social democrats have to say yes or no to to the agreement found between c.d.u. and sees you as we have already seen this is going to be a real problem especially for the social democrats what what has happened in the end is that the conflict between. you and whole see a wolf and his see is you. this this conflict. really been resolved the ball has just been played into another playing field and that's the playing field of the social democrats are now it's decisive what that they are going to make but they reprint thank you so much to be a political correspondent there down at the buddhist. let's get the economic perspective on all this there was helen hill well as rupert was just pointing out that we are still waiting of course for the social democrats to have their say but for now at least german business is breathing a nickel more easily now that i'm going to machall has seemingly reached that deal on migration with interior minister zeevi who for now the prospect of the government collapsing had on settled investors in the german business sector late last wee

say they need more time do we have any clarity tonight on what the social democrats plan to do. well they've said that they want to resume talks again later this week and the statement that we heard this evening from the head of the party sounded cautiously optimistic about the chances of agreement so perhaps they'll be using this additional time to think about what points they would like to add to the mix because of course the interior minister mr say hofer has managed to get the chancellor to go along with a policy that wasn't in the coalition agreement and maybe the s.p.d. would like to do a similar additional deal so that could be part of what's happening here the fact that the s.p.d. is sounding relatively optimistic about this might come as a bit of a surprise because three years ago during the mass influx of refugees to germany the s.p.d. roundly rejected transit centers which are now being proposed but that was then and now in fact all mainstream parties have moved closer to the center or even to the right on migration policy driven partly by anxiety about the rise of th

a whole see over on their supporters are going to meet with his head of the social democrats and all of shoulder who is the vice chancellor in the cabinet and also from the social democrats and they're they're going to have a long talk about this agreement from last night and after that we will know if the social democrats can find anything in there that they can agree on or if they're going to say no that's something this is not anything which we can sell to our electorate that's one of the biggest problems for the social democrats right now the the ball is in their playing field and they are not quite sure yet where they're going to play it. where does this leave chancellor angela merkel is her authority as head of the government still intact. what we have seen in the last two weeks is wasn't something that. made of forty and you stronger even bigger and one of the biggest problems of course is it's not only hundred forty here in germany that is at stake it's also thought as a european leader we shouldn't forget that at the last european summit just last friday she'd try to negotia

of its own platform and jettisoning their own principles and that may in fact be true of the social democrats as well so are we looking at a situation right now where the sort of democrats need more time in order to find a way to save face knowing that when all is said and done that they too will have been pushed to the right in this government. possibly and no one none of the three governing parties has an interest in new elections as i said they are very worried that new elections would only play into the hands of the far right party they f.-d. so i think that is very much behind this attempt to find a face saving compromise but one with very real costs. mr you were telling me earlier you think that there is more reason tonight to hope that the german government will be able to withstand this crisis than we had last night why are you more optimistic tonight well. the very simple thing here are the social democrats did not say no tonight and that tended to maul us the whole story of course they need time they need to save face and why is this so i mean day had this position that melinda just

and sees you on the social democrats will be a foot so far from the s.p.d. is that they don't really want to decide already today whether they're going to go with this agreement or not were privy to about reporting for us from the bundestag thank you for. your what. now there is huge relief in thailand after rescuers found twelve boys and their football coach alive in a flooded cave more than a week after they went missing as the monsoon rain continues rescue efforts now center on preventing water levels from rising authorities say it could take months before the boys can be brought out safely and the army spokesman said they may also have to learn how to dive. a moment that many will remember as a miracle the international team of expert divers finding all thirteen of those missing seemingly unharmed the divers had to explain what day was and just how long the young group had spent trapped in the darkness. the cave complex stretches some ten kilometers into the mountain diving crews had to navigate a labyrinth to reach the group at points swimming under lon

and the social democrats. the s.p.d. party leader apparently said that they made some progress on the issue is there any clarity on what the social democrats intend to do. not really what we have heard from the social democrats so far is that they want to find a solution but they that that they want to take their time one has to understand that the social democrats on a very difficult situation here. on the one side they don't want to risk the government they don't want to risk the stability of the government any more we have seen a very unstable face now for the last two or three weeks in the social democrats have been more or less playing the role of a bystander and they always called for c.d.u. and sees you to come back to the table to get back into russian politics as the social democrats called it. now to play that and not not to have the option to say just no we don't want this and to end the government at the end wouldn't really be something the social democrats want to cause this would end in the snap election so

it's now up to the social democrats the third partner in germany's grand coalition to accept the deal. but bring in our political correspondent. at the bundestag where more important decisions are being made today so how does this agreement change germany's migration policy. this agreement between uncle americal and her interior minister holds zeal for is all about toughening up border controls here in germany in order to reject asylum seekers who have already been registered in the e.u. countries one of the already mentioned transit centers but these would only exist at the german allstream border in bavaria something of the bavarian based see as you ponty off interior minister holes the will for it was very keen about to get another measure another plan that is already on the table something that comes from a self. this means that she wants to introduce a dragon at controls on all other german borders in order to make it possible to filter out such asylum seekers who have already been registered in other european countries and all of these measures to get that would mean a fundament

merkel's deal with her but very and allies now needs the green light from the social democrats they are set to decide today whether to go along with the agreement or not and it looks like another uphill battle so the left s.p.d. have said they oppose migrant holding centers at the border a key part of the joint proposal here is what zero and michael had to say after yesterday's breakthrough. we'll see you after very intense negotiations between the c.d.u. and the c.s.u. we've reached an agreement we have a clear arrangement for preventing illegal migration at the border between germany and austria in the future. that's who would also put us in addition we will undertake domestic measures covariates with refugees countries of origin as well as with other nations but if we will set up transit centers and from there we will consult with other countries especially as i am seekers home countries and the countries where they are already registered in europe then we will make it possible to return those asylum seekers accordingly this is precisely no accordance with the spirit of partnership i

when out of the crisis in germany's government it is not over yet germany social democrats have told chancellor angela merkel that they need more time to decide whether they can back her new migration policy all that new policy was thrashed out between merkel and her hardline interior minister horst zahle for just twenty four hours ago after weeks of wrangling the chancellor met with the social democrats this evening trying to convince them to back the policy and to keep her coalition government a law on their way soup one more meeting this time. and see who first which trying to convince to third party in jenin needs to at clear listen to says she democrats to accept the hot food you green ants and get two hours later. would nod and. there are more we've held intensive discussions this evening and we were able to make progress but we're not quite in agreement yet that's why we're going to continue to talk this week and have agreed to me she again on thursday evening that's all we can say at this point they're going in this. last night the two conservative system parties had agreed o

party including the german justice minister who is a member of the social democratic party saying this is an absolute alarm bell when someone like mr is a doesn't feel comfortable in the german football team when he has the sense that he's been subjected to racism by the very head of the football association and by the way mr as you also received a lot of social media postings that were very hateful following the defeat of the german team that when a person like me doesn't feel comfortable that that is

from the social democrats what exactly was agreed on why they changed their opinion compared to whathey had expressed three years ago regarding these transit sentences are responded to almost bear on the story for us tonight here in berlin thomas thank you. now to the war in syria where the government and russian forces have renewed their bombardments on rebel held areas in the south of the country waves of airstrikes and shelling have pounded the city of the rod in the most intensive bombing campaign in the two week old offensive the fresh assault comes a day after russian burger talks with rebels broke down on wednesday following the bombardments arrest syrian rebel negotiators and russian military commanders have reportedly resume negotiations on a final deal to end the fighting in the province and hand control back to the government of the area in question here in southern syria are some of the last rebel held areas in the country let's have a look at this map and we can see the rebels here are marked in green and how they have been pushed back from the city of durai the governme

angela merkel meets her coalition partners as she fights to keep her government afloat but the social democrats are demanding more time to consider a new migration policy thrashed out with her hardline interior minister just twenty four hours ago. and a narrow one nil win over switzerland since we've been through to the world cup quarter finals well there meet the winner of tonight's clash between england and colombia. often it's good to have you with us it is a race against time and the weather authorities in thailand attempting to rescue the twelve boys in their football coach trapped deep within a flooded cave are facing a dilemma tonight monsoon rains could flood the k. . further but extracting the boys quickly would require first teaching them to dive and then leading them along a dangerous underwater route and considering how weak the boys are this option is dangerous and the alternative would be to leave them on the precarious ledge where they were found perhaps for several months or that would require patience and hope that the monsoon floods do not rise before they receive. the rescue

and the social democrats are going to meet again and then we'll find out if the social democrats are going to follow. and holes it will fall on the lot then the government crisis could all start again ok now as the social democrats as you pointed out they haven't quite signed off on this deal yet and they are key to chancellor merkel's coalition governing coalition but i understand that party leader under their knowledge of the s.p.d. she has offered qualified support. you know this good decision it's good that the two sister parties now agreed on one issue which appears to have been very controversial. which tended to skip the feel of flag there are still a lot of questions which need to be cleared up which is why we will take the time we need to come to a decision. as speedily leader then i was there saying that there are questions that need clarifying what could those questions be open. one of the main questions i already tried to point out is about what kind of center is this going to be is this really a detention center can the people who are going to be vote there where the asy

partners the social democrats agreed to support a new migration policy. last week hammering out a plan to placate the right wing in her conservative it's all the details also coming up. people poisoned by toxins were exposed to the. contaminated investigators say there could be a connection to the recent poisoning of a former russian spy. in the same area and tonight we look to europe. and entire country for friday's world cup quarter final match expectations are high as is the nation's footballing pedigree and its passion for the beautiful game. it's good to have you with us germany has scored a minor victory after weeks of fighting with the right wing conservative alliance threaten to bring down. the junior partners in her coalition government these social democrats have agreed to a tough new immigration policy. hardline interior minister. thursday sun's the third meeting of top german politicians in the past week and this one brought a breakthrough after weeks of tension the three parties of the grand coalition reached an agreement on migration policy

the social democrats the junior partner in coalition issues following tonight's talks. there are more we've held intensive discussions this evening and we were able to make progress but we're not quite in agreement yet that's why we're going to continue to talk this week and have agreed to me she again on thursday evening that's all we can say at this point let's get the latest one from the division chief political correspondent melinda crave in front of the chancellery brother in welcome linda what are we to make of that statement from the s.p.d. leader. well it sounds very much like she is paving the way for a likely agreement to this deal that was decided yesterday evening by the two conservative parties that govern together in a kind of sisterhood that wasn't particularly sisterly lately so as i read that statement it looks like s.p.d. will try to find a way to go along perhaps they will ask for other things in return after all the c.s.u. got something through here that was not in the original coalition agreement so perhaps they would like to have some new elements

it's now up to the social democrats the third partner in germany's grand coalition to accept the deal. well our political correspondent peter craven is here to fill us in on the deal peter first of all what has changed to make this agreement possible has chancellor merkel simply caved into the demands of her interior minister it's interesting wording caved in i don't think she has caved in but i think she is bending over backwards to get a compromise. he's here with whole say whole for as we saw in our report just now she is determined to keep her coalition government together she is determined to keep all say they hope for on board although he has been putting her under massive pressure in recent weeks and the way she's doing it is these transit centers is that being cold you called it a holding center you know people have been calling these anchors sent this whole say over reception centers hot spots whatever you call it they've been much discussed for three years now originally the conservatives here in germany wanted these transit centers at the beginning of the so-called refugee

elsewhere in the european union could be sent back now this is not going to go down well with the social democrats but this is the democrats themselves are really fighting for their political survival as one of the major policies here and any and they've seen those opinion polls too they've spoken to their own members and they simply is no appetite to have a big fight is so down on that specific issue of migration where we are seeing a new consensus towards being much tougher on migration both here in germany but certainly at the european level that's what we certainly don't with it sometimes and bustle of sort about that what this agreement what what it's going to mean we've got these these transit centers on the austrian german border but very in border we're talking about border controls being reinstituted so the sharing agreement the free movement is going to be impacted here so is it the end of this showing in free movement reality that we've known now for decades the big concern certainly of the germans hans has still has i'm sure. is that it could be the beginning of the end of saying and y

thanks we you know we hear a lot about the the rise of democratic socialism. that turn to the left in the party though the donors don't seem to want to go there what is democratic socialism because i'd like to remind our viewers i've lived in communist eastern europe and they call that democratic socialism ok and they didn't have a lot of birkenstocks and they didn't have a lot of capital to point out so ron what is that in a nutshell go ahead well democratic socialism in the contemporary american sense i mean you know whenever people throw around these terms you need to factor in you know the snapshot in contemporary time but i democratic socialism is certainly not authoritarian socialism or anything like that democratic socialism as the d.s.a. is presenting it basically just gives more rights to the workers it still allows enterprises stuff like that however workers have more rights and they have more of a say and they see more of their product and what that d.s.h. mission is in particular is to try to get away from the economy that instead exploited workers

it's here that a new political force recruits its core voters the social democrats don't just represent the social interests of the workers but also a new idea of the state they believe monarchy and aristocracy other relics of bygone days the future belongs to the workers. bismarck considers these ideas high treason and subversion he believes social democrats are all demagogues. open up in the name of the. bismarck passes his anti socialist laws to outlaw the party then meetings and newspapers and now illegal anyone who goes against these laws is threatened with fines and prison. take the social democrats away daddy daddy. you won't be seeing him anytime soon but it's not just social democrats who are facing persecution of the catholic church also comes under fire we're not going to come also says bismarck a reference to the submission of an earlier emperor to the pope be smart but i know politically smocks politics look for enemies within the empire and that's one of its darkest side city he didn't just have his sights on the workers' movement but also on catholics and increasingly on

and her coalition partner the social democrats and it could go it alone and continue to govern without a majority but i'm sure in the lengthy negotiations to form the current government machall already made it clear that this is not a route she would be keen to take. to avoid a minority government the c.d.u. and the social democrats could look for a new coalition partner this could really be the environmentalists greens. of the business friendly free democrats it's unlikely that machall would be able to remain chancellor in this scenario. if the bavarian conservatives were out of the coalition that would technically be a majority in parliament against magical if all the parties in the bundestag got together they could table a vote of no confidence against her this is unlikely however given the huge divides between them. all finally new elections could be called again this is not a scenario many would relish the last general elections were held less than a year ago and it took months to form a new government so it's hard to see how fresh polls would bring more stability. so these are re

doing quite well and those are even though they're some of the most social democrats as high costs and all of chilled they were so close allies to her and you know one of the big questions that emerged out of this is whether or not this would damage the governing party standing and strength in the fortune fortunes of the opposition i'd like to bring in some more numbers in fact now and then get your take on it afterwards because the short answer basically is no not at all all the parties are about where they were last month check this out and americans conservatives have about thirty percent support for coalition partners the social democrats are at about eighteen percent as you can see there a nationalist alternative for germany where the a.f.d. they're the biggest opposition party with sixteen percent the environmental environmentalist greens excuse me they are on fourteen percent and the post communist left party have around nine percent pro-business f.t.p. are on at eight percent. so just looking at those numbers there max i mean this doesn't seem to add up because voters seem very

party including the german justice minister who is a member of the social democratic party saying this is an absolute alarm bell when someone like mr is a doesn't feel comfortable in the german football team when he has the sense that he's been subjected to racism by the very head of the football association and by the way mr as you also received a lot of social media postings that were very hateful following the defeat of the german team that when a person like me doesn't feel comfortable that that is a sign that we have a deep political social problem in germany and i think what we're seeing here is we're seeing mr grindle taking advantage of a very heated climate at the moment through the whole debate about immigration we have an increasing sense of tribalism particularly on the right side of the political spectrum here in germany so essentially there is fertile. around for implied racism and on the other hand comments like mr grendel's essentially make that politically acceptable and therefore a lot of concern among politicians within the opposition within the social democratic par

are sitting down together the chances office and the social democrats have to tell the city when to see as you whether they will agree with what has been achieved tonight and that is a very very very important point because the social democrats do not like trying to centers and they have made it very very clear there. part of this agreement tonight is to have transit centers and the border and we want to make this clear for our viewers the border between bavaria in austria we're not talking about the entire external border of germany right exactly the german austrian fouda also the bavarian border which is the home state of the interior minister or they or for us they will see as you posse is currently fighting an election campaign particularly against the far right party the anti migration single issue policy right now and it needs to contest those elections in mid october and the attempt by the c.s.u. to sound a lot more like the f.t. backfired over the past week we simply saw them slip in the polls but we also didn't see the far right if to gain that terribly much from this so th

so in their turn we've had the leader for the alternative for germany party the leader of the social democrat party group in parliament speaking but merrick when she spoke touched on lots of different areas but on migration she returned to a theme which has become pretty much constant in her speeches over the past few weeks the past few months indeed when she says that no asylum seekers should be able to choose where it is that they claim asylum because let's be clear the position has been that follow the dublin regulation in other words the first place to make landfall in the e.u. is where you claim asylum because the problem of the german government seizes the secondary migration issue in other words those people who claim asylum in one place then go somewhere else and claim it elsewhere because hope of varian conservative allies have been very hot on this topic saying we don't want that to be allowed to continue we want these centers where people who we consider to be illegal immigrants can be can be basically detained and then moved on the point also to make is that although she has the a

indeed the social democrat group leader in parliament today reiterated her opposition to the idea of transit centers on the borders of germany and austria which would be like detention centers where the people inside them would not be able to move around openly as in to leave them if they wanted to give you a sense of perspective there but for all the the relief on the conservative side of politics in germany that the two main conservative parties aren't going to split apart problem is that they have to get agreement from the center left partners and so far at least those people that party the social democrats are saying they have a lot of questions which need to be answered. and as far as the merkel has self how much pressure how much pressure is she under in all of this. well the reality is that if there isn't agreement between the conservative side of the coalition and the center left side of a coalition of social democrats very unlikely that this this policy will never be implemented because well that with the government as it were divided it's unlikely that any proposal would ge

is the future of what is democratic socialism? ught it would be worth pausing for a minute to find out. it is not, by the way, a wing of the democratic party, at least not yet. it is an entirely separate month. with its own national organization, the democratic social interests of america. the dsa endorsed bernie sanders and opposed donald trump but did not endorse hillary clinton. at times it's been antagonistic to the party. there's no formal platform but the outlines are clear. democratic social interests support socialism, state openership of major industries, healthcare, technology, manufacturing. some of them explicitly support communism. the co-chair of portland oregon's chapter recently tweeted this, quote, as a dsa chopped co-chair i want to set the record straight. communism is good. but democratic social ishl havism is about more than economics, the official twitter account demands reparations in the form of african-americans, forgiveness of student loans and guaranteed lifetime income. the dsa calls for an end to immigr

or merkel now needs to secure the backing of a center left coalition partners social democrats former german foreign minister gabriel accused horst of taking the government to merkel hostage for weeks. this is a result plan always see first of all we have to see what mr c. hope his master plan looks like up until now it was kept secret but i don't think this changes the fact that this is the offer and the c.s.u. going to look the german government hostage for weeks for this to see harper blackmailed the government and chancellor merkel which is an unbelievable literals when i say now from dominic cain who has more from berlin. the route of a migration is the crisis that just won't go away frank that america will soon and she agreed to deal with her very and conservative allies a compromise solution which will set up centers that migrants will be processed in and indeed detained in for some time before being deported if that's what their fate will be then she has to persuade the social democrats to the center left in parliament that this is a good idea tough task given that a few years

and sees you on the social democrats will be a foot so far from the s.p.d. is that they don't really want to decide already today whether they're going to go with this agreement will not reveal about reporting for us from the bundestag thank you report the head of the european peoples party in brussels and german c.s.u. member month welcome the deal in berlin but he told you that he is maxalt money was now crucial to have a broader debate in europe on the long term challenges presented by illegal migration mr bieber. the compromise the so-called compromise between c.s.u. c.d.u. might have migrants rejected at the german austrian border also talking about transition centers that's clearly a national move it's not a european solution right it's absolutely in line visible was agreed in the european council because the council agreed that national measures are acceptable if you do this incorporation isn't a purpose and what is clearly defined in the compromise in berlin is that only rejects juice we have a by leisure and agreement and this is second country beca

coalition partners the social democrats agreed to support a new immigration policy. we'll have all the details also coming up. more exposed to the day when they. say there could be a connection to the recent poisoning of a former russian spy his daughter in the same. brazilian. team including the magical. we'll look ahead to tomorrow. against. it's good to have you with us after weeks of wrangling that brought the german government almost to the brink of collapse all three parties in coalition agreement on how to combat illegal migration. your coalition partners and social democrats said this evening that a good solution has now been reached on this is a dramatic change in tone earlier the s.p.d. had criticized proposals put forward by miracles conservative alliance those proposals included transit centers to hold in process asylum seekers on germany's borders with austria. let's go now to our political correspondent thomas barrow he is standing by outside of the german parliament the bonus talk going to be to you tomasso the meeting was much shorter than had been ex

the majority of parties in the seats in the parliament and that therefore means getting the social democrats basically firing singing from the same hymn sheet as it were that means they have to come together they're meeting tomorrow it's it's a meeting of the formal coalition partners as it were so the leadership groups of the parties the question will be how to get those social democrats to agree to something which in principle they have rejected and they rejected three years ago saying they did not want then the idea of places that people who've come to germany seeking asylum should be held against their will well if call is saying two days is the longest anybody could be held against their will will that be enough to placate them that's the central question but they will have to answer tomorrow because that's be clear about this without their approval it's very unlikely that this policy will actually be enacted interesting world time will tell i guess for now thanks dominic kane their estate agents are having a busy time on the border between china and north korea property sales are boomi

. >> democratic socialism. democratic socialism. democratic socialism.illian: socialism surging in the age of trump, so what does it really say about the democratic party? that debate is coming up next. jillian: fox news alert, gunman opening fire on busy street in toronto overnight killing one person and injuring 13 others. police say it was not random. [shots fired] rob: terrifying, the shooter dressed in all black opening fire in a neighborhood known as greek town, shots heard from blocks away. [shots fired] jillian: police say a young woman is dead, 9-year-old girl is in critical condition. >> it's the street where families come, they're all out tonight walking, having their dinner and this, i guess, lone gunman simply came out and started shooting, it's unbelievable actually. rob: gunman was killed in shootout with police, investigate not ruling out terrorism as possible motive. gene adkins allegedly shot grandmother during argument and kidnapped girlfriend and crashing outside of trader joe's in los angeles, the store's manager shot dead during 3-h

to govern three political parties last night it was the two conservative parties tonight the social democrats they have the floor if they reject merkel's concessions to the bavarians this could very well be the german government and the chancellor's last day i burnt off in berlin this is the day. it was evil for the it's a hole for kept the government hostage for weeks. has you didn't win american didn't win our democracy was damaged. you see hope for blackmail the government and he blackmail chancellor merkel which is unbelievable for it's is this c.s.u. deals in ultimatums and threads and he doesn't keep its word for talks which he says are all three gristle which is what's important. and that's some hard bargaining and some difficult days we have arrived as a really good compromise giving us in these things discussions we're notion about

we you know we hear a lot about the the rise of democratic socialism. that turn to the left in the party though the donors don't seem to want to go there what is democratic socialism because i'd like to remind our viewers i've lived in communist eastern europe and they call that democratic socialism ok and they didn't have a lot of birkenstocks and they didn't have a lot of capital to point out so ron what is that in a nutshell go ahead. well democratic socialism in the contemporary american sense i mean you know whenever people throw around these terms you need to factor in you know the snapshot in contemporary time but democratic socialism is certainly not authoritarian socialism or anything like that democratic socialism as the d.s.a. is presenting it basically just gives more rights to the workers it still allows enterprises stuff like that however workers have more rights and they have more of a say and they see more of their product and what that d.s.a. is mission is in particular is to try to get away from the economy that instead exploits workers

well the movement that looks to be gaining momentum is democratic socialism a left leaning faction of the democrats the most prominent of course senator bernie sanders who is an independent but does consider himself to be a social democrat making him the only one in congress alexandria ocasio cortez is the rising star of the democratic socialists last month the congressional candidate pulled off a stunning victory against a prominent house democrat in new york in all forty two people who run. for offices of federal state and local levels who have the formal endorsement of the democratic socialists of america county ng is a democratic socialist he's also a member of hawaii's state legislature and he's running for a seat in the u.s. congress joining us now from honolulu county on the ng are you a socialist in the old fashioned the old fashioned sense of the word or thought thanks for having me and i think democratic also with them is not so much about centralizing power within any it's in be it government or corporations more than just making sure that power is shifted back to the peopl

and the c s you are meeting with the third coalition partner the social democrats and the social democrats said today they have a lot of questions about this deal and are by no means going to simply sign off on it automatically a couple of years ago during the major influx of refugees in two thousand and fifteen the s.p.d. actually opposed such centers as are now being proposed by the c.s.u. in the c.d.u. they didn't want want to closed transit centers at this time today we've heard some talk about whether these transit centers would really be closed or not and so on so some attempt to placate the s.p.d. on this point and we've heard a couple of s.p.d. leaders saying well circumstances are different now than they were then not as many people would be involved as back in two thousand and fifteen so creating some room perhaps for compromise by the social democrats but that is probably no means a short and there could be long and tough discussions here not only this evening but ongoing second battlefield neighboring countries as you said in your introduction this agreement is predicated on se

his governing coalition they've expressed deep reservations and we expect the social democrats to goalong with proposed moderation policy briefly if you can well it is to them that the chancellor said in that interview look any migrants held in these transit centers will only be held for forty eight hours because the s.p.d. has made it clear they do not want to see refugees held for weeks on end in closed centers but the fact is the alternative terry is the same alternative we saw during the dispute between the bavarian conservatives and the chancellors conservatives otherwise if the s.p.d. doesn't agree we could see the government fall and we can would then see new elections all of these parties are very worried about the rise of the far right party the a.f.d. nobody wants new elections for that reason so yes we are likely to see them go along implications in this dispute thank you so much melinda our chief political correspondent melinda crane there. now to some of the stories making headlines around the world today officials in thailand are warning that rescue workers face a race

most prominent among them is senator bernie sanders he's an independent but considers himself a social democrat making him the only one in congress alexandria ocasio cortez's the rising star of the democratic socialists last month the congressional candidate pulled off a stunning victory against a prominent house democrat in new york in all forty people are running for offices at federal state and local levels who have the formal endorsement of the democratic socialists of america earlier i spoke to now he is a democratic socialist he is a member of the hawaii state legislature he's also running for a seat in the u.s. congress asked him first to explain what it means to be a democratic socialist. democratic socialism is not so much about centralizing or within any he's in the government or corporations but more of just making sure that our he's shifted back to the people that supposed to be represented on the democratic side on the socialist side just making sure her basic needs are met if the democrats for too long have been focused on process and the frames that the right used like they used

which now remains the sister party of the christian democrats for the time being but also the social democrats will be meeting to talk about what this this solution means and it is not at all clear that the social democrats are going to go along easily with this they have in the past objected to a couple of the points that appear now to be in this agreement between the two conservative parties so that could be a further conflict down the road then this is not a conflict only about migration policy this is very much been a personal conflict between the interior minister and the chancellor it was very much a showdown between the two of them where he wanted to see her bend and she has bent but that will remain a personal conflict in the future because most protagonists remain in their posts and then thirdly it's not only about migration policy it's about unilateral nationalism that's the position of the interior minister as opposed to the chancellor saying we must seek multilateral european solutions to complex problems unclear where that's going in the future as well so three sticking points tha

democratic socialists support socialism. some support communism. chapter tweeted this. communism is good. democratic socialism is about more than economics. they demand reparation for avanaav african-americans and forgiveness of student loans and calls for an end to all immigrant deportations everywhere in the u.s. in new york the dsa demanded the abolition of cash bail and borders. unlimited uncontrolled immigration into the u.s., the abolition of prisons and law and order itself. financed by an economic system that doesn't recognize profit. has that ever worked in the world? those are relevant questions. a democratic socialist could be elected president at some point. we thought it was a perfect moment to speak to the most famous of all advocates for democratic socialism cornell west. a professor at harvard. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. it's good to be in dialogue with you again. >> tucker: yes, it is. to give us a sense of what democratic socialism is, can you point to an example that works? venezuela seems like an exact of democratic soc

and social democrats if the c.s.u. decide they just can't carry on and they're not prepared to tolerate the solution that angle a miracle brought back from brussels then they could at least cause problems to this government they could deprive it of a majority but bear in mind that there are other parties waiting in the wings specifically the green party with sixty seven members of parliament if you add them to merkel's party into the social democrats then they'd have a very healthy majority. bear in mind also the social democrats who have at first be relatively quiet in this internal spat between the parties of the union as it were will vary from now decided to flex their muscles they are calling for a special meeting of the coalition committee as it were for tonight for later on tonight so they clearly are perhaps not happy with the direction but this road between the union parties is taking and one final force these two parties the christian social union the christian democrats have been effectively wedded at the hip