to the party membership of the social democrats and given the level of opposition that he that mr schultz encountered today from just six hundred forty odd colleagues of his how will the party membership perceive the deal that is presented to them the other thing to say here is the way that his leadership style has been perceived i spoke to one analyst one eminent analyst journalist a few hours ago and she said to me that the leadership that he had displayed is perceived by many as being weak and she even used the following phrase that as of today she said he seems like yesterday's man but if that's the case then the social democrats really have the problem of working out who could take over clearly mr schultz does not want to go but if people are correct in saying he's yesterday's man or who is tomorrow's social democrat leader metaphorically that's another question clearly some very high up in this party might be posing themselves right now right so just to be care about this but without getting to your hypothetical dominic could we see a situation where there's a leadership contest wit

on your show because didn't one sign from that i'm sure post paper mr schultz there are a lot of critical voices in your party around a grand coalition how will you convince them and who's going to be supporting you how will you make them enthusiastic and madam chancellor and just as the whole fire . here were saying that when you arrived yesterday morning you weren't firmly convinced you would find a coalition. how confident are you that coalition to go she actions will be pursued and that you will reach a government and where is the new start for the country in the position paper mr schultz's talked about a new start for europe what about a new start for germany. the miners pasar talking with them do you know what's sunday in a week on the twenty first i will have to convince the delegates. in my party and should they vote in favor of this we will be asking the members of the party so they are the ones i have to convince that this is the way forward and i'll be doing this together with the executive committee in my party in the party leadership of the parliamentary leaders as well the m

wednesday or thursday of this week here social democrats but the party conference they're saying that mr schultz has to revisit some of the points of this framework negotiation of the leaders hammered out does that put more pressure on him or the chancellor. well you know to look at it in a certain positive way from the social democrats points of view all the opposition to a grand coalition and the demands for more concessions from the conservatives that we heard in that meeting yesterday they in a sense strengthen the hand of social democrat negotiate is they coming to anglo-american or say over and saying look you know if you don't give us more our membership are likely to vote this deal down and don't forget that the whole membership of the social democrat party has been offered a vote on any final grand coalition deal that's done in a few weeks time so it does add pressure and it shows how divided the s.p.d. really is within its ranks and finally and briefly if you would mind simon the chancellor is feeling the squeeze on from both sides from the s.p.d. but also from her. horse as a whole. h

potentially very difficult times for mrs merkel, and as mr schultz has just reminded the conference,se angela merkel has been so focused on domestic affairs for the last few month that there is a sense within europe that actually the eu can't get on with trying to work its future, trying to work out how it's going to be once britain leaves, until she has formed a stable government in germany and can really return her focus to the world stage full stop so a lot rides on the vote, which should be happening in the next few minutes. thank you very much, jenny hill enda lynn. the headlines on bbc news: officials in afghanistan say 18 people were killed by gunmen who stormed a major hotel in kabul last night. 1a of them were foreign nationals. a man has been arrested after an eight—year—old girl was stabbed to death in the west midlands ukip leader henry bolton has hit back at critics, saying his pa rty‘s has hit back at critics, saying his party's national executive committee has no power tojudge on personal matters. in sport, england win the one—day series against australia with two days

insulate the euro zone against future shocks but if you actually look at the details are not actually mr schultz is very in favor of mr mccance proposals mrs merkel has always been very skeptical she said yesterday i'm still quite skeptical and so she has been saved pulled back from the brink by the democrats and she has managed to somehow have the positions now that she had before the election so again where did the s.p.d. manage to seclude score a point or bring her over to their side on europe or the rest of europe has said oh this is a breakthrough for europe germany said well we'll consider microns proposal that's all they've said so it's our big i mean to the people of europe wanted this grand plan that schultz is talking about a federal european state within eight years i don't know who else wants that around europe among the european the other countries the neighboring countries the member countries and european ordinary european voters don't they don't want to buy into this vision that martin short is. to go out there in terre haute no i don't think so and he's talking about the united

mr. schultz? indicating data was global growth, but the numbers may trouble. corporate news yet. anna: a few smaller corporate's reporting from the retail side, an update from jamaal charles -- gimalto. let's talk about what happened in the asian session. an absence of treasury market volatility in the last 12 hours, means asian equity markets have forged up .2%. the strength in the yen keeping a cap on japanese equity markets. it doesn't mean we are not worried about global risk, we see the gold price going higher. we have cpi data later from the united states. gold up by .5%. its fifth weekly gain. something to watch out for as we talk about stock market strength in 2008. 20 18. the change in guidance on guidance from the ecb, mario draghi and crew. manus: you can call the bond market a bear cub market. this is the state of play on the bonds. u.s. treasuries dipping by 1/8. 12 pips. this week has been showing paper,for three-year 10-year paper, 30 year bond -- auctions came, the highest bid to cover ratios since 2014. the 10-year paper was well the asset man

germany within the last month you see that there's a rather clear drop in the the the standing for mr schultzand even from his knowledge so the s.p.d. has a big problem in persuading the german population that a grand coalition is a good thing and that's why a majority at the moment says no if we don't get a big coalition we better have new elections all right now going by your findings if these talks were to collapse and there were new elections how different with the outcome be going by your survey. well the moment it's the beginning of january people have been on holy days people hate christians who are still on holidays they don't think of new elections maybe in september but if there would be elections as we have seen there will not be big change but at the moment it's just foreseeing it's not real data we have on the question what's happened in the new election it looks as if it could be rather the outcome of the of the old of the old election in september but on the other hand what we've seen here in germany if we're having problems economically or politically or in europe of these ref

that is probably the most difficult challenge that mr schultz has faced in recent months because many in the party many for example in the youth branch of the party vehemently opposed when it comes to the new version of the grand coalition they said that would only harm the party that would harm the party when it comes to forming its own profile and they're against that it's important to stress that germany has had a grand coalition for eight out of the last twelve years and many see those eight out of the last twelve years as one of the biggest problems that the social democrats faced in september in the election september when they had an extremely bad result and that's why many are against that idea of the grand coalition now it's up to mr shaw to try and convince them that they could also be good things if they form a new coalition and that the party the social democrats could also gain by entering a new coalition without democrats conservatives and finally a thomas to talk to us about chance the angle america how did she come through this breakthrough well for her this is obvious

but let's be clear about the vote that is back to take place this would be determinant of what mr schultz is for and indeed the face of the social democrats because he is being stuck at about eighteen nineteen percent in the polls for many many months so the question my face right now the right to vote right now is do they want more four more years of government with the knowledge that poll ratings on very high scores they want you election this and to take the risk that they might plummet even further dominic i know you'll keep us right across the story for the time being we'll leave it there thank you but one of the main issues that has dominated german politics is how to deal with the influx of refugees so you can see more on that from al jazeera as people and power are searching for sanctuary in germany which you'll find on al-jazeera dot com. the u.s. government shutdown continues for the second day as democrats and republicans refused to end the standoff over immigration a crucial vote to end the impasse is scheduled for monday democrats have refused to back a funding bill for the g

that is probably the most difficult challenge that mr schultz has faced in recent months because many in the party many for example in the youth branch of the party vehemently opposed when it comes to the new version of the grand coalition they said that would only harm the party that would harm the party when it comes to forming its own profile and they're against that it's important to stress that germany has had a grand coalition for eight out of the last twelve years and many see those eight out of the last twelve years one of the biggest problems that the social democrats faced in september in the election september when they had an extremely bad result and that's why many are against that idea of the grand coalition now it's up to mr schultz to try and convince them that they could also be good things if they form a new coalition and that the party the social democrats could also gain by entering a new coalition without democrats conservatives and finally a thomas to talk to us about just the angle america how did she come to this breakthrough well for her this is obviously extr

thousand members who will decide the end i think this is a good way to do just one of the aspects that mr schultz presented in his speech is that there could be changes to the agreement after the exploratory talks but how are you going to achieve those changes when the conservatives don't want any change when the conservatives are saying that basically what was agreed during the exploratory talks just like that exploratory exploratory talks are talks a lot negotiations and therefore they may say what they want if they want to have a treaty with us they will have to move and besides that the rule tells them that all members of a creature that if there won't be changes in very major parts and there really negotiations haven't started yet and we've seen that they don't have any contents that conserves they don't want they don't know what they really want to see what happens and i think we will be strengthened by the party convention today even if it's. how the party convention agrees to it but it will help us through a negotiated with the senior and the c.s.a. but aren't you concerned about the evid

mr. wasserman schultz. >> thank you, mr. chairman and congratulations on your ascendency. it's good to see a fellow appropriator leading this committee. and director hall, it's good to be with you. i just, for a little historical context for some of my colleagues, you may know that i was the chair and ranking member of the legislative branch subappropriations committee for ten years, i was responsible for the cbo's budget and we spent a lot of time working with your predecessors to make sure that cbo had exactly what you said you needed in terms of expertise and in terms of the staffing levels so that you could really do an objective and expert analysis of all the workload that you have and that's something that congress has endeavored to continue to make sure you have because if you are ham strung by not having enough staff, then there's a concern. and i've had cbo analyses i've agreed with some i've disagreed with. in fact, i remember you came before us the first time and you were appointed by speaker ryan, i believe, and you worked in the george w. bush administration,

mr. chairman. >> thank you, secretary schultz. secretary armitage, thank you for coming back. > thank you. now i get it. i know what my job is here today. i am a little like that fellow that followed know what to talk about my experiences in a recent rain shower. i realize that your patience is in disproportion to the length of my opening statement. i have been here before. if you allow me to make only three points. the first, to join my distinct colleagues to send all the best wishes and prayers to john mccain. i miss him and i miss his voice, and i think it is important that he knows that. second, much to my amazement, the national security strategy and the national defense strategy actually work with each other to a very high degree. this is no small feat. having participated in many of those historically, they don't often comport. but this does. i want to call to note the national defense strategy, because i think it is a very clear eyed, well written succinct document that encompasses things. it encompasses the direction of p

wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this continuing resolution which is yet again a complete abdication of our responsibilities. instead of adopting fully funded appropriations bills or an omnibus with an actual chance of passing this congress, we are in this unbreakable habit of passing continuing resolutions. the republican's most recent proposal does nothing for the funding for the 1,400 community health centers across the country or the 25 million americans they serve after they let funding run out in september. according to the national association of community health centers, if congress does not act soon, 28,000 sites could close, 50,000 staff could be laid off, and nine million americans could lose access to care. when did this program, which has always had bipartisan support in this body, become a partisan issue? these abdications are simply immoral. our republican colleagues say on't have the money to fund these programs, but somehow they were silent on that issue when t

wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this continuing resolution which is yet again a complete abdication of our responsibilities. instead of adopting fully funded appropriations bills or an omnibus with an actual chance of passing this congress, we are in this unbreakable habit of passing continuing resolutions. the republican's most recent proposal does nothing for the funding for the 1,400 community health centers across the country or the 25 million americans they serve after they let funding run out in september. according to the national association of community health centers, if congress does not act soon, 28,000 sites could close, 50,000 staff could be laid off, and nine million americans could lose access to care. when did this program, which has always had bipartisan support in this body, become a partisan issue? these abdications are simply immoral. our republican colleagues say we don't have the money to fund these programs, but somehow they were silent on that issue wh

mr and he's put it all over reports. this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real heart in mouth stuff as the leader of the social democrats waited for this result to come in he was visibly nervous waiting for the well what was certainly not a foregone conclusion it ended up being three hundred sixty two votes in favor with two hundred and seventy nine votes against joining the coalition with angola merkel so they are going to go forward with matt but what schultz did lay out in a speech there to delegates and to a board members before the vote it was really a speech that was more pleading than it was inspirational he said there was only two options you either go into coalition with angela merkel or we have fresh elections and it was very clear which one he preferred that you do you know you everyone should realize the question is coalition talks for new elections my take on this is very clear i don't think new elections are the right way for us. but it was a visibly relieved martin schulze that received those results he definitely doesn't want another election in the re

wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this continuing resolution which is yet again a complete abdication of our responsibilities. instead of adopting fully funded appropriations bills or an omnibus with an actual chance of passing this congress, we are in this unbreakable habit of passing continuing resolutions. the republican's most recent proposal does nothing for the funding for the 1,400 community health centers across the country or the 25 million americans they serve after they let funding run out in september. according to the national association of community health centers, if congress does not act soon, 28,000 sites could close, 50,000 staff could be laid off, and nine million americans could lose access to care. when did this program, which has always had bipartisan support in this body, become a partisan issue? these abdications are simply immoral. our republican colleagues say we don't have the money to fund these programs, but somehow they were silent on that issue wh

mr. renacy, thank you. miss wasserman-schultz. >> thank you and congratulations on your ascendency. for a little historical context for some of my colleagues, you may know that i was the chair and ranking member of the legislative branch appropriations subcommittee for ten years. in that role i was responsible, in part for the oversight of cbo's budget. we spent a lot of time working with your predecessors to make sure cbo had exactly what you said you needed in terms of expertise, in terms of the staffing levels so that you could really do an objective and expert analysis of all the workload we v that's something that congress has endeavored to continue to make sure you have. because if you are ham strung by not having enough staff then there's a concern. and i've had cbo analyses i've agreed with, disagreed with. appointed by speaker ryan, i believe, and you worked in the george w. bush administration and did dynamic scoring, an analytic process with which i disagree. yet i don't malign you and your staff's analyses even when i disagree with them. facts can be annoying especially

wserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong opposition to the absurdly title born alive survivors protection act. this bill is yet another attempt by the republican to intimidate women and providers of abortion care that are life threatening at worse. time and again republicans have charged that politicians, not women and their doctors, know what is best for women's bodies. enough is enough. today is a reminder that women's reproductive rights are constantly under attack and i will never waiver in fighting back. this bill is completely unnecessary. it has always been illegal to kill newborn infants, and to suggest this legislation is anything more than redunddundant obstruction for women accessing health care is outrageous. instead of spending time on unnecessary legislation, my republican colleagues should work with democrats to fund the government and protect 800,000 young people, our dreamers, from deportation to countries they have never known. mr. speaker, americans face actual real problems every si

mr. chairman. i would like to represent -- dr.ome dr. kissinger and schultz, certainly a distinguished panel and we are grateful you are here. each of you have played a very important role in some of the most monumental foreign-policy decisions in our nation's history, on behalf of all the members of this committee we look forward to your testimony. this morning's hearing on global challenges in u.s. national security follows the release of the new national defense strategy. this strategy, which supports the president's recently released national security strategy, states that the central challenge facing our nation is the reemergence of long-term strategic competition with russia and china, and that this competition replaces terrorism as a primary concern in the u.s. national security. without question, russia remains determined to reassert its influence around the world, most toently by using an alliance undermine the american people's bait and our election process as well as other western election. it continues to threaten the rules-based order in the asia

mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz, the ranking member on the military construction and veterans' affairs subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. wasserman schultz: i thank the gentleman for yielding. and for his leadership. particularly his responsible leadership as the ranking member of the defense appropriation subcommittee. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to the political gambit that the republican leadership is pulling today. virtually identical versions of the defense appropriations bill we're considering have already been passed the house twice. the republican majority is so bankrupt of ideas that they are now going around in circles playing political games. as a member of the appropriations committee, i strongly support moving appropriations bills through the committee and to the floor through regular order. i applaud all of my committee colleagues on both sides of the aisle for working in good faith on all 12 appropriations bills. but the appropriations process has bee

mr. dawsey, thank you for the headlines. you have fueled the show. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> tonight we're going to have two former white house lawyers standing by, james schultz and norman eisen. these are the types of guests we need on this investigation. if you haven't been in the white house and you don't know the law, your opinion is just not worth that much. but first let's dig into the facts that's the mandate of this show. i know you're getting very different takes on what these developments mean. one side says it's proof that trump has trouble coming his way. the other side says it's only proof of a conspiracy against the president, and that's why they are hell bent on finding missing texts from fbi agents, which by the way is a worthy pursuit. still, with all the spin as usual, the truth is a victim. so let's go through the questions and what we know, all right? does mueller interviewing the g shots, comey, sessions -- does that mean he's wraing up? at best, maybe. why? because there's a method at play for these prosecutors, and there often is. they may be tying up one area of interest but still have other angles of pursuit. and, remember, he could a

george schultz who were asked questions not only by the congress but by lawrence walsh the independent counsel at that time so that's not what's novel it seemed clear from the questions that mr moller is focusing on obstruction of justice that he would be asking mr sessions about the call that the white house counsel mr mcgann had made over to mr sessions protesting his recusal and insisting that he needed to stay there in the president's words because he needed to be protected just like other attorneys general protected president obama or president kennedy well if you need protection that suggests you've done something wrong we also know that mr sessions was involved with the decision to fire mr komi and during a senate intelligence committee oversight hearing he refused to answer what communications he had with the president that kind of privilege would not obtain with regard to mr moore and the president himself has indicated that he was firing mr komi not because of ineptitude but because this investigation of possible russians collusion was causing him a big headache well that clearly is obstruction of justice by any any any manner of characterization you're trying to d