about working with merkel. it was one of the really pillars of what she is able to achieve, which is to control the flow of information and social media particularly. she does not engage. she got to twitter only to be able to follow trump, but never tweeted herself. but that was on the way she could figure out what trump was up to. >> that's true of all of us by the way, just to be clear. >> is it? >> that's the only way you can understand what trump is up to. >> if you say so. >> oh, my goodness. i think with time for one more solid question. operator, can you do that? >> yes. our next question will be from george polk it. >> this george in boston with chest some investments. my question is for constanze. angela merkel played a critical role in the resolution of the greek crisis, which took many quarters to resolve. and output increase fell about 25%. the was a lot of hardship in greece. my question is, how do you assess her legacy in terms of handling of the greek crisis, and more broadly, the eurozone crisis

and it's something that, in fact, merkel -- it's almost verbatim the language that merkel used untily recently last year. so it's not that different. the difference of course is that underlying -- the underlying circumstances have changed. so i think scholz is kind of committed to a policy of continuity from the merkel era, he has said so all along, but the circumstances underlying everything has changed. what is interesting and you pointed this out, fareed, putin is kind of -- citing somebody else but putin has managed in a way with what he's doing right now to make ukraine a nation, which arguably in some ways it wasn't before, uniting ukraine. he has also given nato a reason to exist. some now feel as this escalates that he may just be the reason that germany moves from this very tortured past, from a past where it was on the wrong side of history and had struggled with leading in any way with military power, moving perhaps into a future that is different. so it's possible that putin ironically perhaps might be achieving just that. there's certainly signs that the position is hard

but angela merkel is no longer the chancellor of germany. indeed, the german people went to the polls and they voted her party out of office. so one would think from the united states, to the extent we're concerned about standing with an ally, we should be concerned about the current government of germany, not the former government, and we should respect the views of the german people. now, the current government of germany is hopelessly fractured on nord stream 2. the greens, who are part of this coalition government, passionately oppose nord stream 2. vocally, repeatedly, they've condemned nord stream 2, and they're an integral part of this german government. but just a few hours ago, the german defense minister on the other side said nord stream 2 is off the table. they're not willing to $anything to stop nord stream 2, and the german chancellor has said the same, declaring that he seeks a positive reset with putin. this is the same putin that has tanks on the border of ukraine and he's preparing to invade. another argument that we will h

well, i know you just mentioned that i was the diplomatic advisor to transfer merkel. and of course i lived through the period 20131415. the aggression of russia for the invasion of ukraine by rushers. so when you look at the situation today, you, you know, you remember what happened 8 years ago when the sanction cit then rusher scaled back their, their attacks. you know, we don't want to have this and see that repeated. so what we want this time is to have this very strong, massive reaction put into the window so to speak. so that russia knows exactly what, what happens if they actually take the step that them put in, you know, indicated they are ready to take. well, we still have no assumptions list yet from the european side. at the same time, we are hearing that britain also the united states of bringing back some of the diplomatic stuff in the ukranian capital key. if we have a political storm across the west. also with the german navy chief stepping down after basically saying that, put in probably deserves respect. so how united is the west at the moment and how

really redefine and build on what he says those who came before him without referring to angler, merkel. and so this is the cleanest, clearest break. with the over arching godmother of conservatism here and germany that you could imagine. and at the same time, he's under intense pressure not to throw the baby out with the bathwater because many voters voted conservative in the past because of anglo michael that was her own political conservative brand that made her so successful. now he has to quin his mechanical now. thank you very much. to brenda's legal action now on friday night, frank fred saw the champions league hopes slip as he suffered a to know defeats at home to better field. visit us to kind of lead through patrick velma, who then got creative with some fine set up play understandable shelf scored with his chest to make it to nail them. as i can go helps you on important win for bill field who move to points clear off the vacation zone. previously informed frankfurt, meanwhile, extended the out when this run to 3 games watch indeed up the news of next well, stories the week

but former chancellor merkel was similarly inclined. and yet after the the ukraine annexation of crimea in 2014, she played a very strong role in rallying eu member states around sanctions and also in initiating the so called minsk process of talks between ukraine and russia. so wh's changed the government right now, we have an spd led government and the s. p. d. let's remember is traditionally very russia friendly. the former spd chancellor sits in the board of directors of gazprom and one of the leading proponents of north stream two and this project. um should it be canceled should the german government openly declare that it will be void if russia invades ukraine. this will have a real domestic political fallout for the spd for chancellor schulz party. and these are the issues right now. unfortunately in the internal debates in germany that are being placed over our international obligations to lead on security and peace in europe. michel, you say it's all about the showdown between russia and the us. so does anything germany could

play in also to the view of vladimir putin as a master of looking for weaknesses and the lack of a merkeltely. there is no doubt in the fact that there is no—one right now on the european landscape with putin's level of experience and his own institutional memory of how he got to this point is a huge liability. and, frankly, it's a challenge for the united states as well. like britain, the us—russian relationship is in tatters and there are very few interlocutors who are dealing on an intensive basis who are dealing with putin's inner circle, that is a real challenge as we head into what could be a very dangerous phase in this crisis in mid—february or later. can ijust, for a final thought, turn our attention to domestic politics in the us as well, we have mid—terms and we also have a biden who's playing hardball after a fashion and we've got donald trump who could quite easily be saying, "look, once again, the europeans are soft pedalling, we're expected to pick up the pieces in a faraway part of the world," and that plays very well domestically, as an argument. i don't think the america

getting settled into his newjob stop in the previous round of crisis in 2014, 2015, it was angela merkelean interaction with the russians. we don't have someone with her strength both within the european union and the credibility with the russians working on behalf of the west right now, so there is a real deficit interlocutors and crime is trying to fill that. find is trying to fill that. and that will _ is trying to fill that. and that will be _ is trying to fill that. and that will be sent, - is trying to fill that. and that will be sent, and i is trying to fill that. and | that will be sent, and mr macron has his own strategic views as to how europe should be playing a role here, but that would also play into the view of a vladimir putin as a master of looking for weaknesses and the lack of angela merkel is a weakness. absolutely. there is no doubt the fact that there is no—one right now and european landscape with vladimir putin's level of experience and his own institutional memory of how he got to this point is a huge liability. and frankly it's a challenge for the united states as

netflix, assigning multi year production deal worth more than a $151000000.00 with megan merkel and print carried over a year ago. for now. actually want to see something in return. this after spotify also goes public with their frustrations over lack of work by the former royal couple. we will discuss the field expectations with our own hollywood, a fighter by did ministration, which revoked outright revoked authorization for 2 very popular monoclonal antibody treatment. florida governor randa santas is angry. the bite administration sang it decision to limit monoclonal antibody use is sudden and reckless. we're going to look at how the world is currently treating cobit and give you the justification by this administration, for the limits being placed on the highly effective treatment for coven 19 super. pull it up, mike. i did president biden's crew comment about a reporter. but where is the outcry from other media outlets on it for full tack on a member of their own div monford choices to discuss? i'm a guy now. he is all of the stories and more on today's edition of a news review. let

many already see mac chrome as a natural success to angler, merkel of effective leader of europe and oh, hi, basil dominion. so from midnight's left, france will take over the presidency of the european union, and you can counter my total commitment to make this moment mama, which only occurs once every 13 years. a time of progress for you. full image of micron is expected to run in the presidential elections. this april, though, has yet to formulate declare but there is also strong support for you or skeptic. candidates including leader of the right wing national raleigh, marine the pen sullivan. she says, no patriot can accept the downgrading and dilution of the nation and criticize micron for swapping the trickle off for the flag under the auditorium. asked franz buckles recalled, breaking cove 19 cases. will microns you optimism cut through or will his role as europe's air presumptive be brought to an early end did have years correspondence around the world and they are looking ahead to the issues likely to dominate the year. our chief international editor richard walker, focuses

this is part of the legacy of anglo merkel who built very close ties with b jing an approach that wasn't just of our business. she also hoped to bring about change there's a german expression for this idea, vandal deutsch, handle or change through trade. the idea that by engaging and trading with a regime like china, you can encourage it to open up politically. but any such hopes have been dashed, raging suppression of freedoms in hong kong, and his persecution of the muslim minority in chin jang. just to signs that under she gym, ping. china is on an even more authoritarian path. germany's new government has promised a fresh approach to china responding to pressure coming in from foresight. there's going to be pressure from within the bonus tag from within the, the german population from germany's major allies outside of europe and pushing germany to change its tone, to speak out more on, on values, issues and reevaluate its economic relationship with china. the coalition deal underpinning the new government lists. many concerns with china is the 1st of its kind to mentioned taiwan voic

correspondent: it has been a very eventful 2021, first, a huge political turnover, chancellor angela merkelo after 16 years in power passed on this power to olaf scholz, the new government, the new chancellor, olaf scholz, the measures he had promised during his campaign, germany, we also, become, we also lead the g7 group that seven big economies in the world, g7, this will be a huge thing for germany next year, and of course, the biggest challenge for the country will first and foremost be to go to, will be to go to the new wave of infections, covid-19 infections, due to the omicron variant, here in germany, officials are bracing themselves for soaring numbers come january, first, it has been reached by the government of olaf scholz, when he promised the end of november that the 30 million jobs will be administered by the end of this year and he is succeeding and he has succeeded and but officials will feel the soaring number of infections, while there is something that could be affected, meaning that less people could be available to work in hospitals or in public services, so really ger

stations will be switched off one year from now. germany began facing out nuclear energy under angular merkel. after the reactor accident in fukushima, japan. small crowds gathered to welcome the news. one person is confirmed dead and 3 others are missing after a powerful gas explosion in northern belgium blast in the town of til newt destroyed part of a residential building, one person is recovering from their injuries in hospital. the american comedy actress betty white has died at the age of 99. her television career spent 60 years she was best known for her any award winning winning role in the t. v sitcom. the golden girls and the mary tyler moore show wife passed away less than 3 weeks before her hundreds birthday residents in the american state of colorado are surveying the damage after a wildfire told, tore through several towns. it's believe the fast moving flames engulfed at least $500.00 homes. authorities say they're the worst fires the state has ever seen so far. there are no reported deaths, which local officials have described as miraculous. panic in a busy story, colorado stro

every step of the way melts, tried to fight merkel shift of her conservatives to the center left heathen once quit politics altogether after failing to stop her political rise. now he is back with a sobering message after the conservatives historic eviction from government last year. you're known as smithy, symbolic with this election results. the conservatives have become a serious political restructuring case, at risk of bankruptcy. on a good duncan with the cd, you losing support across all age groups. last election nuts is vowing to redefine conservatism in germany that um to under customer caught other christian democratic parties in europe have suffered a much more dramatic. thank. then we have, 1st of all, we have to answer this very question. can we manage to be a party of the middle liberal, conservative social, thereby winning over voters in the long term? that will be a difficult task if it's taken fleet. liz murtz, 3 attempts and more than 2 decades to get elected cd you leader. but he's only going to get one shot at renewing the party as he tries to achieve his ultimate aim

we do this when you look at the balkans are very active, you know, that tend to merkel at the libya conference where, and you know, we try to get libya on a democratic way and there's some success in there. we are now more active in this a hill suite. defend a rules based international order. this is our position also towards conflicts that we see with china, you know, we insisting on implementing the rule of law. so it's not that we, those stay with one side or the other, but we insist on the respect for, for intentional, for the child her, for the universities declaration of human rights. it is our position. how delicate is the balance between economic interests and those rules that you decided? you know, it's, as i said, with regard to russia, it's always very important that you talk, that you keep on trends open that you discuss what is very important, that you don't become too dependent on one country. you have to see that you do 1st, you fi, you have to be clear, you must not be in a situation where you can be blackmailed. so diversification in trade is very important. this also, this al

many already see micron as a natural successor to angler, merkel, as effective leader of europe and over, but you'll dominique so from midnight, let france will take over the presidency of the european union. and you can counter my total commitment to make this moment. mm hm. which only occurs once every 13 years, a time of progress, a you full with a mr. matthew micron is expected to run in the presidential elections. this april, though, has yet to formulate declare but there is also strong support for you or skeptic. candidates not including leader of the right wing national rally, marine the pen. she says, no patriot can accept the downgrading and dilution of the nation and criticize macros for swapping the trickle off for the flag under the arbitrary and asked franz buckles record breaking cove. 19 cases will microns you optimism cut through a will his role as europe's at presumptive be brought to an early end? south africa has said farewell to the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid. the funeral of archbishop at archbishop, forgive me, desmond tutu, took place at cape

>> so angela merkel did many wonderful things, but one very large mistake she made was to shut down alllear power plants. this has made germany unusually dependent on russian gas. it has some other sources of renewable energy, but a shutoff of russian gas would, as you correctly said earlier, would be a major disruption in germany. in addition to that there's quite a lot of russian influence both political influence but also financial influence in germany, all of which makes germany, in fact, right now quite divided on this question of what to do. and that makes it a kind of unreliable partner, whether it's going to be for unified sanctions against russia or whether it's for helping ukraine deter russia. i think, of course, putin knows this and he's playing into this as well. he's a meddler in all of our politics, but including german politics. one of the really difficult diplomatic tasks of the biden administration in the case of invasion would be to try to keep the western alliance or even just the european alliance on board. the british, the poles, the collection, french, balts, othe

>> well, you know, angela merkel would have come on board, i think. of germany's role. it's a new government. it's untried. it's untested. but that's -- you know, the biden administration are having active discussions. they're trying to get other european countries to kind of persuade the germans. i think a lot will depend on what exactly happens. are we talking about a small skirmish, you know, biden got into trouble, as president he shouldn't have said this. but obviously it matters whether you're talking about a small incursion in eastern ukraine to support supposedly pro-russian forces there versus an outright invasion of the entire country with tanks marching across ukraine. but if there were to be something significant, i think the germans would realize that they have to -- you know, you have to punish this kind of behavior. and i think that's where biden's rhetoric is just right, where he's rising the stakes and he's framing it in the right way of saying, look, if you had an invasion that looks like the largest military aggression since world w

whereas, angela merkel, despite the dependence on natural gas, they would do that. a lot of divisions and france, macron saying the european union, not the united states should be negotiating with russia, and france should be leading the european union. france not wanting to be led by the u.s. germany, reluctant to engage. the baltic state is very eager to help ukraine, as well as poland. these are divisions that blinken had been denying but jens stoltenberg saying the nato allies are supportive. we have to say how supportive they really are. >> to that point, andrea, i want to play what we heard in that state department briefing literally as we came on the air. >> we met with a swift, severe and united response on the part of the united states and on the part of our allies. so there is no ambiguity. >> so, matt, let me go to you, because you were on the ground there in ukraine. talk to me about the reaction on the ground so far, where you are in kiev. we've had some employees, the embassy, their families being asked, you should leave now? >> yeah, i meaner of the r

they called sumo joshua young girls who are sumo fans 50 year old merkel, is one of them. when you are good, when you're done to death, an avid collector of sumo cards, she knows all the restless statistics by heart, which isn't what i've been here quickly, or might the se dawson, hamilton, wasn't it buried in her collection? she also has some re gems. you'll cause a lot more capable of heavy they're. so what i was, jake was citizen guinea. i did thought it was in idaho. got it. they thought kick with beneath or had to hold the say you was there kiki, the obviously she macros. passion for sumo started young from the age of 5, she hasn't missed a tournament. ah, every summer, the best sumo wrestlers on the scene, 2 of the major japanese city to day macro and her mother travel 3 hours by train towards sancho in the center of japan. even though it's a friendly competition, it's sold out. ah, the tournament begins with an opening ceremony. a bowl before every match, a series of rituals must be performed in one whistling hit the ground with their feet to ward off evil spirits.

they called sumo joshing young girls who had sumo fans 50 year old merkel is one of them. when you are good, when you're done to death, an avid collector of sumo cards, she knows all the restless statistics by heart quit in it and what a benny coreley or mike the salesman with dorothy hammock dawson it barely in her collection. she also has some rare gems. jaqueline or cake willoughby there. so what i'd say was that jake was citizen guinea. i did that. it doesn't matter how got it. they thought kick with i beneath . i had to hold the say you was there kiki, the obviously she macros passion for sumo started young from the age of 5. she hasn't missed a tournament. ah, every summer, the best sumo wrestlers on the scene. 2 of the major japanese city to day macro and her mother traveled 3 hours by train to osaka in the center of japan. even though it's a friendly competition, it's sold out. ah, the tournament begins with an opening ceremony. a bowl before every match, a series of rituals must be performed in one whistler's hit the ground with his feet to ward off evil spirits.

merkel, it was very clear that nord stream 2 was nonnegotiable and it will go ahead.ing of the billions of dollars that have been invested, you can understand why that is the case. whereas now, yes, olaf scholz wants to see nord stream 2 come online, but he is in coalition with the greens who looked very differently at fossil fuels, of which gas is one, and especially the foreign minister is very skeptical of russia and human rights policy. and is very vocal about it. so yes, i think olaf scholz still wants to see nord stream 2 ahead. it is not quite as clear-cut i say think it was before the new government. >> poppel -- powerful -- one of the big suppliers of liquid -- i could never say that. lng. has been, will be meeting with biden shortly. is that of concern to the russians? >> this is an opportunity for the americans gas industry to increase its share of the european market. they have new export facilities coming online soon. so, they can increase their exports of gas and natural gas. and shall gas. the european market is a buyable -- is a reliable market. also,

angela merkel is no longer the chancellor of germany. the chairman people went to the polls and they voted her party out of office. one would think from the united states the extent to which we are concerned about standing with an l.a. we should read concerned about the current government of germany and not the former and we should respect the views of the chairman people. the current government of germany is hopelessly fractured on nord stream ii. the greens who are part of this coalition government passionately opposed nord stream ii. vocally repeatedly they have condemned the nord stream ii and they are an integral part of this chairman government. just a few hours ago the chairman defense minister on the other side said nord stream ii was off the table. they are not willing to do anything to stop nord stream ii and the chairman chancellor said the same, declaring that he seeks a positive reset with putin. this is the same putin that as tanks on the border of ukraine. another argument that we will hear, is that sanction should be kept

the other thing i will say is to your merkel point is that putin yes, there are elections in russia, but the playing field is so skewed that it is not possible that putin could lose an election. if you look in the last couple of years, the rise in the level of repression and number of assassination and assassination attempts against his opposition, russia has become a much harsher authoritarian system and one that is trying to rewrite the rules by using force, and that is what the united states and its allies are looking to push back against. host: on germany is nato's position weakened by germany's reluctance to enforce sanctions against russia, perhaps considering some of their reliance on russia for the gas that heats their homes and powers their factories in germany? guest: i would say no, and i would say that, if you just take a step back, i think there has been a remarkable degree of unity and cohesion among the 30 members of nato, and the partner countries. of course there are going to be bumps and bruises in the road and germany has had in the last couple of weeks questions a

suppose i'll be many looking towards germany for leadership after angler merkel left. yes, the interesting thing here is as dasa was selling us from moscow about annabel bought, being, being them meeting her count about sergey lover of the same thing, this government is new. it has people in it who have not been in that role before. and so all eyes are on these individuals, these high ministers be that the foreign minister in moscow, or mr. shots here in berlin. the interesting thing is stepping into the role filled by angle medical. some people during the trump administration referred to anger marcal as the leader of the free world. that's a monica that would normally have been associated with the inhabitants of the white house knots of the person in the chancellor's here in berlin. so big shoes for mister shots to step into he at almost every opportunity where he has touched on foreign policy as emphasized the importance of the trans atlantic relationship, i. e, between washington, brussels, berlin, and other ne. so countries here in europe and in the e. u. he's alwa

how merkel viewed china, china was there for germany, and china was there for europe during the euro crisis. and she, i don't think she's ever forgotten that politically and economically it was all systems go. and then hamburg, trade was booming in both directions. it soon became part of china's massive belt and wrote infrastructure plan for china. all these trading investment also had profound strategic meaning for the development of its own economy and technologies . if you think about the 3 big industry areas within the 3 lead business areas in germany and machine building is automotive and of course, climate technology, all of which china wanted they wanted to kind of innovative capacity than germany can deliver in terms of its are indeed german universities and research bodies jumped on the bandwagon tooth. there was huge growth in partnerships in science and technology. macros approach seem to be working at gauge with china was proving to be a one to drug, helping to fix the euro crisis. pitching germany's economy to the most dynamic in the world. building trust china for it's

in contrast, angela merkel was never really lucky during her 16 years. the fortunes were mostly stacked against her. she had just started her tenure in late 2005, and when putin gave his theory speech in munich in 2007, when the little georgian war started, when the financial crisis torn in 2008. crisis after crisis after crisis. she was not a lucky chancellor in terms of historic opportunities. i think if she had not had to be busy with crisis management all through these 16 years she would probably have tried to move the european union and move germany in a different direction. the fact is because of this sequence of major challenges for her, for her government, for the eu, one can say that she protected the status quo in terms of german society. constanze mentioned that she did not move the country forward, as much as many of us would have hoped, in next weekend for more lectures in history with messiah college professor john fia who teaches a class on the 18th century enlightenment movement in america, including principles of natural rights reason an