthest north of the dividing line between the two koreas but any u.s. fighter jet has flown this century the show of force comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries over pyongyang's nuclear program and heightened rhetoric . for the second time this week the united nations podium was used to ratchet up the rhetoric between the u.s. and north korea john young's top diplomat slammed the u.s. president as a mentally deranged maglev maniac child how you on your words learned wasn't out of money president trump himself is the one on a

pretty much a resoundingly win for the incumbent angola merkel fifty five to thirty five over martin schultz in total but this really was the the big chance for martin schulz and the social democratic party to put across what type of leadership they want to bring to germany we haue saw a lot of agreement on key issues between schultz and merkel where there was difference where it was when it came to under merkel's refugee policy back in twenty fifteen the german chancellor saying that she wouldn't change anything when it came to the big decision she would do everything exactly now as she did then however martin schultz said that when it came to those decisions there were things that shouldn't have been carried out the way they were i was astonished cancel the american as the waves of refugees have been hitting us not for a couple of days but for months and we always stressed that we need to find a common european solution and according to the dublin convention they should stay where they first arrived in so they are not allowed to come to germany and those states couldn't manage the flow so

led by angela merkel and the social democrats led by martine schultz are widely predicted to be the two largest parties in parliament they may be in election mode now but both have been in a coalition since two thousand and thirteen what does that mean while it's been difficult to tell them apart when it comes to their stand on some major issues. two parties to many festivals at least in theory because in fact the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. and the social democrat party have more common ground than differences. one of the most pressing issues in german foreign policy is their relationship with turkey both parties agree on a tougher stance against turkish president. at the t.v. duel the two candidates had only slightly differing standpoint so in turkey. while s.p.d. front runner martin schulz called for ending economic and financial relations the customs union and e.u. accession talks see deals and supports freezing accession talks but stresses that diplomatic relations need to continue. the differences between the parties are slim in many areas but not when it comes to defense. c.d.u. a

but when it came to major issues particularly the chancellor's twenty fifteen refugee policy martin schultz said that there were things done back in twenty fifteen that should there be a chance to do them again or they should have been carried out in a different manner if we always stressed that we need to find a common european solution according to the dublin convention they should stay with a first arrived and so they are not allowed to come to germany and those states couldn't manage the flow getting the should have asked our neighbors for help in dealing with the refugee crisis so i definitely wouldn't say that everything back in twenty fifteen was done right and lost the key to our nothing. i see this completely differently and i know that mr schultz also knows that this is not right in two thousand and fifteen we all knew that we've got a big problem here it's like but still we. couldn't find any consensus on a solution to the refugee issue i acknowledge that i think the decision was right there was a chance for chills to get a little more impassioned if you will when it came to talk

with the social democrats who travel far behind merkel's party in opinion polls their leader martin schultz made a final push to sway voters at an energetic rally in african in germany's west on the eve of the rally schultz urged germans not to vote for the populist alternative for germany party nine by its german initials a f t arly founded four years ago the party is in a last minute boost in the polls it could end up being the third largest party in the bundestag these could be the first time a nationalist party has sat in germany's parliament since a nine hundred sixty s. . i find it very worrying in light of germany's history. i simply find it terrible. and although angle americal is confident of winning the actual make up of the government still remains wide open. joining us for more is political correspondent for spring gate thanks for joining us you know these latest polls they're giving merkel and the c.d.u. a huge lead is this really trust in merkel or in the studio it's a bit of both as you say the c.d.u. the christian democrats they're well ahead in the polls polling around thir

with the social democrats who travel far behind merkel's party in opinion polls their leader martin schultz made a final push to sway voters at an energetic rally in in germany's west on the eve of the rally schultz urged germans not to vote for the populist alternative for germany party nine by its german initials a f t only founded four years ago the f.t. has a last minute boost in the polls it could end up being the third largest party in the bundestag which would be the first time a nationalist party has that in germany's post-war parliament. i find it very worrying in light of germany's history i find it terrible. speculation. and all the other angela merkel is confident of winning the actual make up of the government remains why don't you. well sunday is the big day here in germany and people are counting down the hours until they can cast their ballots as we've seen the parties have been doing some last minute campaigning and now we have jared reed with us here in the studio to talk about their get out the vote efforts one of these parties doing to fire their voters up well it is rea

martin schultz meeting his supporters two days before polling he's determined to fight on despite being given almost no chance of beating merkel tomorrow some say his main campaign issue social justice has failed to energize voters yet this is the issue to which he returns at a rally in berlin remember the learn of. when we talk about fair wages about collective wage agreement the jobs with permanent contract should be the norm in germany which is the basis for a good future for the next generation. the passion of schulz's speech left many supporters frustrated by his low standings in the polls. i just don't get it because i think these are the issues that should be important in germany i still hope he will win. you shouldn't always listen to what the polls say whether they're representative or not is another question but after what he talked about today i don't understand it. hundreds of kilometers further south in munich the scene is very different crowds cheering the whistle of the rally but chancellor merkel it isn't don't survive is not highly literate but we can agree on one thing

be doing what i'm suggesting is the main challenger to be the next chancellor in germany but martin schultz is struggling to make an impact. but first this hour let's show you some live pictures coming to us out of spain this is a developing story as we. go on air police in the catalonia area arrested a leading politician joseph maria jose in a morning raid catalonia plans a referendum on full independence of course on october the first the spanish government has declared that illegal we're looking at right now people gathering there as news spreads and percolates through the area that's the finance ministry in barcelona call pen home joins us now from the catalonia region call just explain to us what's going on there in the past hour or so. peter since earlier this morning spain's paramilitary police known as glod of the civil guard has carried out a series of break on the regional government offices of catalonia one of the main focuses of these raids has been deep budget and finance ministry of the catalonian government now what imus central government and the guardia civil civil guard sa

win over undecided photos with just two days to go ahead chancellor merkel and her main rival martin schultz prevent a late surge from the far right old tonnage if in germany.

leading the way as expected is angela merkel's christian democratic union with thirty three percent martin schultz and his social democratic party are in second place with almost twenty one percent for the main two parties the results look to be their worst in post war history but a strong showing for the alternative for germany party bears that to enter parliament for the very first time with thirteen percent of vote and in one state saxony there are now the largest party so let's go into more detail about the main winner of the day the anti immigration euro skeptic alternative for germany party they will be getting ninety four think that's almost one stick of the total in this building here the bundestag and one of the party's leaders alice riedel had this to say. the very first thing we are going to do is deliver on our promise we're going to establish something and. it's going to look there was that into what this lady has done to contribute to the many voters especially the young are concerned over the party's radical agenda people have turned. to protest in cities all across germany no just

will america and her main challenger martin schultz have been making a final push to sway undecided voters ahead of sunday's national elections mankell campaigned in the northeast including the city of christ where she was invited to support the week of reanimation. short's was hoping to revive his chances at a rally of the center left social democrats in the western city of aachen. polls show his party far behind merkel's conservatives it's likely she'll have to continue a coalition with the social democrats or create a new one with other parties the far right alternative for germany is expected to enter the bundestag for the first time. by fighter jets are flown in international airspace over the waters east of north korea was the farthest north of the demilitarized zone that any u.s. fighter jet obama has flown this century the show of force came after tens of thousands of north koreans joined a rally against the u.s. in pyongyang tensions have been rising around the korean peninsula ever since north korea carried out its six nuclear test earlier this month prompting a new round of u.n.

person's success often leaves another disappointed and tonight that person is off as a leader martin schultze tens of millions of voters have now decided how they want parliament to europe's most powerful nation. i've danced this is a big day in the history of our party we've made it we've entered the blunder star and we will change this country to achieve what happened today at six o'clock is that evolution. thank you all this leave the city you would have hoped for a better result but we mustn't forget that we achieved our strategic objectives we are the strongest part and we have a mandate to form a new government a new government can be formed. thank you first today's a difficult day for social democracy we missed out in the election. after losing our central region we lost the federal election and. now let's have a look at the preliminary results after more than half of the votes have been counted leading the way as the expected is angela merkel's christian democratic union with thirty five percent of the vote martin schultz and his social democratic party are in second with twenty one p

ticking away for candidates in germany as current chancellor angela merkel and her main challenger martin schultz go head to head in a one off t.v. debate. hello that was just turned nine am here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me mickey aaron good to have you with us. washington says it will use any means necessary to defend itself after the most powerful north korea nuclear test to date u.s. secretary of defense james mattis promised a massive military response on pyongyang if tensions on its quickly can't. we have many military options and the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them any threat to the united states or territories including. or allies will be met with a massive military response the response both objective and overwhelming that's actually kind of an unexpected and drastic change in tone coming from modest there who is really starting to sound more like trump now he did add that america is not seeking the annihilation of north korea but it's highly unlikely that those comments will be of any comfort to anyone in north korea given how

and martin schultz as s.p.d. lead the race however third place could play kingmaker should there be a minority government delling or the left is among those contender an r.t.s. peter all over joins us live now from the rally in berlin. here to tell us a little bit about what's the mood at the rally right now. just right now the supporters of the left party hearing a speech from one of their senior figures going to go he's addressing them from the stage right now so it's all very quiet we have seen music and other events taking place here just to talk a little bit about bit about who the left. they are on the left side of the political spectrum here is the name suggests they're campaigning on this election for a rise in the minimum wage for caps on the rents in cities like lynn and other major cities across the country also they want to see. more investment in health care and the dissolution of nato this strongly against the alliance they also want to see higher taxes a tax rate of seventy five percent on high ear

candidates martin schultz had to say just after the results came through the bruckheimer there you go. we will continue our struggle for democracy and tolerance and respect from this day forward with all our strength with vehemence and passion and given the results of the far right not just with vehemence and passion with all of our might we are as a bulwark of democracy in this country. michel martin chills the social democrats as the bull. defending democracy wow this is an opportunity for the social democrats to use their very own history is germany's largest party who stood up to right wing extremism once before and in history unsuccessfully to to basically do we discover their own profile because they very badly need to do that because they have been governed into the ground in a grand coalition with the chancellor angela merkel at the same time you know it's not it's not that anybody's. role hung the a if t. who have declared that they are going to hunt the government the big question is will they stick to the rules everybody has to play with and if they don't will there be enou

clear in the days or more likely the weeks that lie ahead the chancellor social democratic rival martin schultz failed to convince enough voters that he should get the job and save the s.p.d. will now lead the opposition but for many the clear winners in this election are the third place alternative for germany the far right a.f.d. who have made it into the bundestag for the very first time so today on quadriga we're examining the election results here in germany and their significance for germany europe and the rest of the world election twenty seventeen germany has voted in to discuss the latest developments i'm joined here in the studio five three astute observers of german politics beginning with verizon or who was for many years with germany's a.r.d. t.v. network and one of the best known correspondents reporting on the german politics. also with us is. and posner a regular columnist for the berlin based newspaper did both hello and a warm welcome to today w.'s political correspondent michelle or michelle i would like to begin with you a bit victory for angela merkel she has secured what i

new government and merkel is poised to become chancellor for another term her main challenger martine schultz started out riding high in the polls we look at how his campaign lost its early momentum. and what about the f.t. the far right party is on course to enter parliament for the first time what could it mean for german politics we will have all of the analysis. plus in other news north korea upped the ante against the united states foreign minister tells the un that an attack on the u.s. mainland is now inevitable this after u.s. fighter jets fly near north korea and an unprecedented show of force. and fortress dortmund undefeated at home for more than two years and yet to concede a goal this season they topped the table as they hosted luncheon gladbach did the phones maintained their unbeaten run. i'm sorry kelly a very warm welcome to our special coverage of the german elections polling stations are open and germans are deciding whether angela merkel will serve a fourth term as chancellor with sixty one million eligible voters the polls give merkel a comfortable lead her conservatives

government will it be four times in a row for angela merkel as chancellor or will challenger martine schultz pull off a shock victory and pin her up to the post. and what about the a f d polls predict that the far right party will enter parliament for the first time what could this mean for german politics we will have all of the analysis. plus in other news north korea ups the ante against the united states beyond yanks foreign minister tells the un that an attack on the u.s. mainland is now inevitable this after u.s. bombers and fighter jets fly near north korea in an unprecedented show of force against the isolated state. and fortress dortmund undefeated at home for more than two years and yet to concede a goal this season tops the table as they posted much of blood back to the folds maintain their unbeaten run. i'm sorry kelly welcome to our special coverage of the german elections the polling . stations are open and germans are deciding whether angela merkel serves a fourth term as chancellor voting began just a few moments ago and will continue for the next ten hours you're looking at

there is martin schultz for the s.p.d. about six months ago it appeared that schultz actually had a really strong chance of giving a run for her money but in the last six months the espy's poll numbers have sunk and it seems that really has no chance of catching up to miracle is what do you think went wrong as far as schultz and his party is concerned with whether they go off track sure there's about two things the most important thing is that the s.p.d. has been in a governing coalition with the c.d.u. for the past several years so schultz really in a way is running as an incumbent but a less important incumbent so the s.p.d. hasn't really been able to come up with a separate platform and they haven't been able to articulate what they have to offer that's different than what america has already done so well so schultz for example in the debate last week with medical he wasn't really able to criticize her her platform or her policies in any kind of meaningful way so the s.p.d. doesn't have anything to offer voters additiona

chancellor angela merkel has cast his votes in the general election social democrat candidate martin schultz urged people to boycott the far right and immigration the party focus expected to win a fourth term in office but. is not expected to win a majority. there's been a suicide attack on a foreign military convoy in afghanistan's capital kabul security sources have told al-jazeera that three people were killed the interior ministry says the attacker was targeting danish troops the taliban has claimed responsibility. six people have been injured in the latest so-called acid attack in britain that happened shopping center in stratford in the east of london a teenager has been arrested the countries have secretary has vowed to crack down on attacks involving corrosive substances after a series of similar incidents is this here and have been protests in mexico after reports the particle left buildings where bodies could still be buried will be demolished just five days after a huge earthquake number of confirmed dead is now close to three hundred. as the headlines more news after will come on

that man is the main challenger to be the next chancellor of germany but martin schultz is struggling to make an impact we'll tell you why when we come back. however sees no showers making their way further south quite nicely now across southeast asia and indonesia seems to lobby down to weather just sliding down. in indonesia seeing one hundred ninety two millimeters of rain in the last twenty four hours the wet weather will continue to ease its way further south was increasing cloud just spilling into indonesia further north it is looking pretty wet some big showers all the way up towards indochina some more lively showers there across the philippines over the next day or two if anything there was just picking up a touch i speak through friday some rather lively shows making their way across southern parts of australia recently and the bad of cloud and ryan also filtering across the by easing down towards the southeast and cold a bit for eastern areas of all's well it looks like we'll see temperatures rising as we go on through the next sydney at twenty five celsius twenty there in

twenty seats and main rival and current coalition partner the center left social democrats led by martin schultz got around twenty one percent of the one hundred thirty seven seats but the biggest change to germany's political scene is this the far right and the anti islam alternative for germany or i.f.t. getting thirteen point two percent of the vote translates into eighty seven seats and makes them the third biggest policy this really are the main parties one between nine and ten percent of the vote could find themselves in power as part of a coalition in a victory speech merkel vowed to win back votes from the a.f.c. . they did not release. these and we don't have to beat around the bush of course we hope for a better result that is clear however we mustn't forget we've had a very challenging time in office and that's why i'm glad that we've achieved the strategic objective of our election campaign. we've got a challenge in the f.t. has entered the federal parliament will have to analyze and evaluate what happened because we want to regain those who voted for the a.f.d. . the day in barber h

but if anything needs reviving it's her rivals campaign the social democrat candidate martin schultz has crisscrossed the country these past weeks but from the start polls have suggested he and his party are less popular than merkel in her his last election rally was in his own right his message was about the need for greater social justice. we don't want to focus on the bad side of this country. better we make it more just that's the difference between them and us the final opinion polls might make green reading for his party the social damage. grants face the prospect of one of their worst ever results while the christian democrats have a commanding lead the closest race seems to be for third place which in germany's proportional electoral system can be a pivotal position of the building coalitions if the polls are right more than one in ten german voters may opt for the far right alternative for germany although no other party will work with this party its lead candidate is taking nothing for granted just as new of your for change consideration only represent a differing view on q

but a third of the electorate says it's still undecided meanwhile her main challenger that's martin schultz says he'll keep fighting for votes john mccain. with voting now imminent the politicians make the final push for votes for angela merkel there was a chance to meet her party's younger activists and thank them for their work but also to spell out why she wants to remain chancellor for the next four years. we think of the future which is especially important in the eyes of young people and it's important that we also address the issue of social justice but it's equally important to talk about how we can work to achieve our prosperity. i think we have found a good balance and then it was on to her home state where the photo opportunity was with a medical team teaching resuscitation techniques but if anything needs reviving its her rivals campaign the social democrat candidate martin schultz has crisscrossed the country these past weeks but from the start polls have suggested he and his party are less popular than merkel in hers his last election rally was in his home state where his mess

is the main challenger to be the next chancellor of germany but martin schultz is struggling to make an impact find out why when we come back. welcome to international weather forecast as you look at weather conditions across europe we've got a low pressure sent up across the baltic region another one affecting our parts of the balkans and then as we look at the more western areas who got to the low pressure pushing towards the u.k. but we have seen some pretty disturbed weather across parts of romania we've had several fatalities as the straight line winds of comes through and really have caused some severe damage lot of motoring accidents get a hint there of what it's like as these things blow through was we look out the forecast still some storms around southeast and more particularly around the balkans elsewhere temperature not too bad still for bucharest care there still coming twenty degrees further west unsettled across more northwest marriages eighteen for london and paris but fine across the iberian peninsula but well through into thirds that frontal system pushes across the

lead in the polls for you are expecting a heart stopping finish but with the main challenger martin schultz a distant second all eyes on which party will come in third also coming up. they're both think this is their work not only my parents work but also my grandparents thank god we're least a lawyer so the little girls three days of to mexico's massive earthquake remote communities a still waiting for help d. w. visited one village that's digging itself out of the rubble. and iran says it's launched a new ballistic missile that can carry multiple warheads over two thousand kilometers it's a sign of defiance against the u.s. . i'm a money it's good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel and her main challenge a mock to ensure we're out on their final day of campaigning before germans go to the polls on sunday and womack hill has a comfortable lead in the polls she's not taking any chances meeting voters in her home district in north eastern germany to pound home the message one last. the chancellor angela merkel doesn't have to worry about keeping her campaign alive as she pra

week off the week martin schultz has been working the crowds no lack of passion and little vs belief in a fad germany and a fair euro the crowd waves flags calling for quality jobs and pay a europe that works together. for germany better germany he says we can do this trouble is that's exactly what i'm glad. he different enough to go you know. it's like you know. something like. thirty two good. good and. spoke for forty five minutes without notes fluent and driven in another country he might be seen as really exciting but here we can't get anywhere. robin film is an extremely inefficient has been made of the european parliament is respected right across the european side so let's get to the time when many german voters are. sure about i'm going to have made most nicely programming. merkel's apparence invincibility is based on her capacity to outflank when a right wing politician says she wants to take in a million refugees how can the left objects. travel around germany and you can see how in this election merkel has managed to find a way of appealing to voters from different consti

didn't map out some kind of brown vision and that's the very criticism that she received from martin schultz as well during this campaign it's called macklin through it's going step by step and it also so martin so also one point and see her as someone who almost endangers democracy in a sense and in custody down on the democratic debate now she's in for a very story which is indeed and she was here just a few minutes ago in the states or in the room behind me on stage preparing her own cecil for a very tough weeks ahead basically meaning the c.d.u. needs to form a coalition most likely to make a coalition and that is a lot less fun than it sounds and to make a coalition is a lot less fun than it sounds that's the deal with the city you had quarters michele thanks for bringing us up to date. while we also have a correspondent at the s.p.d. party headquarters let's cross over now to thomas sparrow. thomas get a wire that will air i opinion it well it was i agree with melinda what she said just a few minutes ago if we look at martin shows during that round a few minutes ago that was martin sho