first of analysis let's bring in chief international editor richard walker hello to you richard now do you believe that ties between europe and the u.s. can be fully restored after 4 years of tensions under trauma. well we certainly heard joe biden pushing a lot of the buttons that europe was hoping that he would do talking about you know this message americans back sort of channeling his inner arnold schwarzenegger with this very clear but simple message that america is a partner again recommitting to the transatlantic alliance recommitting to nato the military alliance talking about his commitment to our school 5 the bedrock of nato which is that promise that an attack on one member of it is the next hack on all of them all of these things were things that donald trump had thrown into question unlike any other president before him so just to hear from joe biden that here was a president again who really held these things dear recently in a very welcome message to the europeans but you're right there are issues on which the 2 sides will have trouble finding a common line and now retur

cooperation solidarity and coordination or let's go through this with our chief international editor richard walker welcome richard why did these leaders think now is the right time to issue this statement. who feel i think they are partly trying to get that message of the urgency of these challenges that they're talking about obviously covert 19 is is top of the list they're really turning into a race against time particular with a view to vaccinations while you have this debate going on here in europe frustration that vaccinations aren't going fast enough at least europe has the resources to obtain the vaccination so there is a lot of work still needed on these international mechanisms to ensure that the developing world isn't far behind but it's also a signal across the atlantic of course we've got a new administration settling in in the united states after the disruption of the trump is donald trump of course a president who wasn't interested in multilateralism and working with other countries really to solve problems he went by the banner slogan of america 1st really looking out for american i

and do you ever use chief international editor richard walker was listening in to that press conference for us and he joins us for more hi richard are we going to see any type of retaliation here from germany or for press. yeah i mean there's such a litany of disagreements between the e.u. and russia right now that it's almost hard to know where to begin of course the news of these expulsions of these 3 diplomats including one german one accused by russia of having taken part in protests over what's happened with alexei navalny just the latest news to happen something that both leaders did condemn as we just heard but there was no talk of additional consequences relating to that although we did hear from heiko massa's the german foreign minister earlier in the day that that if it stays with this expulsion then that cannot go unanswered was what he said but otherwise there wasn't really anything on in terms of consequences beyond angela merkel saying that the e.u. had reserved the right to continue with sanctions which go back to the poisoning of alexina. last year and both of them going

for some analysis let's bring in chief international editor richard walker hello to you richard now do you believe that ties between europe and the u.s. can be fully restored after 4 years of tensions under interim. well we certainly heard joe biden pushing a lot of the buttons that europe was hoping that he would do talking about this message americans back so they're channeling his inner arnold schwarzenegger with this very clear but simple message that america is a partner again recommitting to the transatlantic alliance recommitting to nato the military alliance talking about his commitment to our school 5 the bedrock of nato which is that promise that and the check on one member of it is the next tack on all of them all of these things were things that donald trump had thrown into question unlike any other president before him so just to hear from joe biden that here was a president again who really held these things dear recently in very welcome message to the europeans but you're right there are issues on which the 2 sides will have trouble finding a common line and now richard

phil: let's go into this with richard walker, dw's chief international editor. s joe biden achieved at the reset that both sides are looking for? richard: he said he pushed all of the buttons. we heard a few of the quotes, really making a clear commitment to transatlantic relations, to nato in particular. the military alliance that is the bedrock of the transatlantic relationship, and talking about the core of nato, the part of nato with the attack on one member of that alliance with an attack on everyone. these are things that donald trump had thrown into question, unlike any other president before him. biden's message was about as a un-trumpy as you can imagine. he even confirmed what germany had been hoping which is that he would undo trump's threat of moving a lot of troops out of germany. certainly a lot of what the europeans were wanting to hear. phil: what of the main motives of the european engine, the german and french leaders, did they sound like they were on the same page? richard: they clearly do like a lot of what they are hearing. we heard in the re

kong joining us now to break down that discussion is state of the chief international editor richard walker brussels correspondent barbara vessel and data washington bureau chief in as paul they have been following this discussion richard allstar way to you what were your thoughts on that on the talks that we've just heard. the oval of course is all sinking in i'm sure for all of us rebecca but i think what is quite striking after that is see that there was a bit of excitement coming into this today a belief that there would really be a kind of dialogue between these 3 leaders that they may even start talking to people to each other but that didn't happen and that allowed to some extent for each of them really to kind of talk past each other with their own takes on these various issues for instance joe biden's speech was very very strongly focused on defending democracy against or thora terrorism i'm sure this is going to have a lot to say about that from washington in just a moment and framing that very much in the code in terms of sort of a pushback 1st of all against china but also again

milica let's go into this with richard walker chief international editor i welcome richard so how does joe biden achieve the reset in transatlantic relationships that both sides are looking for. well phil he certainly pushed all of the buttons and we heard a few of the quotes there really making a very clear commitment to transplanting relations to nato in particular the military alliance that's really the bedrock of the transatlantic relationship you're talking about article 5 which is the core of nato this is part of nature that says that tack on one member of that alliance is an attack on everyone these are things that donald trump a thrown into question unlike any president before him really and biden's message on transatlantic relations was about as trumpy as you could imagine. and he even confirmed what germany had been hoping which is that he was going to do trump's threat of moving a lot of troops out of germany so certainly a lot of what the europeans were wanting to hear here and one of the main motors of the european engine the german and french leaders did bass sound like t

let's go into this with richard walker database chief international editor i welcome richard so how does joe biden achieve the reset in transatlantic relationships that both sides are looking for. well phil he certainly pushed all of the buttons and we heard a few of the quotes there really making a very clear commitment to translate lanty relations to nato in particular the military alliance that's really the bedrock of the transatlantic relationship you're talking about article 5 which is the core of nato this is part of nato that says that tack on one member of that alliance is an attack on everyone these are things that donald trump a thrown into question unlike any president before him really and biden's message on transatlantic relations was about as trumpy as you could imagine. and he even confirmed what germany had been hoping which is that he was going to do trump's threat of moving a lot of troops out of germany so certainly a lot of what the europeans were wanting to hear here and one of the most is of the european engine the german and french leaders did bass sound like they

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has in common with the new washington administration chief international editor richard walker gives us his take on the potentially thorny issues. the 4 years of the trumpet ministration were a toxic age for transatlantic relations americal could barely conceal her relief after joe biden's victory it's good. with president biden we simply have a much wider range of political agreement. but that doesn't mean that the u.s. and germany suddenly agree on everything they really don't so we're going to take a look at 3 issues that are right at the top of the transatlantic agenda. first up north stream into a russian natural gas pipeline under construction to germany that team biden says must never be completed to deal because it divides europe it exposes ukraine and central europe to russian mint russian manipulation and because it goes against europe's own stated energy and security goals to us is even threatening sanctions against companies involved in the project here in berlin the government says that that is no way to treat an ally so the big question is can merkel and biden find some

has in common with the new washington administration chief international editor richard walker gives us his take on some potentially thorny issues. 4 years of the trumpet ministration were a toxic age for transatlantic relations. americal could barely conceal her relief after joe biden's victory it's good and for. president biden we simply have a much wider range of political agreement. but that doesn't mean that the u.s. and germany suddenly agree on everything they really don't so we're going to take a look at 3 issues that are right at the top of the transatlantic agenda. first up north stream into a russian natural gas pipeline under construction to germany that team biden says must never be completed. because it divides europe it exposes ukraine and central europe to russian russian manipulation and because it goes against europe's own stated energy and security goals the us is even threatening sanctions against companies involved in the project here in berlin the government says that that is no way to treat an ally so the big question is can merkel and biden find some sort of c

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and our chief international editor richard walker was at that press conference he joins us for more hi richard we are now seeing that there berlin has some of the russian ambassador after moscow expelled those 3 european diplomats what do you make of this. yeah i mean that's really almost the least that you would expect to happen after a move like that which the german side and the e.u. broadly has definitely dismissed as unjustified angela merkel herself saying that there was actually no reason for these expulsions to take place and we've been in contact with the foreign ministry here in berlin trying to find out if any further measures are going to follow soon so obviously we'll report on those if and when we hear back on that but i mean it really is striking just how the relationship between the e.u. broadly and germany and france in particular and russia just keep moving from new lows her new low i mean we've had everything that's happened with election of only of course a direct connection to berlin here with that whole story because it's here in berlin that alexy novelle knee was

let's go into this with richard walker his chief international editor i welcome richard so how does joe biden achieve the reset in transatlantic relationships both sides are looking for. well phil he certainly pushed all of the buttons and we heard a few of the quotes there really making a very clear commitment to transplant relations to nato in particular the military alliance that's really the bedrock of the transatlantic relationship you're talking about article 5 which is the core of nato this is part of nato that says that tack on one member of that alliance is an attack on everyone these are things that donald trump a thrown into question unlike any president before him really and biden's message on transatlantic relations was about as un trumpy as you could imagine. and he even confirmed what germany had been hoping which is that he was going to do trump's threat of moving a lot of troops out of germany so certainly a lot of what the europeans were wanting to hear here and one of the most is of the european engine the german and french leaders did they sound like they were on the

i'm joined now by richard walker date of his chief international editor richard buy that wanting to reset the transatlantic relationship after the trial is did he achieve that. yeah rebecca i think he did really hit all of the buttons that people were expecting people were looking out for and even kind of channeling on old schwarzenegger there a little bit of a terminator impression we're talking about you know america's back this is something that we've heard from him in recent weeks as well his kind of slogan of returning to the international community and particularly traditional alliances like perhaps the most important of all the transatlantic alliance and he talks about you know restoring america's clear commitment to the nato defense alliance to article 5 you know the core of nato which is the promise that in that attack on any one member is an attack on the more these will things that donald trump heard thrown into question in a way that no previous president had done before and that really shaken trust in the united states so certainly pushing a lot of buttons but he also talked

a lot has changed in recent years and the big question is how our old allies position sounds richard walker explores stassi is america's moment of global dominance simply coming to an end. 60 minutes d.w. . 1700 years of jewish life in germany our series this week on arts and culture we journey from berlin to music to meet cultural leaders commemorating the past taking creative risks and building community 700 years of jewish life in germany. this week on culture on t.w. . who can stop china's surge to global dominance it's one huge question i mean one huge challenge that is facing the new u.s. president joe biden. biden has inherited a divided and to tell driven america from his previous answer donald trump meanwhile she gin things china is both expensive under foreign terry and it's 2 rival systems apparently on collision course so want to the point we are asked by prince america again she's china struggle for supremacist.

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actually expects particularly from european allies as they deal with beijing thank you for that richard walker d.w. chief international editor take a look at some more of the stories making news around the world been mass police to file charges against the ousted leader armstrong suchi for breaches of an import export law documents say illegally imported handheld radios was found at her residence comes as beef in the country took part in the 1st widespread protest against the military coup in the early hours of monday. britain has asked the e.u. to extend the bracks a grace period until 2023 according to the b.b.c. it comes after threats were made against port staff and checks were suspended exemption pertains to checks for goods moving between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. new regulations came into effect after breaks it was implemented. 300 students in turkey on their supporters have been detained this week following violent confrontations with police angry about presenter earlier ones appointment of a party loyalist as the head of a prestigious university in istanbul the rector

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we have richard emerman, distinguished faculty fellow and emeritus marvin walker at the director for the study of diplomacy at temple university. he is the recipient of the several distinguished awards. he is chair of the historical advisory committee to the department of state and society for historians of historical documentation committee. he currently chairs the review committee. trudy peterson is a consultant and certified archivist. shields a phd in history from the university of iowa. she spent 24 years at the u.s. national archives, including more than two years as the acting archivist. after retiring from the u.s. government she was the founding executive director of the society archives in budapest, hungary and directory of archives and records management for the united nations high commissioner for refugees. she is a past president of the international conference of the roundtable on archives and society of american archivists. she has also chaired the international council on archives human rights working group and the working group on the standard for access to archives.

walker who takes exception to that. that he was probably the first prominenten republican candidate to declare his candidacy or desire to run to replace richard that -- okay, so that may be someone who she would potentially face. i wonder, you know, when you think about the qualifications -- sorry. go on. >> no. that's it. you know, mark walker decided not to run for re-election to congress in 2020. his district had been redrawn under court direction. it now favors democrats, but he saw his future as running for that 2022 seat, which, we should point out, richard burr said he would not run to get reelected to fill back in 2016 when he won re-election saying this would be his third and final term. >> when you think, rusty, about her qualifications. how, how would that shape up compared to who you would be used to seeing run for the senate? >> mark walker was a three-term congressman on the democratic side. jeff jackson is a state senator. he's got a very good resume for a political candidate. he served in the army in afghanistan. he is now a national guard judge advocate general lawyer. another candidate on the democratic side, erica smith, ha

richard burr will not seek re-election. my next guest has already announced his intention to run for that seat. joining me now is north carolina senate candidate and former north carolina congressman, mark walkeryou right now? >> well, i think this is something that comes out of our heart. we have served the people of north carolina for 22 years, 16 years as a pastor, six years as a member of congress. we've enjoyed working with the president on policies that have helped north carolinians and all americans and that's the reason, because of our experience of being both a bridge builder and a conservative champion, people like governor huckabee, senator tim scott, james langford, madison caw thor and many others have -- cawthorn and many others have come out and publiclyen endorsed us. we want to this across the state and we're having a great time traveling these days and listening to the people. jackie: you know, north carolina republicans are looking to censure senator burr after he voted to convict former president trump in the second impeachment trial. senator lindsey graham saying that burr's move all but guarantees that lara trump could a nominee for his seat if she decided to run. your re

in common with the new washington administration day it really is chief international editor richard walker gives us his take on some potentially thought any issues. 24 years of the trumpet ministration were a toxic age for transatlantic relations americal could barely conceal her relief after joe biden's from a tree it's good to. with president biden we simply have a much wider range of political agreement. but that doesn't mean that the us in germany suddenly agree on everything they really don't so we're going to take a look at 3 issues that are right at the top of the transatlantic agenda. first up north stream into a russian natural gas pipeline under construction to germany the team biden says must never be completed to deal because it divides europe it exposes ukraine and central europe to russia russian manipulation and because it goes against europe's own stated energy and security goals the us is even threatening sanctions against companies involved in the project here in berlin the government says that that is no way to treat an ally so the big question is can merkel and biden fi

kong joining us now to break down that discussion is state of the chief international editor richard walker brussels correspondent barbara vessel and data washington bureau chief in as poor.