has frequently reported from iran and in washington by our bureau chief there alexander foreign naaman welcome to you both alexander firstly to you why did the u.s. want custom solomon and dead and why now. somebody ministration has to do you ask me to disrupt an imminent attack that would have put american lives at risk in the region a father said today that he was plotting an attack on you as facilities and workers in iraq live in syria and other countries and that this plot was maturing so therefore it was necessary to take him out however we have to mention in this context that trumps we just have to refrain from taking him out and that president trump at the moment is under a lot of pressure here in the u.s. ass with the impeachment trial in the senate looming with the presidential election taking place in november so he can use foreign policy success however we also have to add that this particular action is a risky gamble that could backfire right now today so on the other side we've got iran valuing harsh retaliation what kind of food do you think that that kind of retaliation of reven

international security affairs and from deed of his at washington up your our bureau chief alexandra fall naaman welcome both let's start with you alexandra previous u.s. presidents have considered and rejected attacking general salim mahdi theory of the potential scale of escalation so why does this president does this now. so you according to ask officials it was necessary to take a man in now to disrupt an imminent attack that could have put at risk american lives in the region however we don't have enough detail about the nature of this imminent threat the officials are saying that soleimani was plotting an attack on u.s. facilities and workers in iraq syria and lebanon and other countries and that this plot was maturing so therefore it was important to take it take him out right now there are a lot of people mostly democrats critics who are questioning this decision and the president's motives and we have to say that he is under a lot of pressure here at home with the impeachment trial and the senate looming with presidential election taking place in november so he can use foreign policy success bu

eastern affairs we also have correspondents kramer in jerusalem and alexandra field naaman in washington d.c. welcome to all of you and thank you for being here for this special coverage robert i'd like to begin with you what are we expecting trump's peace plan to contain i don't think the content is really what people are waiting for this is a p.r. show and this is a bold who is going to get the favor of the u.s. of the u.s. president and. prime minister netanyahu and his biggest rival benny gantz jockeying for basically for the favor of the u.s. president and i think the majority of journalists there are there waiting how does powell play. going forward because both of the candidates for the leadership are basically running on the same agenda here tanya with the view from jerusalem i'm curious to hear what you think of what we just heard from robert and what the most controversial points are expected to be in this plan. well i think what people here will be looking at is the paramita said it will be laid out and this. will it be it based on the notion of the 2 state solution we haven't heard anythi

washington bureau chief alexander naaman and here the big table with me is tyson barker he is a transatlantic analyst at the aspen institute germany here in berlin to both of you welcome i'm going to let me start with you the u.s. president saying that iran is standing down that the escalation is over. is that true and do people around president talk do you think they believe him. well i think it's true for now president trump made it clear in his remarks that to you ask is not. thinking about using military force to retaliate instead the u.s. will impose economic sanctions on the regime in iran and i do think that this is the administration's decision however we also have to say that president trump also made clear what his expectations are he wants tehran to abandon its nuclear weapons program he wants tehran to stop supporting terrorism and the region and he wants tehran to refrain from any further provocations and he made clear that you ask will not hesitate to act if american lives are at risk is. one of the there's really nothing new there but what about from the iranian side what struck me is that we had the iranian foreign minister saying we've acted we acted