black smoke today obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. and i'm up that way. so when the big question today is will. of the four years taking up to sixteen years in office as chancellor one of the people hoping to. is martin chills the leader of the social democrats he's cast his vote already let's have a look at him this is him voting. in western germany this is a place where he was once so should get a lot of local support. throughout the campaign though there's been a lot of intrigue around some of the smaller parties who could play a big role and actually be kingmakers in forming a coalition in germany. to do can ski more on this. smaller parties have a very big say over the next to the german government and that's because there's a split system here in germany where half of the votes of first past the post the other half are actually proportional representation so as long as the party gains more than five percent of the vote it can gain seats in the german parliament and could wield significant power in terms of forming a coalition ov

black smoke today obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. and i'm up on that. america. so the voting here in germany now in full swing people heading to the polls to decide among other things whether anglo america will get another four years in office as chancellor and a number of the countess of been casting their ballots including martin schulz voted in the city of where they live in western germany that's where he was once heard throughout the campaign has also been a lot of intrigue around which of the so-called smaller parties might have a chance of becoming king makers having a big say in who is formed doing so who sorry who is forming a coalition. has more on this. smaller parties have a very big say over the next to the german government and that's because there's a split system here in germany where half of the votes of first past the post the other half are actually proportional representation so as long as the party gains more than five percent of the vote it can gain seats in the german parliament and could wield significant powe

blacks moved to do obama whites mccain barack obama became president. and i'm up on that. america. so as i mentioned early voting is well underway but open around three hours so close in what about seven hours' time we should get the first exit polls in around eight hours it's all about really what people are really discussing will engler merkle get another four years in office has been twelve years already a number of candidates have already been casting their ballots more to chill sort of turned out in his home city of us in the west of germany was once the. popular candidate loadout throughout the campaign has been intrigued around which of the smaller parties might get a better chance of being a kingmaker and helping to form a coalition this is a subject that artie's correspondent charlotte been taking a closer look. at smaller parties to have a very big say over the next to the german government and that's because there's a split system here in germany where half of the votes of first past the post of the hall for actually proportional representation so as long as the party ga

black smoke today obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. and i'm up on that. ok let's see what all the fuss is about things like pictures of voting does not want to know is in a in a voting station in berlin i believe that is martin chills the speedy leader casting his vote pretty obvious who's voting for but will it be significant wall and will you get to be part of a coalition would be a junior partner will be a singapore you know what you'll be hoping for. some of the biggest intrigue though apart from the christian democrats in the social democrats intrigue about the smaller parties because they could play a big role in this election somebody could it be the greens could be big the the other perhaps maybe the nobody really likes them but that one of the parties is likely to play a big role in forming a coalition and being a kingmaker so that dubious can take a closer look small parties can topple very big say over the next to get your government and that's because this split system here in germany where home the post office part of the

blacks moved to the obama white mccain barack obama became president. and i'm up that way. so when the big question today is will. the four years taking up to sixteen years in office chancellor throughout the campaign though it's been a lot of intrigue around some of the smaller parties who could play a big role and actually be kingmakers in forming a coalition in germany or to course punish all of us more on the smaller parties have a very big say over the next term of the german government and that's because there's a split system here in germany where half of the votes of first past the post the other half are actually proportional representation so as long as the party gains more than five percent of the vote it can gain seats in the german parliament and could wield significant power in terms of forming a coalition over the next few weeks of course most people predict that anglo merkel's most in should still be the largest party in the next few years but how they will then go about forming a coalition to be the ruling party over a germany will all depend on potentially

blacks voted obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. and i'm all over. america. as the early results start to trickle in on sunday night the social democratic party leader martin shows well he was unable to hide his disappointments. thank you thank you today's a difficult day for social democracy now in our look. after losing option to retreat or didn't we lost the federal election. and the looks on their faces there really said it all it turned out to be the espy's was still extant performance since the second world war on twitter users were quick to add insult to injury some salt caustically congratulated moss and so on his high energy. while others suggested most mr schultz may not have realized this was a national election and not a local race and there were some hostile comments too but one user describing the s.b. days before months as pathetic well here's a quick look at what the former european parliament president is best known for among voters. make europe great again. as we mentioned bottom sos has ruled out keeping the so-called grand coaliti

black smoke today obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. and i'm up. america. so the voting is. in full swing the polls opened around eight am local time the closing just under six hours from now the question is will anger anger michael get extra four years you could go on for what sixteen years all together is chance that if he does several candidates already been casting their ballot in three mountain shows you can see him here voting in the city who is a little nuts in the west of the country where he was once actually the mirror in the local town that the campaign there's been a lot of intrigue as well about which of the smaller parties might play a big role about speaking because in forming a coalition. takes a closer look at the. smaller parties have a very big say over the next to the german government and that's because there's a split system here in germany where half of the votes of first past the post the other half right she proportional representation so as long as the party gains more than five percent of the vote it can gain seats in the

black smoke today obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. and i'm up on that. america. that might make her feel pretty old just over forty percent of germany's sixty one million million eligible voters have cast their ballot by two in the afternoon according to early estimates makes it a little bit lower than the same point in the twenty thirteen federal election that figure doesn't include postal votes here's a little be a lot of those because the countries go quite large over the aging population that's the way they want to do it seems the postal turnout was hard according to early estimates among the voters of course is the chancellor herself she cast her ballot several hours ago here in berlin and despite her late position possibly the most widely recognized face in the country nonetheless angela merkel has to abide by the rules to share the show id before heading to the ballot box or the traps of fame fortune may rival martin scholtz has also cast his vote despite many saying the result of the election is a foregone conclusion there's a

blacks moved obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. studied. back and. ok let's bring in on now is dr healy brickner professor of european studies at the stanford university welcome to the program so it's good to have you all and now i'm going to marcos you may not have done is one issue one today based she is set for a fourth term as the chancellor with make it the largest party in the bundestag with an estimated two hundred eighteen seats now a lot of people will be asking themselves especially after everything that she's been through in recent years what is the secret to her longevity. and i think it's a combination of domestic factors and external factors people are quite satisfied with their situation in germany so you can't really mobilize extreme voters on a large scale by telling that germany is a messy situation because it's not we have the highest employment in the history of the country it is considered to be a relatively stable and safe despite what else is going on in the world and there is an increasing feel that pressure is coming from out

blacks voted obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. studied. back and our own that. america. are just some of recollections asli some of these young people more known anywhere else and so she said twelve emotional go through to a number to mind with merkel she said it being fun come earlier on you can get the results she'd hoped for but nonetheless she said that they've been popping some champagne corks that's where the doing instead they are the alternative for germany but not outside those initial results came in it was immediately clear that the controversial terms of too many parties going to went to parliament for the first time protesters have been stationed outside their fifty h.q. with party members the anti fascist party have been demonstrating there but next million cross on the stage here earlier on to me is very happy to not only supporters being very very happy but a lot of people of course in germany and the greater europe as well are far from happy this is the first time since world war two that they're going to have a over our s

blacks voted obama whites mccain barack obama became the president. studied. and i'm up. interesting once a lot of young people will not have known any other chong during their lives and to be making sixteen years and being at the helm i'm going to think i will carry on till twenty twenty one although some of the guests are things that might not be the case it might be somebody waiting in the shadows so i will tell what we know who is not waiting in the shadows and very much lit up ready to speak to us just never a dutch journalist joining us now on the line from les lovely to have you on the line this time of the evening thanks for your time looks still quite like this to you see this is a successful i suppose it depends how you look at the glass is half full it's not half empty i guess she would have hoped to have come out much better than this what do you make of it looking on from. well i think basically it's an enormously psychological breakthrough for the germans. just became. an important part of this talk now so there will be now for the first time in a blue stark

blacks voted obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. and. the passage of time ticks on doesn't it but i'm glad merkel still the helm going into no way to take the suit still twenty twenty one incidentally just looking at this run table the go in at the moment on national television here she still says she's with the work for growing coalition is being told she's still saying mathematically it could happen though i'm not. specialized enough to work out how that could be if the. if the if what if short of saying that no we don't want to get involved in this anymore i don't know how it can happen we'll find out more of a force of a bit later but she still says be thinking that could still be some kind of grand coalition rather than the other coalitions we're talking about tonight i'm going to will be speaking live later be crossing over and bringing you that live coverage one thing was very certain from the offset though and that was when the initial results came in it was immediately clear that the controversial alternative for germany policy

black smoke today obama whites mccain barack obama became the first black president. studied. school back and i'm up that way. it's going to make i'm glad michael is still rather old isn't i guess well but i do have those first results their reaction to them our team of correspondents. here in berlin at the parties h.q. boyko for one is that the terms of a germany off of up we're going to get reaction from the free democratic party paper all of us there just checked and you can hear it loud and clear in berlin and we've got charlotte depends who to talk to as well reporting from the left parties h.q. and we've also got a whole couldn't tracking the developments that i'm going to merkel see the you come the might be a slight delay with there was still on top of this as a big long queue to get in get in the press through the credit station the queues seems longer than we'd all anticipated he may be doing a selfie from outside. the take another hour to get in. anyway paulie boy pauly are there any simple and double digits predicted for the most right wing party to win seats in pa

was 24% of people who supported hillary clinton in 2008 anden in end en voting against john mccain and barack obama. we live in a time when political allegiance to a party is not particularly strong. you know, there are more independence now than democrats or republicans. so why would it shock anybody that somebody who voted for hillary clinton voted against obama and for john mccain? yo y. it would shock anybody that voted for me would vote against clinton and vote for donald trump? >> i gis ges what shocks me -- let me take a stab at answering that question. what is shocking for some people is you and donald trump are so opposed on so many issues that it just seems weird that somebody can spord you and then flip and short donald trump. >> well, i know that. but again, it seems to me to be weird to somebody could support hillary clinton and vote for a conservative republican like john mccain. we live in a country that is not particularly ideological. there are people that like me and people that like donald trump and people who like hillary clinton and people like john mib r. mccain. but in fact a

republican senator and former presidential candidate — john mccain — says he'll vote against the latest republican attempt to repeal barack obama'stor mccain said his conscience prevented him from supporting the repeal proposal without knowing how much it would cost nor how many people would be helped or hurt by it. you can get more on all our stories by going to the bbc news website. there's full background and analysis — plus video and audio content. go to bbc.com/news. stay with us here on bbc news — still to come: with the starting whistle just a few hours away, prince harry pitches in with the final preparations for the invictus games. but first, let's get more on our top story, theresa may's speech in florence. it seems eu leaders welcomed the friendlier tone from the prime minister, but called for more detail. our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports from brussels. tonight a reminder — on brexit, the eu too has a position, and it's not shifting. not yet. translation: before negotiations can move forward, we need more clarity for eu citizens, the financial terms of exit and the issue of ireland. if these are no

for congressional plans to repeal health care law is brought on by former president barack obama senator john mccain declared his office on friday to the republican party's latest proposal he says the vote is being rushed and wants more details on what it could cost. right to japan now where virtual reality is the biggest attraction at this year's tokyo game show a quarter of a million and expected to check out the latest in gaming and computer technology i reporter on the ride went along and became part of the experience. it's still all about the goggles but a whole lot more ever bigger hardware to enhance the virtual reality experience making it so real there seems to be very little that's virtual about it or not but you know. it really felt like you were moving and you felt the wind in your face. but it won't kid a normal day now but i think people will expect experiences like this well out of that i got. so real you wonder if it wouldn't be better doing the real thing like cycling apparently not. boring reality is boring i've got you know yes with more than six hundred exhibitors covering multip

about white supremacy, the power of whiteness, people say, well, what about barack obama meeting mitt romney and john mccainnd it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 million people that voted for barack obama and turned around for donald trump. how could race be the thing that's motivating? >> because like jackie robinson imgreat mlb, mlb was no longer racist. the fact that one black person being extraordinary and, therefore, accomplishes something is not to the credit to the obstacle that they had to conquer. do you understand the fact that you have to be a highly educated lawyer, a particularly gifted politician, and accomplish something and someone who has no career at all in public life can do the same thing. that's a statement. racism works by raising the barrier for certain people and lowering the barrier considerably for other people. the test all ways is go through a list of things that donald trump has said. from, you know, effectively bragging and sexual assaults, just on the down, just take anything on any day. randomly look on twitter on any day and say, what would happen if barack obama had sa

john mccain and jeff flake. barack obama. hillary clinton, even though the election happened a year ago. the media, from the failing "new york times" and the amazon, "washington post" and individual reporters. obamacare. hamilton, the broadway musical. jeff sessions, his own attorney general. the emmys. nordstroms. the russia investigation. rosie o'donnell, the paris climate agreement, meryl streep, mexicans, protesters, fake news, john oliver, mark cuban, snoop dogg and this weekend, the nfl and its players. and the list goes on and on. well, it's actually easier to name the people and things that president trump has not attacked than all the ones that he has. so i came up with a very small list of people or groups that he's not attacked after several expensive google searches. first, i don't think the president has attacked the barber shop quartet singing organization, the society for e preservation barber shop quartets. to the best of my knowledge he's never attacked them. although it's very recent, pumpkin spice lattes. i

barack obama voted for those amendments. so. brian: john mccainhinks he poisoned the well because he didn't want bush and more importantly mccain to be part of immigration reform. >> that's been his pattern. i think that he has preferred to have the issue to bash republicans on rather than actually have reforms. brian: also, bill, on top of that. this thing was ready to go. he had a four page facebook post after president trump made his decision. >> on daca, too. a lot of people criticize us for it, but no one has been stronger for immigration than the "wall street journal." the "wall street journal" was very critical of president obama's moves on daca using executive authority. that he himself admitted he didn't have. brian: i think the "wall street journal," am i right, supported the gang of 8. >> yeah. but they have criticized. we've criticized barack obama throughout his administration for these orders. they are not even executive orders, different memos because they poison the well why making people think it's an unfair process. donald trump

candidates who visited our state capital, including when barack obama visited and had his photo taken and donald trump, hillary clinton, john mccain, chris c, bernie sanders, all of the candidates for those who are extremely well known to those who only a new hampshire person would know. we embraced the presidential primary and we enjoyed the excitement. it is a unique opportunity to get up close and meet candidates. into this room along with our presidential primary display and we like to highlight that not only are we the first to president -- votes for president, but we are a state of many firsts. we were the first state to declare independence from the british spirit we were the first state to create a state constitution. upstairs, we were the first state to have a female majority in our legislative body in the senate. prior to that, we were the first state to have a female in-state leadership majority. we had a woman speaker and a woman senate president and a woman governor. firstt on to have the state to have an all federal female delegation and even today, all of new hampshire's legislation are women. new hampshire is a sta

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mccain cast a deciding no vote in july on the so-called skinny repeal of barack obama's health care law. cnn's kaitlin collins has this report. >> reporter: we saw the president take several swipes at senator john mccain during that rally in huntsville, alabama. we were expecting that after mccain came out and announced he would not support the graham-cassidy, that one more effort by republicans to repeal and replace the affordable care act. john mccain has been hesitant about that all week, saying that he wanted to go the regular order and not go through this rush eed process. but the president said he was not expecting john mccain to be a no on this. he said he had a list of potential nos and john mccain was not on it. >> they gave me a list of ten people that were absolute nos. these are ten republican senators. now john mccain's -- [ audience booing ] john mccain was not on the list, so that was a totally unexpected thing, terrible. honestly, terrible. repeal and replace. because john mccain, if you look at his campaign, his last campaign, was all about repeal and replace. repeal an

. >> how remarkable is it to see john mccain essentially saving not once but a couple of times now barack obama's sick legislative achievement? >> look, at the end of the day, senator mcka inis a true public servant, has always been a true public servant. i think he is doing this for the right reasons, he wants to set the tone correctly and bring this back to deliberative process. that's why he is doi doing this. they want to see it fixed. but by the end of the day, he wants to make sure there is a legacy of the senate getting back to a body that actually listens an debates openly, especially anything that has to do we are ordering one-sixth of the u.s. economy. >> let me ask you about north korea. we've seen this back and forth between president trump and kim jong-un. i suppose most americans are sitting back watching this oh, this is just talk. it's just bluster. >> right. >> when you look at it from your standpoint, the this just bluster? >> the problem is there the bluster, but it can easily get into miscalculation where one side decides they have to take a pre exhibitive action to protect th

whether you love or hate barack obama he promised he campaigned uniquely in two thousand and eight where he beat the more bellicose hillary clinton and then the bellicose john mccain he campaigned against. he campaigned against the bellicose mitt romney to end the forever war in the middle east and bring america's troops home and he brought almost all of them home the afghan government begged us to leave a residual force there and begged. they just to add very slightly to that residual force but it's a very tiny residual force relatively it's more symbolic and so to see that as a breach of a commitment you know we're we're muddling toward the fulfillment of the commitment of america's decision to complete disengagement in the forever war sophia i beg your patience these things take time ok because from an observer's point of view it does seem naive for a leader of the world's only superpower to be committed to peace i mean you have all this military my you you probably have no choice but to use it once you are in power. i know it's very expensive for america to police the world it's a role that we that was thrust upon us it was a role that we inherited it's not a

barack obama. lou: he and the democrats and the left because all this going back to senator ted kennedy and john mccaine expression, chills went down my back because we know it means nothing. it's enlarging a problem instead of solving it. this middle class tax cut the president is selling. one can just see the indifference and even the disrespect of both mcconnell and ryan as they sat there in the white house listening to the president. that's not where they live. steve: make it simple, everyone can understand it and then he will get the support for it. complicating it, getting in the weeds. make it big simple. reagan showed how to do it. do it again. lou: steve forbes, thanks for being with us. have a great weekend. >> a gold ring... >> it might have been an engagement ring. >> from the great jane austen? >> i expected it to be a fairly flimsy story. >> a story of romance, mystery, and money. >> money was critical. i mean, it was about survival. >> but from a british icon to an american idol... >> i probably could have snuck it out of the country. but i would've been, like, banned. >> inheriting a na

barack obama. lou: he and the democrats and the left because all this going back to senator ted kennedy and john mccainls went down my back because we know it means nothing. it's enlarging a problem instead of solving it. this middle class tax cut the president is selling. one can just see the indifference and even the disrespect of both mcconnell and ryan as they sat there in the white house listening to the president. that's not where they live. steve: make it simple, everyone can understand it and then he will get the support for it. complicating it, getting in the weeds. make it big simple. reagan showed how to do it. do it again. lou: steve forbes, thanks for being with us. have a great weekend. kennedy: democrat say they have a deal to let dreamers stay. but the president says not so fast. will the white house try to tax the rich to cut the corporate rate? brian brenberg crunches the numbers. why are democrats so hooked on single payer healthcare. juan williams will try to explain. last night'' super natural conservative fab produced a hint of hope for stranded dreamers. the president is trying t

barack obama. lou: he and the democrats and the left because all this going back to senator ted kennedy and john mccains the press secretary use the expression, chills went down my back because we know it means nothing. it's enlarging a problem instead of solving it. this middle class tax cut the president is selling. one can just see the indifference and even the disrespect of both mcconnell and ryan as they sat there in the white house listening to the president. that's not where they live. steve: make it simple, everyone can understand it and then he will get the support for it. complicating it, getting in the weeds. make it big simple. reagan showed how to do it. do it again. lou: steve forbes, thanks for being with us. have a great weekend. we'll see you monday. good night from new york. >> announcer: from fox business headquarters in new york city the new "wall street week." maria: welcome to "wall street week," the program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. our special guest this weekend carlisle group president and chief operating officer, glenn youngkin

that the survival of obamacare was more dependent on the re-election of john mccain rather than the re-election of barack obama was not a perfect bill, graham-cassidy, we get that the republican replacement. it had its problems. but it was much better than the catastrophic healthcare situation we have now. john mccain sold us all out. i'm still wondering why he claims to be a republican senator despite being the democrats' best friend right now. abby: dan, do you think he has a point though john mccain when he says the reason i can't get behind this is part of it is all down party lines and that is what republicans had a big issue with obamacare. that former president barack obama shoved this down everyone's throats and the democrats were the only ones on board that were able to actually get this through. most of them didn't even read that bill. do you think he has a point there and we should get more voices and should be some bipartisan evident when it comes to healthcare? >> you know, i would think he had a point if it wasn't a solution searching for a problem. in other words, mccain is looking for a reason

barack obama. he wants to honor the flag and the military, this man as a candidate impugned the heroism of john mccain. a war prisoner, a prisoner of war in the vietnam war. he has to be accountable for things he's done and said, and takes a self-righteous stand and recognize the hollowness of it. >> david set it up perfectly. the president says this isn't about race, it's about patriotism. how does that wash with you? >> i think bob costas said it really well in your interview. this whole thing started because colin kaepernick was protesting about police shootings and police brutality. if you looked yesterday a lot of the athletes kneeling are black. 70% of the people in the nfl are black. it's hard to say. i think what donald trump is saying, because he doesn't say i'm not bringing black athletes to the white house, therefore, it's not about race, but the people he's in contest with, kaepernick, steph curry, are black people in majority black sports. of course, it's about race. >> look, and even if he says, and you can debate it, because it is debatable, whether or not his comments are about race, h

barack obama as the republican presidential nominee. it is and at me why we continue to hold out hope for john mccain. i actually hope that rand paul, when he gets a chance to look at this bill, when he sees the power of the bill in granting money back to the states >> martha: -- >> martha: which was in his original bill. >> it's what rand paul stands for, bringing power back to the states, and that is why i hope when rand paul, who has -- i understand that these senators have not even seen the bill yet. when they see the bill, and i believe there is a hearing on monday or tuesday, when they see this bill in the year the facts, i hope that there is a glimmer of hope that susan townes or lisa murkowski and rand paul could be a "yes." and lead john mccain out there by himself. >> martha: there is a lot of sweeteners in this deal for alaska. we will see what happens with murkowski. this is from john mccain street. "i remain fairly behind the governor of arizona and will support whatever health care plan he is best for arizona." let's move on to the one that came up from doug ducey. the people of arizona

barack obama. what's difficult is when you have congress coming back on tuesday, when you've been going to war with republicans in particular in the senate, you have john mccain post" basically saying this is a president without good judgment, how do you get things like funding for harvey, raising the debt ceiling, funding the government, let alone tax reform? there's been a dramatic change in congress at the end of the summer to the beginning of fall. everybody was piss and vinegar, yelling and screaming, and nothing happened. i not there's a real call to functionality at this moment. it's an important moment for congress. you know, the members of the house are the -- are the members in government that are most connected to the average person. the empathy and sympathy that america has been glued to for the past week is going -- these members in the house are -- this is not something they're ignoring. they see this and understand, they know people want them to fund and be able to help the victims of harvey not just now but in the three to five years where it's critically important where things tend to fall apart. >> quickly, the dreamers, daca. the question r