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

this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard 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 mat 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 i mean 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. well it was a visibly relieved martin schulz that received those results he definitely doesn't want another election in the region for

the stb party chairman martin schultz is under pressure.fter the election, he said he did not want to enter another grand coalition, but he has to convince his party to do just that. >> we have three goals. solidarity, that we want to organize, innovations that will take us forward, and trust in each other. that is essential in a government. we want to see if the spirit of cooperation was there, and i think the answer was positive. reporter: angela merkel under pressure as well because for over three months, germany has been functioning without a government. she would like to see germany active on the european stage. the conservative party advisory board stands behind negotiation results. but things look different with the social democrats. six of the party members voted against moving forward with coalition talks. there are fears about how the party's base will react. >> i think we are on the right, but we have to be careful to remember this will not just work out automatically. reporter: the 28-page document is under heavy criticism from

schultz was caught off guard shame on you. most important thing that we have achieved in these political negotiations is this we have now created an excellent opportunity to move europe in a new direction that's something i will campaign for. and i am certain that we will be able to turn this headwind into a tailwind. but younger s.p.d. party members are turning away from shoals mostly because they're opposed to a new grand coalition. we are convinced that this coalition would threaten the existence of the s.p.d. as a political party. to feed. the social democrats are divided as never before does this signal the end of the s.p.p. . big question they're under as clue does it does it signal the end for the for the s.p.d. i mean after all this is the party of brunson how much mitt and they are apparently fighting for their life so. what's going on is that social democrats are the center left post marxist companies across europe have been in a slow steady decline because none of them including the german social democrats have foun

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. and both sides are forced to make concessions to freeze the agreement on starting form a coalition talks about some most controversial issues the tax rises and refugees here's a closer look at some of the issues that are visually holding the deal but now appear to have been dissolved phenolics east. now this is what they came up with here at villa a twenty eight page document that outlines the basic points of moving ahead with building a government let's have a look at the most pressing issues on top of the list family reunions of refugees under the new draft agreement one thousand family members would be allowed to come to germany every month until america had resisted a cap to yearly refugee arrivals for a long time now she has agreed to limit them to around two hundred thousand per year the parties also said they wanted to bolster germany's relationship with france and strengthen the eurozone

leader martin schultz have been campaigning for has been anything but an easy ride for him as are these peter oliver explains. this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard 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 that 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 i mean you don't 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. wel

future set to be decided in the coming hours at a party congress in both social democrat leader martin schultz makes a final plea to members to back coalition talks with the conservatives it doesn't it's vote no the country could be headed for a fresh election it's also coming up. the turkish army fires mortars terms of the syrian a conclave of the offering making way for its troops to cross into the area it's part of the congress controversial operation against syrian kurds we'll get the latest from our correspondent in turkey. balance today the country center left social democrat party is due to hold a key vote on whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives social democrat leader martin schultz is in its favor of forming a coalition but he faces strong resistance from within his own party a no vote could lead to a minority government which merkel has already said she won't lead or to fresh elections. i'm joined now by our correspondent thomas sparrow at the s.p.d. congress and vaughan thomas thanks for joining us the congress is now underway and martin short is just spoken t

norm eisen, james schultz, it's good to have you both. norm, you heard my analysis on this. the headlines of the special counsel wanting to sit down with the president, that he's already spoken to sessions and comey, what does that mean to you in terms of significance of timing? >> well, i want to thank you for having me back, chris, despite my hobby. and what it means to me is that mueller is moving with speed to address the obstruction questions as to the president. those are serious questions. when anybody in the united states interferes with an investigation with corruption intent, they can be prosecuted for obstruction. the theory that public officials are exempt has been rejected by circuit after circuit. we don't know the answer yet as to president trump. there's only one -- >> why do you say it's been rejected circuit after circuit when it's not relevant because it doesn't deal with the president? the whole question is about the president. he's in charge of investigations. the doj is under him. theoretically he could start and stop any investigation he wants to, no?

well the lady you saw sitting next to martin schultz there was under the and now she certainly did her bit to try and win over those that hadn't made up to their minds it was a rousing speech from her in the in the lead up to that ballot but this is a vote that has certainly split the social democratic party we did see a large challenge mounted by the leader of the youth wing kevin couldn't it and they have the whole youth side of the party saying now they didn't want to be four more years of coalition with angela merkel they wanted to spend four years in opposition well it certainly seems it's not going that way at the moment martin schultz has said though that the final decision on a coalition will go down to a vote of party membership and will be put out to a ballot of the almost full. four hundred fifty thousand party members there it is worth noting that the social democrats didn't have a very good election in september they lost forty seats in the bundestag. there is a lot of people against this coalition but what would the bundestag look like should there be a rekindling of the

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this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard 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 that but what schultz did lay out in a speech there to delegates and so 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 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 you elections my take on this is very clear i don't think new elections are the right way for us. well it was a visibly relieved and schultz that received those results he definitely doesn't want another election in the region for that is

back and we're joined by congressman debbie wasserman schultz. you said dreamers can't wait. this is the only country many of the patriots have ever known. i won't vote for another spending bill until we do. as we're coming up on perhaps another spending bill or a larger deal. do you still feel that way? >> i absolutely do still feel that way. we have 122 dreamers. they have been in this country since they're very small, known no other country except this one and 22 dreamers -- 122 dreamers a day are being jeopardized by losing their protective status under the defense -- the dream act and we need make sure that they are able to remain in the only country they've ever known, be able to contribute to improving america whether they're serving in the military or attending college or starting a small business as one of the dreamers that i did a press confrance with earlier this year to highlight the contributions that they've made. so in addition to it being wholly irresponsible that we've kicked the budget can down the road several times. we're enjanuary of the fiscal year. ther

by this special party conference of delegates not the entire management of delegates to allow mr schultz to pursue these talks with angle americal and allies in bavaria the sister part of the christian social union the point to make is that the leaderships of the parties are all pretty clear that they want to get into negotiations they want to effectively get back into government as they have been the previous four years but the deal that will emerge has to be put 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 dem

over "fire and fury" as well as immigration allegations over vote rigging involving debbie wasserman schultz and drill down into the greasy swamp known as big oil. happy holidays to all of you. i was in england visiting family, and guess what the big story is over there? the attempt to overturn the brexit vote with former prime minister tony blair calling fair second referendum because the people got it wrong in 2016. sound familiar? here in america, the establishment is all in on a new effort to overturn the 2016 presidential vote. they're saying president trump is mentally unfit and must be removed using the 25th amendment which is almost overnight replaced russia as the number one topic of conversation at elite dinner parties. a new book by michael wolff proves that the president is crazy. so as a public service to you, we're here to help separate fact from fiction when it comes to "fire and fury." first of all, every supporter of president trump should understand one thing about this book. the argument that donald trump is mentally unfit is not michael wolff's opinion, it's the opinion o

establishment party a party in fact in which martin schultz and many other senior members of the social democrats have decried as racist before the election in september and said that they shouldn't be taking up seats within the bundestag well in an attempt to try and hang on to power for himself he may well catapult them up into the position of been germany's largest opposition. here political analyst rayna ruff has told us why he thinks the f.t. has gained so much support. i would say that the union card he is after all the c.d.u. look as left of the conservative positions of the past they have turned somewhat roughly speaking into an ass. and the ass b.d. has lost much of its political standing because many of the topics were also covered by the c.d.u. so the a.f.d. just came in to fill in. the blank space that. has left. the push for a second grand coalition has had a polarizing effect on the days members many on the left believe by entering government as part of a broad alliance the party could jeopardize its future and alienate its support base as of you have finally come and as y

well this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for both it was a visibly very worried barton schultz waiting for those results that come in he gave a speech just before the ballots were cast he. said that there were only two options it was either go into coalition with angela merkel's conservative bloc or they'd have to be another election and he was very clear on which one he'd prefer you know . everyone should realise the question is coalition talks for new elections my take on this is very clear i don't think you elections are the right way for us but what would a coalition do for the bullets there how would the vote the stag look if you've grown coalition before what it would do is it would meet at the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that would go to the new kids on the block alternative for germany they would be the largest opposition party they would also get all of the perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget committee all new ground for the right leaning

well, now debbie wasserman schultz is joining the act saying, quote, one thousand dollars doesn't go how on earth can the democrats look at anybody with a straight face and say things like this? this is nothing but a let them eat cake message, they're just wanting to try to win mid-term elections and they cannot admit that anything good is happening in our economy. ly tell you one thing, a thousand bucks is a lot of money and a lot of money to a lot of people, debbie, nancy, maybe not to you, but to a lot of people. we will debate this next s ] hey maya. hey! you still thinking about opening your own shop? every day. i think there are some ways to help keep you on track, closer to home. we grew to a trillion dollars in assets under care by thinking about your goals as much as you do. ...from godaddy! in fact, 68% of people who have built their... ...website using gocentral, did it in under an hour, and you can too. build a better website - in under an hour. with gocentral from godaddy. trish: nancy pelosi dismissing bonuses companies are giving because of tax reform and saying they a

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. when both sides were forced to compromise to reach this agreement on starting to form a coalition talks about the most controversial issues with tax increases and refugees here's a look at some of the issues that were originally holding up the deal but appear now to be resolved for now. now this is what they came up with your advil a twenty eight page document that outlines the basic points of moving ahead with building a government let's have a look at the most pressing issues on top of the list family reunions of refugees under the new draft agreement one thousand family members would be allowed to come to germany every month until america had resisted a cap to yearly refugee arrivals for a long time now she has agreed to limit them to around two hundred thousand per year the parties also said they wanted to bolster germany's relationship with france and strengthen the eurozone in september fr

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

in germany social democratic party leader martin schultz has been looking to win over the party's grass roots to the idea of another grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the rank and file must grant their approval to enter talks around forming a new government at a party summit on sunday but schultz faces a hard sell with skeptics saying that it betrays social democratic values so he has traveled to the party's heartland in an effort to win their support. welcome to dortmund historically a bastion of the social democrats but many have lost their appetite for a grand coalition saying the party's losing sight of its aims xian she knew these are the paths of social justice is over and i can see that it's now more about careers and clinging on to seats. while this diner selling covey voiced as the daily denmark's in short selling the exploratory talks as a success but it's not easy to convince party members to support a new coalition especially here in north rhine-westphalia. we've clarified many things there were lots of question of our members really welcomed the

party leader martin schultz he'll face one of his most difficult votes so. that we will have lively and controversial debates we just had a long meeting with party leadership and the debate was similarly animated. brandenburg state premier is confident his party will vote for a new coalition government. the people in this country expect us to act they expect the social democrats to look after the people i'm thinking about poverty among the elderly or pensions nursing care insurance people need us to action now. six hundred delegates and you to vote on whether the coalition talks with conservatives some s.p.d. regional groups have already made their recommendations delegates here are free to vote according to their conscience five regional groups have come out in favor of launching coalition talks lower saxony. but three other states. have recommended voting no. north rhine-westphalia which is sending the highest number of delegates to the conference social democrats they're split on how to vote. it's going to be a tight result and i think we're going to back

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. let's get more detail his political correspondent to thomas spargo welcome thomas what's in this twenty eight page document that they had of pass' and agreed. every imaginable topic infrastructure transport education foreign policy wide range of issues explained all in a very general way i would say that two aspects clearly stand out one the idea that the parties agree to work closely on european integration in particular alongside france and a second issue one that has been very contentious the issue of migration and that proposed limits on the number of migrants that could arrive to germany as well as on family reunification an issue that was particularly controversial in recent days those are certainly the issues that are present in that twenty eight page document but it's important to stress that this is only a roadmap if you will a set of guidelines in this first round of talks these explor

party leader martin schultz will try to convince a special party conference to back of the leadership decision to talk to the chance the conservatives about entering into a new grand coalition will negotiations with the conservatives can only be good if the conference votes yes but there is resistance from the s.p.d. particularly its youth wing and over with me a minority government or the possibly old possibility of fresh elections i should say spoke a while ago in a short while ago in berlin and here's what he said about sunday's vote your thoughts are clearly on the start of the we are concentrating on reaching a majority at a party congress on sunday in favor of the decision to enter into talks aimed at finding a coalition deal that is my task to get a majority of others are trying to get a majority for their positions that is how the democratic party works up you know a bit of it will cost the pub so those talks with about starting those talks about talks about starting a coalition with chancellor merkel's conservatives resistance particularly strong in the youth wing of the s.p.

brent: did you communicate this with martin schultz and the leaders of the party? they listening to the young people? anika: of course we communicate that. what is strange is that right after the election, mart schulz and the entire board of the party voted unanimously against a grand coalition and forth opposition. they have turned around, 180%. brent: do you know why? have they communicated why they made that you turn? anika: the other coalition talks have failed. many social democrats think it would be the duty of the social democratic party -- brent: to save angela merkel's conservatives? anika: kind of. to see how many social democratic projects we can now try to manage and make for people. i think it is a good thought. i think it is the wrong way to take, to say we make angela merkel chancellor again and hope to get some crumbs of the cake. brent: the crumbs that are left on the floor for you. what about new elections? does it seem all the political leaders are afraid of new elections? anika: i think many people do not know in our party what is going to be th

party leader martin schultz will try to convince a special party conference to back the leadership's decision to talk to the chancellor's conservatives about entering into a new grand coalition the s.p.d. can only start formal negotiations with the conservatives if the conference votes yes but the party is split with particular resistance from its youth wing a no vote would mean i have a minority government or fresh elections watching scholtz has been speaking about sunday's vote vehicle surveillance of unity we are concentrating on reaching a majority of the party congress on sunday in favor of the decision to enter into talks aimed at finding a coalition deal that is my task to get a majority of others are trying to get a majority for their positions that is how a democratic party works up in about how they will cut fission power. let's get more on this from his friend you crouse she's a political scientist at bourbons humbled university welcome to t.w. german politics getting interesting as a novelty let's talk about sunday's vote then and its importance we'll start first of all w

this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard 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 two hundred and seventy nine votes against joining the coalition with angola merkel so they are going to go forward with that but what schultz did lay out in a speech there to delegates and so 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 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 you elections my take on this is very clear i don't think new elections are the right way for us. well it was a visibly relieved martin schulz that received those results he definitely doesn't want another election in the region for that is be

party leader martin schultz on sunday as he bids to go on vince party delegates to vote no grow closer to his grassroots support q not believes this is the only way for the s.p.d. to regenerate after damage in years into local governments. the finnish president and for me he is the kind of politician who hopefully certainly shaped the future of this party. that they tried to influence a very talented upcoming politician he's still young and everything lies ahead of him i think something will become of him. even pozen members who support the idea of a grand coalition have high hopes for canucks political future. impose a t.v. and put in the most positive senses of politics junkie he breathes politics but at the same time he's matter of fact and stands by his opinion and he definitely has a big future. cannot became a member of the s.p.d. at just fifteen in the same year that angela merkel was first elected chancellor but units no grow coke campaign now threatens to end her twelve year a in. that i think anglo-american time in office will soon end because her policy model simply no longe

this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was real hard 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 two hundred and seventy nine votes against joining the coalition with angola merkel so they are going to go forward with that 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 you 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 region for that

all this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was to have a visibly very worried martin childes waiting for those results that come in he gave a speech just before the ballots were cast he said that there were only two options it was either go into coalition with angela merkel's conservative bloc or they'd have to be another election and he was very clear on which one he'd prefer that you don't 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 you elections are the right way for us but what would a coalition do for the bundestag and how would you put the stagg look if a new grand coalition all can be formed well what it would do is it would mean that the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that would go to the new kids on the block of turner to germany they would be the largest opposition party they would also get all of the well perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget comm

their leader martin schultz visibly relieved after surviving the cliffhanger vote i chancellor merkel was also quick to express her relief welcoming the decision of her potential coalition partners. not in the see the softer the season you cleared the way for coalition talks last week we welcome the news that the social democrats have followed suit at their party conference. after intensive and sometimes controversial debate that they reached a positive result. and that means the path is now open for full coalition talks five. opposition parties however condemned the move slamming a future grand coalition for lack of vision and the social democrats for dithering over whether to join government. at this dinner in talks you get the impression that it's almost like punishment to govern germany that doesn't exactly suggest a fresh forward looking start for the next grand coalition because it's all it's up to it's clear that this will just keep the status quo going in spite of all the insistence otherwise. of a new edition of the last grand coalition is essentially a continuation for the l

here in germany these social democrat leader martin schultz has started a big push to persuade his party members to support coalition talks with german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives shuls has started a tour of his party's regional branches after marathon talks last week it's all party leaders agree to start coalition discussions on sunday social democrat delegates will vote on whether it will officially back that decision many oppose another grand coalition as it's called and they want more concessions from conservatives. what do the young members of the s.p.d. want to talk about that now i'm joined by on a closer she is chair of the young socialist within the s.p.d. party here in berlin it's good to have you on this show give me your take on where things are right now do you think that martin schultz is going to be able to convince the party the grass roots level to say yes to this dream fullish and again i think it's a really open question at the moment it's really difficult to tell if he's going to be able to convince them or not the young socialists are totally against a n

now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. let's get more from w.'s political correspondent thomas sparrow welcome thomas so the three parties detail that agreement in this twenty eight page document whose hard to give way on was. i think the conservatives the better deal when it comes for example to all the issues on migration that number that we've heard about the migrants that are with the will be or could be allowed into into germany the idea of family reunification as well those are issues where i believe conservatives had a better deal as far as the social democrats they probably had a better deal when it comes to draw the social issues regarding children and families and also as well the investment in education in infrastructure those are issues that they were obviously try to sell to the party members into the party delegates i think both parties will also try to sell that idea of of europe of integration into the european level

coalition by easter but have consensual partners the social democrats face of battlers leader martin schultz tries to win over skeptical members but also on the program the african union demands an apology from donald trump expressing his outrage at the u.s. president's alleged use of derogatory comments to describe the continent. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel says she hopes to form a new government by east that is off to her conservatives reached agreement with the social democrats yesterday on launching a formal coalition chalk's the previous attempt to form a coalition with smaller parties failed late last year so friday's breakthrough has eased months of political uncertainty here in germany there are however still several hopeful hurdles for all that to have a come to be social democrats leader martin short's still has a lot of selling to do he's asking the party's executive to back formal coalition talks with merkel's conservatives at a special conference later this month. he'll then have to convince the party

presumably have to make a lot of concessions to martin schultz and the general consensus is that sheeading her party into the next set of federal elections in 2020. we have got so used to her being the leader of europe, haven't we? it is quite incredible to see her here really struggling to hold onto power. germany was the leader in europe, unquestionably. it is interesting about martin short, in september the spd did very badly. they suffered having been in the party and martin schultz said i am not going into any more coalition 's. however it seems as though he has soft and that view —— softened that view and they will talk about the detailed coalition arrangement where there will be a lot of concessions from angela merkel to keep him on side. then the detailed agreement has to go to the spd membership, six months after the election, the membership may throw it out. she has gone almost certainly from hero to zero. there has really been a vacuum, who has stepped in to its? emmanuel macron. bsp to very many places. he has even hosted president trump in the eiffel tower. lots of peopl