live from berlin a nail biter of a vote a narrow margin and a decisive moment for germany as the social democrats declare they will begin coalition talks but on a limb back all those conservatives. are saying there were six hundred forty two votes three hundred sixty two people voted yes and two hundred seventy nine voted no there was one abstention such the s.p.d. will embark on formal coalition negotiations because we've got paves the way for formal discussions on forming a government crean germany a step closer to ending months of political uncertainty. also coming up. turkish troops roll into northern syria clearing the way for ground forces to move in it's part of an offensive against kurdish militia the united states has asked turkey to show restraint. and in the bundesliga show expert opinion on sunday's action including buyer immunity against that have brain and. my ass waiter thank you for joining us. it's been some four months since germany's parliamentary elections and tonight the country is finally one step closer to forming a stable government the social democratic party ha

host: social security -- what's the status of social security? what should be done about it? guest: one of the main drivers of social security long-term -- social security is not facing an immediate crisis, but it's rising income inequality. the more and more earnings that are concentrating among the wealthiest, which are above the payroll tax cap, the less income is coming to the system. andebruary 16 this year, millionaire will have completely pay their payroll taxes for the year. onyou are to lift the cap the payroll tax side of things coming would solve enormous part of the social security shortfall. host: do you agree? guest: i don't think that's a particular good idea in the sense that if you pay into the system, the question is do you get a return on it? to hang benefits more more to people -- pay benefits more to people that are middle-class of billionaires? -- middle-class and billionaires? these can be very moderated changes in social security at the time. they just passed and the tax bill indexing of the tax brackets for a new measure of inflation that is probably

from her lead a nail biter of a vote a narrow margin and i just cited a moment for germany as the social democrats declare they will begin coalition talks with ongoing marcos conservatives since there were six hundred forty two votes three hundred sixty two people voted yes and two hundred seventy nine voted no there was one abstention such the s.p.d. will embark on formal coalition negotiations. that paves the way for formal discussions on forming a government bringing germany a step closer to ending months of political uncertainty also coming out the. turkish troops roll into northern syria clearing the way for ground forces to move in it's part of an offensive against a kurdish militia the united states has asked turkey to show restraint. and pope francis says goodbye to a group wrapping up a latin american tour that's been overshadowed by angry protests over the church's handling of a sexual abuse scandal. i my a waiter thank you for joining us. it's been some four months since germany's parliamentary elections and tonight the country is finally one step closer to forming a stable go

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while the social democrats and especially the social democrat party conference sunday in a week is this in some sort of something like a black box here because we don't really know yet we know that the social democrats especially the rank and file have been very reluctant. against this extension of a grand coalition the rank coalition hasn't proven very successful for the social democrats in the past they have brought in the worst election result. at the last elections after governing together with. so. it's needed to present something to bring home some sort of a trophy that he could sell to his fellow party members and this trophy our country lisi in the agreement or to put it into a picture went out to hunt to dia and brought back a big guinea pig and how he's going to sell that i'm not really sure how it all bad allegory i would just say that they only managed to agree on the lowest denominator . i wouldn't say it's the lowest denominator but it seems as if the. conservatives managed to bring through their things on while giving the social democrats only smaller things which in the

social services provides in northern california. we heard about the program with the foster youth, with formerly homeless. and now you have got programs for seniors. so in san francisco and then we'll hear what is happening in sacramento. what are we doing for seniors in san francisco? >> well part of our work with people who were formerly homeless is housing program that is funded through the department of public health that has formerly homeless seniors as a resident. so in that program we provide the on site case management. like the foster program, support services are about helping people to function at their highest level. so in the senior program it may be helping them get transportation to medical appointments, making sure they get there, making sure they follow through on whatever their treatment program is. coordinating with in home support services that they have arranged for, that there is an assessment what their daily needs are. many times it's help with housekeeping or keeping some order. increasingly seniors who have

i'm all for social programs.ost: megan, what about requiring work as the hill is reporting this morning that the president is poised to release guidelines soon for requiring medicaid recipients to work? caller: i think that's a good idea. i do think it's going to be hard. as a mother of a child with autism, my son, i wonder how that would play out. are there positions of the workforce that they could have? we are fortunate that we have great health care insurance and hopefully it will never be an issue for our little guy as he gets older. i just wonder. there are people on the spectrum that are really high functioning and can do well. social skills may be too difficult. host: i believe that there. seung min kim. guest: the devil's in the details and i'm interested to see what the adventures releases. democrats have expressed concerns about the shape of the entitlement programs could get around, but medicaid is such a contentious issue. the general structure of medicaid and how to affect it is a lot of the reasons

just building on social media point, you know, strikes me that all social media isn't created equal. and there is social media outrage that doesn't translate to the kinds of campaigns that we have seen against faculty and graduate students and other students at universities across the united states. and i think that we can't have this conversation without thinking about other media factors. so i'm thinking in general the presence amplifying power of right wing media whether n it c to the campaigns. and it hasn't been part of the conversation but it's an important part. because social media i can post something on twitter today and most people would ignore t but if somebody from breitbart picked it up it might go differently for me. >> some last thoughts before we meet our deadline to finish. michael? >> well, as carol said, there are lots of questions that get conflated around the issue of free speech. and i think part of the reason on campuses is we expect our campuses to be places of experiment ages and inquiry. and especially when people who are well beyond their college years and

even mirelle the social media influencer. who created the reviews it has more than one point eight million subscribers in london serena bergmann she's a journalist who writes about media advertising and office commentary on social media influences and in new york we have brittany had a c. author of the forthcoming book influence building your personal brand in the age of social media welcome to the stream everyone i want to start my laptop with a tweet from someone who really showcases that this is a global conversation this is alexander out lusaka zambia he says in my area there is a retired doctor who is now a social media. he's always talking about how to stay healthy he believes the natural medicine and he's also always encouraging people to please to use natural methods so we dug around a little and found his account this is dr way as the pm son could do it on facebook you can see it there i will persist until i succeed that's just one of the pictures he's got up on that account ethan this is one person's idea of a good

the social democrats are divided as never before does this signal the end of the s.p.d. . the question they're under as close as it's a does it signal the end for the speaker i mean after all this is the party of. how much men 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 found compelling answers to the big question of our time of the modern age of the internet of things an artificial intelligence where it's no longer the proletariat against the honchos or the bosses they haven't had if you notice the main domestic policy they went to the social democrats went to these negotiate negotiations which we have was a decade old idea about reform of the left the reform of the health insurance system and it was written off so they have not really produced any. and people are losing interest and can increasingly not tell the difference between them and other center left parties like

berlin a sigh of relief from going to michael but germany's political uncertainty is not over yet social democrats narrowly bow to enter formal talks with the americans conservatives in a bid to form a new government but major hurdles still ahead for the chance for a final coalition deal is far from guaranteed also coming up reports of civilian deaths as turkey pounds kurdish militia militia positions in northern syria this as turkish ground troops roll across the border opening a new front in syria's civil war the kurds hit back with their own rocket fire into turkey. pope francis says goodbye to her room wrapping up a latin american tour that's been overshadowed by angry protests over the church's handling of a sexual abuse scandal. also on the program u.s. vice president mike pence heads to jerusalem as palestinians feuding over washington's decision to recognize the city as israel's capital will pence be able to revive the peace process. and in the bonus legal runaway leaders by me they did not have things all their own way against about and blaming but they are champions for a reaso

more than one hundred days ago she and her conservatives have been in exploratory talks with the social democrats since sunday let's get more now on this breaking news with me here in the studio is spending across she is a political scientist at the humboldt university in berlin and an expert in coalition governments welcome to you q what do you make of what we're seeing this morning it's exciting right now but it's also promising it's good to hear that they actually took time to talk through the night to to get rid of these problems with regard to taxes gratian and stuff like that and i think we will soon hear a positive statement about the official coalition negotiation talks starting the s.p.d. of where of course reluctant partners they want to enter the opposition in the german parliament given that does it seem as if they have a viable basis for cooperation going forward does it seem as if this is a coalition if it doesn't come to fruition that can hold i think so yes so i think there are like they have compromised policies present and also on a personal basis it should work and al

collectively sponsored by social media companies. several models from counterterrorism cyber security could be adopted by silicon valley in this regard. i've made other recommendations in the past which i can address during the q&a. but in conclusion, some social media companies have done more to protect the integrity of their platforms. others have a lot more work to do to protect against bad actors. ultimately the american consumer will decide whether the benefits of using these services outweigh the risks. many are walking away because they can't trust the information being used or tolerate the vitriolic user experience. social media companies should more aggressively to thwart terrorists and their exploiters, not only because it's best for users and society but because it's good for business as well. thank you for having me. >> thank you, mr. watts. i recognize senator nelson for introduction. >> we have a new member of the committee. >> we do, indeed. >> senator john tester of montana. senator tester has been wanting to get on t

her retirement was social security. that pay gap had an impact on the type of retirement she had later in life. that is why i know, looking at the statistics, the beneficiaries of that money that they count on, they work so hard like my grandmother. borland, i appreciate the position you are in, but i also know talking with some of your employees that within my state, and the interaction i have seen in my state and the benefits of having those offices open and the interaction between state and local, there are so many beneficiaries of social security that are out there and aging and they are going to need those offices over. so i do not support cuts to social securitand never will. there are ways to address this issue but it does not start with harming all of the people who rely on this and who worked so hard in their lives. so i thank you for that. i appreciate the conversation today, and i also have italian american grandparents. dr., i can tell you are a good doctor. i had an italian grandfather who loved to play gol

we do include social media, and introduction to social media and using it in orientations. i'm not going to suggest it necessarily is the best training or that we have figured out how to do it, but we recognize its importance. it's interesting to think about who should do it. it certainly shouldn't be something like me who doesn't actually -- isn't a native to that environment at all. but i -- i wonder again, how i think to disagreement with michael earlier, how we describe this problem and the terms we use to describe it and what we are trying to do every -- trying to do. and i still think we haven't figure that out. >> think a lot of us have warned our students that anything they say on social media may come back to haunt them. certainly, some of us have said that to our children. often for good reason. but i don't know about saying it to peers. i haven't thought about that. >> i think social shaming is a good idea in the sense that calling out that behavior, our -- has been very good at that, when faculty or students behave in ways that are inconsistent with our principl

i'm all for social programs. host: megan, what about requiring work as the hill is reporting this morning that the president is poised to release guidelines soon for requiring medicaid recipients to work? caller: i think that's a good idea. i do think it's going to be hard. as a mother of a child with autism, my son, i wonder how that would play out. are there positions of the workforce that they could have? we are fortunate that we have great health care insurance and hopefully it will never be an issue for our little guy as he gets older. i just wonder. there are people on the spectrum that are really high functioning and can do well. social skills may be too difficult. host: i believe that there. seung min kim. guest: the devil's in the details and i'm interested to see what the adventures releases. democrats have expressed concerns about the shape of the entitlement programs could get around, but medicaid is such a contentious issue. the general structure of medicaid and how to affect it is a lot of the reaso

he forced his own party, the social democrats, that into these talks with angela merkel after the social democrats had on election night ruled it out. nothing will shake democracy of germany. i think it is a lot overblown. the country is very complacent. that is the risk. the grand collision would make it worse. the country is currently running fantastically well with unbelievably low unemployment and surpluses and gifts to be dealt out everywhere. that shows you why the ordinary german citizen isn't very concerned. there is not an economic crisis but a political crisis underneath. i happen to think that in the medium run in the long run, this grand coalition, which would be the first in postwar history and the third under angela merkel would make the political crises worse in the long run. anchor: we will talk about that in a moment. pascale, the sense is to pick up on the basic economic data with impressive growth and record levels of employment. the country is pretty much on autopilot, and there is no problem. yes, butat the moment, no decisions can be made, not on the european level,

to social media and social media's role in it now the law is going to be different in different countries and in different places but the approach normally is something like here we have here in the united kingdom is that it's a crime if if social media is particularly related to a specific type of crime say harassment where it's where it's related directly harrison messages or the or it's it's there to aid or abet a particular crime so actually in so incitement in some some kind of way now that's actually not the kind of the case here as i understand it. to a certain extent it's just shows how technology moves on the younger people use the technology that's there available to them instead of writing or writing al to confession this or that instead that also social media played a role but that's not to say social media itself is the cause of this particular case instead actually it's possibly made the police's job easier in fact. i want to broaden the discussion really about this obviously you know the publicity that you get on social media is it just makes it so clear how horrific this e

social media to social media gives those other players the opportunity to increase their media presence put themselves in a lawn like room create a continuous dialogue with the fans ultimate and mom took from today's football is media virtual presence but for fans there's nothing quite like meeting their favorite player face to face. now is on the go on seven long years of restoration that finally istanbul's his story and stephen's church has reopened its doors the charities to the only one in the wall with an eye in frame president. gary and prime minister. attended the inauguration ceremony the church follows the bow gary an orthodox form of christianity the project's completion comes despite an often turbulent relationship between bulger and turkey. on our mind and out the top story we're following for you german chancellor angela merkel is leading a new round of talks aimed at forming a governing coalition michel's conservatives the negotiating with the center left social democrats about possibly governing together for another tub germany could see fresh elections if the talks fail.

news from berlin a nailbiting vote with a narrow margin a decisive moment here in germany as the social democrats vote to begin coalition talks with uncle american conservatives. since there were six hundred forty two votes three hundred sixty two people voted yes and two hundred seventy nine voted no there was one of stench and as such the s.p.d. will embark on formal coalition negotiations that the grave for formal discussions on forming a government bringing germany a step closer to ending months of political uncertainty. i'm brant goff it's good to have you with us after months of political uncertainty germany is one step closer tonight to forming a stable government the country's social democratic party has voted to enter a formal coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservators and initial show of hands too close to call in the vote so every vote more than six hundred delegates at the party conference had to be counted individually the outcome a narrow majority in favor of moving toward. those negotiation talks between the s.p.d. americans conservative bloc are now exp

social media. but voters, wed, should make it a priority that basic knowledge pertaining to our government. amy says it helps. i have learned so much from the social media. i can adjust my opinion to include new facts. i've change my mind is some because of conversations with people online. one more from saul. a lot of people do not care about the research, it hurts, they end up spreading false information. that is a sampling of the discussion on our facebook page. here is a poll. different wording, but same idea, this is from surveymonkey from october, asked whether social media does more to help, promote democracy and free speech or does more to hurt it. 51% surveyed in the late october poll said it did more to her democracy, 45% said it did more to help. large majorities among hispanics and blacks, said it helps, while white respondents said it hurts. to thepeople responded survey said they trust neither the federal government or tech companies to keep foreign influence at of elections on social

notjust social media.e the will power to say it is not the first thing i will look at in the morning. and it's not the last thing before i go to bed. it is a fairly tale land, this is the real world. what is in the palm of your hand is a fairy tale version. it takes a lot for a teenager think that when everybody else is looking at their phone. there is a thing about tough love, i don't think it is tough love, it is authentic care. i want to keep my child safe and pow understand the power and what it can be used for in the good and to understand when it is time to put it away, i as a adult will make that decision if i have to. do you allow your daughter secrets on line, you don't read her texts? no, not anymore. when she was younger, i was there when she signed up to twitter and facebook and, yes, i used to look to see what she was doing. she signed up at 11. she is not allowed at 11! the rule is 13. but they're all doing it at 11. i made a decision, maybe i may... you let her lie online? yes i did. i hold

news live from berlin nail biter of a vote with a narrow margin decisive moment kill germany as the social democrats vote to begin coalition talks with americans conserve. this and there were six hundred forty two votes three hundred sixty two people voted yes and two hundred seventy nine voted no there was one abstention as such the s.p.d. will embark on formal coalition negotiations. and that paves the way for formal discussions on forming a new government bringing germany a step closer to ending months of political uncertainty. also coming up turkish troops rolled into northern syria mortar fire crossed the border clears the way for land forces to move in it's part of it all feds have against kurdish militia and will find out from our correspondent in december why al grows offensive is causing a controversy. and in the bundesliga hamburg says farewell to coach walker's just all and move comes after a bitter loss to fellow relegation candidates for. i met her thanks very much for joining us it has been four months since germany's parliamentary elections. tonight the country is finally on

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political parties wasted no time in trying to form a new government that planning talks for tonight social democrats narrowly focusing to add to formal negotiations with an american conservatives in a final coalition deals far from guaranteed also on the program. america's vice president tells israel's parliament the u.s. embassy will move to jerusalem next year mike pence his announcement was met with warm applause but arab israeli lawmakers were thrown out of the chamber for protesting curing the speech. bringing the latest from the borders league shock a push for a second place on the table as they take home a surprise package however bring the highlights. i'm phil gail welcome to the program germany social democrats are promising intense and tough negotiations with angela merkel's conservatives on forming a new government during a party conference on sunday the s.p.d. only narrowly voted in favor of pursuing formal coalition talks party also said it wasn't satisfied with the results of their political discussions and called on its leaders to renegotiate some of the points possibly putt

democrats it's mostly in the field of social policy they have to deliver in the field of social justice social policy and this is of course also the most cost the piece of policy that is discussed here and they need to deliver a success to their delegates and there could be for example major changes in health care that could be somewhere in the field of pensions in texas for the richest in germany these are the fields that are probably the toughest to negotiate at this very moment but whenever someone comes in or comes out here from the negotiators they say exactly nothing about the state of the discussions here. so let's assume the best for a second here if these exploratory talks are successful what happens next what's the roadmap from here for forming a government because these are just the first step these talks. yes that's true well for americans conservatives that would basically be it's tonight if she could convince this the social democrats to to go into this road to walk this way towards forming a coalition for the conservatives that would be if they can agree within their part

democrats that's the big question as social democrats have been discussing this very into. and so you very publicly it's clear that the party is split and that there is probably pretty much half of the party which is in favor of this grand coalition and the other half especially the youth wing are against it so whether the compromise is actually going to be enough to persuade the rank and file of the social democrats that's really the crucial question that's where the decision in the end is going to be made now the s.p.d. leader monti and schultz he has promised to revisit key issues they were already hammered out in a preliminary agreement with the conservatives merkel's conservatives say they're not going to budge on that to agree disagree is there any sign that the parties might be willing to compromise they're both positioning themselves at the moment before these proper coalition talks start at the moment we have a kind of preliminary agreement which is about twenty eight pages in length a normal coalition agreement which is a kind of treaty between these two parties h

this is detailed in the news blog from berlin will they or won't think of any social democrats seek last minute unity ahead of a vote that could decide the country's political future acts take our coalition talks ongoing marcus conservatives will have the latest from the party special congress also coming up. in turkey dr sacks across the border into syria as the country's defense minister says a ground offensive on the new front there is only a matter of time. hi michelle henery thanks for joining us. german chancellor merkel's future hangs in the balance today the country center left social democrat party is due to hold a key vote on whether to enter a coalition talks with merkel conservatives social democrat leader martin shultz is in favor of forming a coalition but he faces stronger systems from within his own party a no vote could lead to minority government which merkel has already said she won't lead or to fresh elections. i'm joined now by our correspondent thomas sparrow of the s.p.d. congress in bonn. thomas the congress has just started can you tell us what's happened so far.

we'll day or germany social democrats see last minute unity. that could decide the country's political future at stake a coalition talks with conservatives the latest from the party special congress. turkey drives tanks across the border into syria as the country's defense minister says the ground offensive on the new front pair is only a matter of time. on szell henery thanks for joining us a deadly siege in the afghan capital kabul is over after more than twelve hours of fighting on saturday evening gunmen stormed a landmark intercontinental hotel firing that gas and detonating grenades some residents and staff managed to flee while others were trapped inside at least five civilians were killed officials say all three of the attackers have also been killed the rate comes days after a u.s. embassy warning of possible attacks on hotels in the city. turkey says it plans to extend its military operation against kurdish militia in northern syria pushing east to the town of manby turkey's army is calling defense of operation all of branch but it th

the social democrats headquarters this evening the general secretary of the s.p.d. said that the talks today had been intense but open and that most of the time today was actually spent talking about the issues on which the three fought is involved in these talks actually agree upon and those more contentious issues will be addressed over the next four days what was particularly interesting was this comment that he made about how all three of the parties involved realized that germany needs a new political style and he said that this was largely due to the result of the german election back in september because remember that the social democrats as well as the conservatives they had historic lows their worst results since well in post-war german history and we also saw the successes of the far right in germany with the f.d.a. the alternative that germany day and to the german parliament for the first time so exactly how this new political style will actually come into fruition we'll see over the next four days and hopefully we'll see a more conclusive statement from

conservatives want to see a quick finish to coalition talks with social democrats warning that losing face after months without a new government. in the world economic forum gets underway in switzerland today the world's political industrial academic are meeting this week in the snow resort . hello i'm terry march and thanks for joining us. turkey has intensified its offensive all of bread against kurdish militias in northern syria a war monitoring group says at least fifty four combatants have been killed so far on both sides the turkish army and syrian rebel fighters crossed into the kurdish enclave of in northern syria on saturday is controlled by the kurdish militia which has been a key u.s. ally in the fight against us but turkey sees the wife as a terror organization and has urged the u.s. to stop backing them. operation all of branches anything but a peace offering following airstrikes the turkish military with the support of regional allies is marching across the border into northern syria turkey's president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the syrian kurdish militi

well it was ex as far as we have heard this specially the social democrats seem to have some problems with the agreements that the party leaders had reached earlier this morning. these problems seem to have been resolved now the press conference is going to start within the next half hour we have heard and at least now the doors have opened to the press is allowed to go into the headquarters of the social democrats and to build up the commerce and everything so i'm quite optimistic that we're going to see the party leaders within the next time of ours the social democrats who are having so many problems to accept this agreement well it's quite understandable what we have seen so far from the twenty eight pages that's how long the text is it all seems as if the conservative bloc of angela merkel mainly pushed through the their ideas on that the social democrats didn't really get through what they wanted and. some of them said well we pushed through at least sixty points sixty point from. election manifesto we can find it within these with these within this text but if we look at them p

there is adult social care, it's not care about social care for children, who takes back on.me a very powerful department, withjeremy hunt heading up a very important pa rt hunt heading up a very important part of domestic policy, which remains extremely sensitive at the moment, with all the winter pressure we have seen. many thanks. maybe he should be health and social care editor... no comment! i should tell you this re—shuffle is ongoing. we have just heard gavin williamson, who remains as secretary of state for defence. any more news on new shuffling of ministers and so on will be brought to you here. we expect to have a chat with lord heseltine a bit later on about his thoughts on the today's reshuffle. a couple who met on a muslim dating site have been convicted of planning an is inspired terror attack on the uk in the run up to christmas 2016. munir mohammed had amassed bomb making components with the help of his pharmacist girlfriend, rowaida el—hassan. they were also considering a poison attack. and police say mohammed posed a risk to the food factory where he was wo

going to go but the stable government she's promised germany well that's still just a possibility social democrats narrowly voted to enter formal talks with the americans conservatives but a final coalition deal to end months of political deadlock is far from guaranteed also coming into us vice president mike pence gets a warm welcome in israel but most indian leaders refused to meet with him after trump's decision on jerusalem is america's binged because a peace broker in the middle east. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a glimmer of hope for chairman chancellor merkel after four months of political gridlock the social democratic party has voted to enter formal coalition talks with merkel's conservatives to form a new government but the chancellor herself says the negotiations ahead will be no easy task just a slim majority of the s.p.d. rank and file backed the move and that could help the s.p.d. demand more concessions from chancellor or from conservatives rather who don't want to lose another grab coalition. it was a nail biting finish to our long debate with three hun

enclave has begun we get an update from our correspondent in istanbul and also coming up germany's social democrat delegates to vote on whether to join chancellor angela merkel is going to have the dip stick with the new government for going to the opposition. on the one storm in a decade it was the britain the netherlands and germany feel at least a dozen people dead to entry go traveling across europe. to. touch you much good to have your company. dicky's defense minister says an operation has now begun against the kurdish controlled on klav off often and reports coming in that turkish forces are firing shells across the border this comes just days after the turkish president. threatened a full military intervention into syria to stamp out what he called nests of terror on the country's border ungar are deployed tanks and military equipment head of the operation putting it at odds with the us which is backed the goodish militia in its fight against islamic state only i spoke to did correspondent in turkey daryn jones and i asked him what he was hearing about the military operation while

live from berlin ending germany's political limbo chancellor merkel's conservative son marshall says social democrats starting formal talks to forge a new government that's four months after national elections can they deliver a grand coalition. and turkey's president visits the command center for the offensive against kurds in northern syria most turks backed the military action but will they continue to do so as their troops move deeper into syria we'll have the latest from our correspondent in istanbul. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show germany has moved one step closer to getting a new government formal coalition talks between chancellor merkel's conservatives and the social democrats have kicked off more than four months after germans went to the polls now both leaders were upbeat going into these talks there's a lot riding on the outcome not only possible future government is at stake but the future of both political leaders as well here's what they had to say just before the talks. you get this flooding down on the spirits not go it's important to me is that we make ev

democrats and since then the journalists have been queuing up at the poe social democrat headquarters where the negotiations are taking place and while waiting for the press conference to stop which is going to take place here i guess within the next hour here at the social democrats which is the agreement was reached after twenty four hours of negotiating and all the parties up front had said that they wanted to reach an agreement last night then and then they pushed it further to some time during the night and then they said well perhaps it's going to last until the morning and now it's nine o'clock in the morning and. it seems as if the agreement was reached we have haven't got any details yet on board issues that we had them the main agreement was reached but we will hear that in the press conference i hope within the next twenty four hours of negotiations you can only just imagine how much coffee must have been involved there. tell us a little bit more about those issues that you mentioned because there were some contentious ones. do you have a rich you know an agreement on do we

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the russians created more than one hundred facebook pages to exacerbate social divisions in the u.s. there were pages for african-american groups and police advocates southern nationalists and liberal activists. supporters and christian fundamentalists army of jesus and other russian pages ran anti hillary clinton ads during the election. each of these fake accounts spend literally months developing networks of real people to follow and like their content these networks are later utilites to push and i write this information. the day before the hearing facebook revealed that russian content as many as one hundred twenty six million americans twitter found more than thirty six thousand russian accounts it generated one point four million election related tweets seen almost three hundred million times and google disclosed that russian trolls likely posted eleven hundred videos on a team new to. this is a yes or no question. believe that any of your companies have a den of five the full scope of russian active measures on your platform set our investigation continues so i would have to

want sustainable, long-term socialism, you have to go beyond social democracy and socialized investment. when it comes to markets are not markets, i want what works. is something where we can say, given our experience , the path of central planning, that model is broken. the future with computing, with other things, maybe a more participatory system would work or maybe we will still have healthy -- where we need the market to work. society without class, a society after capitalism, not just socialism within capitalism. >> i think most of us would agree that capitalism has to answer for the sins actually existing capitalism. you can't just talk about it as this theoretical abstraction good so why can't the well-documented horrors of communism impact how people think about the possibilities of socialism and why shouldn't it make them wary of something that goes beyond social democracy? [applause] >> at some level, it should impact the alert -- the thinking of any thinking person. any past experience, you cannot ignore it. you have to factor in. but in the same way, when we one hasut -- no