i'm phil gayle welcome to the program nearly four months after germany's general election political leaders have now agreed to formal coalition negotiations chancellor merkel and social democrat leader martin schulz announced a breakthrough after all night discussions here in berlin bringing the country a step closer to a new government but the deal isn't done yet macko and show must now convince their party members to say yes to the agreement and allow formal coalition talks to begin . it was a long time coming including a twenty four hour marathon session last night now there's an agreement on paper but with some rough edges the three parties are working from very different platforms and promises to constituents tired but proud the three party has announced a successful outcome and some compromises they say they can imagine working together in a grand coalition go over here i think this document is the result of some give and take and that's the way it should be in a society filled with such a wide variety of people and will have our work set out for us when a new government is formed and

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program we start in iran where the government protests are sweeping the country at least twenty one people have been killed and hundreds arrested the country's supreme leader has blamed foreign meddling security forces struggle to contend the boldest challenge to iran's clerical leadership in nearly a decade but after six days of demonstrations protests to show no sign of backing down. the violent unrest which is rock to run for nearly a week appears if anything to be escalating state television says six people were killed as protesters stormed this police station in the central province of. what began as protests against poverty has also drawn in opponents of iran's religious establishment. supreme leader ayatollah ali how many accuses enemies of iran of stirring up the unrest. bushmen montazeri iqbal the anime is poised for an opportunity to reach to penetrate through look at the incidents in the past few days all those who are against the islamic republic of iran those with cash and politics weapons and intelligence operators you can join hands to crea

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. problems leader of ethnic serbs in kosovo has been gunned down in front of his political party's office in the city of mitrovica all of a lot of it just murder threatens to inflame ethnic tensions between serbia and its former province kosovo declared independence from serbia in two thousand and eight a decade after a war that killed thirteen thousand mainly ethnic albanians but belgrade has rejected the independence of casa but which is still views as its southern province serbian cause of an official so so far refrained from accusing each other being behind the killing but it's already cast a shadow over efforts to normalize relations between the two countries. assailants unpinned fire on evanovich from a car as he arrived at his party headquarters in the serb controlled northern city of me true. he was rushed to hospital but doctors were unable to save him he had been hit at least five times in the chest the assassination occurred on the very day serbia and kosovo had resumed talks

phil: i and phil gayle. welcome to the program. we star in iran, or antigovernment protest sweep the country. 21 people have been killed and dozens arrested. security forces are struggling tg while protesters showed no signs of breaking down. >> here is the extent of the unrest spreading across iran. the violence, which has rocked the country for one week, appears if anything to be escalating. these pictures from the central province of isfahan are not verified. officials state television says six people died as protesters stormed this police station. supreme leader ayatollah ali havh accuses enemies of stirring up unrest. >> the enemy is poised for an opportunity, a breach to penetrate through. look at the incidence of the past few days. all of those who are against the islamic republic of iran, those with cash, politics and weapons operators, are joining to create trouble. >> opposition leaders say demonstrators are demanding far-reaching reforms. >> changes, even radical ones. they want to change pretty much everything. in short

. ♪ phil: i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program.linical leaders have now agreed to enter formal coalition negotiations. chancellor merkel and the democratic leader announced the agreement, but the deal is not done. they must now convince their party members to say yes and allow formal coalition talks to begin. reporter: it was a long time coming, including a tweet four-hour marathon session last night your it now there is an agreement on paper, but with some rough edges. the parties are working from very different cap worms and promises to constituents. tired, but proud, they announced the successful outcome and compromises. they say they can imagine working together in a grand coalition. >> i think this document is the result of give and take and that is the way it should be in a society filled with such a variety of people. we will have our work set out for us when a new government is formed and we set out to put it into practice. reporter: but the onus is on this man. the stb party chairman martin schultz is under pressure. after

one hundred and eleven days ago with a fair wind they might have a new government by easter i'm phil gayle in berlin this is the day. a step closer to a new government. i'm optimistic that things are moving forward. with us i think. we have achieved great results and us president donald trump said hold water after reportedly insulting haiti el salvador and several african nations around the world the story of the wife. giving rose has ever spoke personally. grocery store. now nearly four months after germany's general election political leaders have finally agreed to enter formal coalition negotiations and social democratic leader martin shields announced a breakthrough aftermath an old night talks here in berlin bringing the country a step closer to a new government but it doesn't mean the deal is done political leaders now have to convince their parties to give the green light to formal coalition negotiations. it was a long time coming including a twenty four hour marathon session last night now there's an agreement on paper but with some rough edges the three parties are working from ve

. ♪ phil: i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. later today, u.s.sident donald trump will deliver his first state of the union address, laying out his government's agenda for the year. so let's have a look at two of the key issues he is likely to address. on trade, it is america first. during his speech at the world economic forum in davos, mr. trump repeated his election campaign pledge that the american economy was his top priority and that the country is open for business. >> but america first does not mean america alone. when the united states grows, so does the world. phil: immigration and the future of the so-called dreamers will be the other key issue. the president has suggested he is open to protecting the 700,000 children of undocumented migrants who live in the u.s. illegally. in return, he wants the senate to approve billions of dollars in border security funding. so let's get more from our washington correspondent, alexandra von nahmen. welcome. so, let's talk about the president's speech. what can we expect today? alexandra: well, it i

rub salt into the wound by inviting hungary's anti immigration prime minister to address them i'm phil gayle in berlin welcome to the day. the will of the people is clear they don't want to live in fear of terrorism they want security. they want our borders to be secure i've told our bavarian friends that i think twenty eighteen movie the year when the will of the people in europe will be restored. also coming up on the day the fire of fury donald trump didn't see coming we'll have more on the explosive claims in that new book by michael wolff i have recordings i have no. i am certainly in absolutely in every way comfortable with everything i've reported. results in germany and while i'm going to medical conservatives are preparing to answer talks on for me a coalition government with the social democrats chancellors own sister party the c.s.u. was welcoming one of europe's staunchest anti immigration leaders to its winter convention as prime minister viktor orban joined the c.s.u. in southern perve area to deliver a key speech he's rarely held back in his criticism of i'm going to medical s

but america says it's just hot air unless discussions include at the nuclear eyes north korea i'm phil gayle in berlin welcome to the day. the. north korean leader kim jong un has given an order to open the border with. china welcomes and supports the efforts by north and south korea to improve their bilateral relations. we will discuss working level issues related to sending a winter olympics delegation. we want to take any of the talk seriously if they don't do something to ban all nuclear weapons and north korea. has done for the entire united states is within range of our nuclear weapons and a nuclear button is always on my desk and we're going to keep all of our options on the table as we have said time and time again our policy on that front hasn't changed. well we'll talk about the latest developments on the korean peninsula and just a moment first u.s. president donald trump past launched a scathing. attack on his former chief strategist steve bannon ahead of the release of a new less than flattering book in a formal white house statement to mr trump said that steve allen has nothing

. ♪ phil: i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. u.s.sident donald trump has launched a scathing attack on his former chief strategist steve bannon ahead of the release of a new less-than-flattering book. in a statement, mr. bannon said that -- mr. trump said steve bannon had nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. mr. bannon is quoted in a fortrthcoming book as sayingng t donald trump, jr.'s 2016 meeting with a group of russians was treasonous. the president's statement blames bannon for helping to write what he calls phony books. let's get more on this from our washington correspondent carsten von nahmen. welcome, carsten. let's start off by looking at what mr. trump is reacting to. steve bannon is quoted in his forthcoming book talking about donald trump, jr.'s meeting in 2016 with a group of russians. he is quoted as saying, even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad -- and i happen to think it's all of that -- you should have called the fbi i

rub salt into the wound by inviting hungary's anti immigration prime minister to address them i'm phil gayle berlin welcome to the day.

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program so many social democrats are promising intense and tough negotiations with i'm ackles conservatives forming a new government in s.p.d. only narrowly voted in favor of pursuing formal coalition talks the party says it isn't satisfied with the preliminary agreement and is calling on its leaders to bring negotiate some of the points possibly putting the s.p.d. on a collision course with the conservatives before talks even start. a special meeting of the social democrats parliamentary group there is relief in the air that the party congress has paved the way to coalition talks but some still reject the idea of a grand coalition. in this democracy we need two strong alternative projects and in a grand coalition they get blurred we lost massively but things could still get worse. off and we've been about a team now and we will discuss all the issues that we addressed during the exploratory talks again it's clear that ultimately in coalition negotiations both sides will always have to make compromises. but the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. blocks willingness to r

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. we started iran where anti-government protests sweeping the country at least twenty one people have been killed and hundreds arrested the country's supreme leader has blamed foreign maddening security forces struggle to contain the boldest challenge to iran's clerical leadership for nearly a decade but after six days of demonstrations protesters showed no sign of backing down. video footage reaching dortch avella through social media shows the extent of the unrest spreading across iran. the violence which has rocked the country for nearly a week appears if anything to be escalating. these pictures from the central province of is for our unverified. official state television says six people died in this protest has stormed this police station. supreme leader ayatollah ali how many accuses enemies of iran of stirring up the unrest. bushmen montazeri iqbal the anime is poised for an opportunity a breach to penetrate through public of iran those with cash and politics weapons and intellig

i'm phil gayle welcome. to the program. turkey has intensified its military offensive against kurdish militias in northern syria despite criticism from the international community united nations says the fighting has already displaced five thousand people and left vulnerable citizens trapped and process it will press all of its operations in africa against groups that it regards as terrorists. turkish forces firing on come easily and other towns along the syrian turkish border officials say their aim is to divert attention from the main campaign their advance on the kurdish enclave of free it's the fourth day of a push by turkish forces and their syrian rebel allies to clear the northwestern buda enclave of kurdish y p g fighters bank correct considers the y. p.g. to be allies of kurdish insurgents who for decades have force against the turkey state within its own borders and turkey wants to prevent kurds from gaining their own independent territory but ankara has promised an unrelenting campaign. terrorist elements will be

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. saturday marks the first anniversary of donald trump's inauguration as the forty fifth president of the united states some said he wouldn't last until christmas but with the economy booming and his health reportedly good as and trump is holding steady he's unpredictable nature however has had his supporters cheering and his opponents cringing here's a look back at an eventful year. it was an audacious first week in office. migration had been a central tenet of candidate trump's campaign within days of his inauguration president trump issued the first report became known as muslim bans his supporters welcomed the move but thousands of people turned out at airports across the country to protest the executive order legal challenges against the travel ban came almost immediately even after trump signed a second and then a third ban later in the year courts prevented them from going fully into effect the supreme court will ultimately decide their fate this year. shortly after the election

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nonetheless, her best friend, gayle king over at cbs says oprah is not considering a 2020 bid but is intrigued by the idea. brian: can dr. philnd of ours. that could be our source. ainsley: maybe dr. oz. brian: will she run with somebody else on television? steve: somebody suggested the rock. a run with tom hanks or harrison ford. brian: mayoral streeps wants the rock and harrison ford on her cabinet. so she thinks we are casting a movie. steve: that's one of the arguments where people say oprah should not run because we have seen what it's like when a celebrity runs for president. do we want to do that again? that's what people on the left are saying. ainsley: let's hand it over to jillian who has headlines. brian: who is a celebrity of her own. jillian: very much. so you guys are forgetting about george clooney. i feel that's a name that could be thrown in there potentially. brian: would he jump into the fray? jillian: i don't know. we will see for sure. if he does we will let you know. ainsley: ben affleck. jillian: we do have a fox news alert to get to. let's continue that conversation later. frantic hunt for survivors in

one hundred and eleven days ago with a fair wind they might have a new government by easter i'm phil gayle this is the day. i step closer to a new government. i'm optimistic that things are moving forward. with us i think. we have achieved great missiles and us president donald trump said hold water after reportedly insulting haiti el salvador and several african nations. the story of the wife in that.

interests but america says it's just hot air unless discussions include a denuclearized north korea i'm phil gayle in berlin welcome to the day. the north korean leader kim jong un has given an order to open the border hotline to the.

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