reporter: more than half of german -- half think markus soder he would be great.oder definitely turned this into a complement and says it is all thanks to the chancellor. >> the fact that germany got through this crisis better than other countries is down to the influence and leadership of the chancellor. reporter: angela merkel's trip to bavaria was a display of harmony. pictures like these certainly will not hurt bavaria's state premier on the road to a possible candidacy for the chancellorship. brent: let's take this story to our correspondent. she is covering the story a in berlin. good evening. the last time i saw the german chancellor republic without scenery, i think she was meeting with the french president macron. i think before that, it was barack obama. the other u.s. president. this is not what we expect from miracle, is it? melinda: no. those pictures were practically idyllic. the fact is though that she is not the person who chose those rather romantic settings. it was her host. that however makes this meeting even more notablble, because the fact is

pronounce soda "soder. and most of all, don't go to dirk's house to listen to his band's new demo.just? >> this has been "couldn't you just?" ♪ >> jimmy: well, if trump is looking to discredit one of his top medical experts, he must be getting his coronavirus information from a source that's even more esteemed. >> instead of dr. fauci, the president today turning to game show host and conspiracy theorist chuck woolery [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's interesting but before i make any decisions i want to hear what wink martindale has to say [ light laughter ] chuck woolery. for those that don't know him, he's a crazy ex-tv host with a a bunch of ex-wives who loves conspiracy theories. and now he's re-tweeting chuck woolery. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] it's not good. it's not good. we're getting medical advice from the former host of "the apprentice" whose getting it from the former host of "love connection." well, just when we thought trump's response to the virus couldn't get any worse, this weekend, he took his education secretary betsy devos out of packing peanuts to defend the admini