the purpose was to revive the threat of nazism and say west and two point finger at west germany is still danger to you. announcer: one of the major themes is forgery. letters, telegrams, memoranda are forged on a regular basis. explains.n >> developing countries where the governments and did not have the expertise to analyze properly these corporations. -- these operations. sometimes very cheap forgery , excepted anti-american forgeries -- accepted anti-american forgeries are accepted. >> one of the most damaging measures of disinformation occurred in ghana where the number two man in the government held a press conference and waved a document around and said i have the proof. this document a report in the west german embassy of a conversation with the american ambassador where he explained how and why the americans were going to overthrow that a government. this led to a sharp deterioration between our governments. it took some time to work that out. eventually they accepted the west german expedition of why this was a -- west german explanation of why this was a fake document. announce

they had a couple thousand and west germany.and so, you wonder why the russians, but they had me go there first. >> not that i know who you are. comes with a microphone. >> my question had to do with the family dynamic. a jet rather shows up at your door, says we are the fbi. how does this go to your american family who had i.% didn't about your history and building back that trust, my dad is someone you didn't quite know what their back story was. >> this was one thing that i told vince that i don't remember at all, but i once told her, we had an argument and i tried to make clear to her what a risk to stay back with her and my daughter chelsea. i was a time when the fbi added doug in my kitchen. they had me state and on tape. that backfired by the way because her reaction once i'm not legal either. >> at the back story behind that. she had married you to stay in the country because you are a u.s. citizen. >> yes, thank you for pointing that out. >> we have to save time for signing. that's what i'm trying to catch a ride. >> sh

all involve death, and all involve the bader meinhof group. >> the red army faction in west germany wasxist vanguard groups. the red brigade, the japanese red army, the weathermen in the united states. these were people who felt that the capitalist structures were unjust and needed to be destroyed and the only effective way of doing that was through violence. >> the german police have been waging a relentless war against the terrorists, capturing some, killing some. but the leaders of the group have often had more influence from inside prison than outside. authorities claim this man, andreas bader, continued to mastermind terrorist operations from inside prison, passing instructions through his attorneys. >> one of the bader meinhoff gang said one of the most fantastic things in the 197 0z was not to be a rock star but to be a revolutionary. >> unlike the i.r.a. or other groups, the red army faction kills selectively, prosecutors, bankers, leaders of the society they wish so fervently to destroy. >> they thought the more high profile the assassination or kidnapping, the more likely that

at the time new jersey was divided into east and west germany and east jersey treasurer was named steven skinner and he was in the habit of keeping the east jersey treasury at his home in perth amboy. he would put it in a chest within his office and the story begins one dark and stormy night it was raining and it was dark and the person or persons broke into his house by a window and stole, ransacked the house and stole everything except for 100 pounds. it was 6700 pounds they stole which was everything that the east jersey colony owned at the time. the next morning it was discovered by his apprentice and immediately skinner alerted governor franklin. franklin then issued his proclamation offering a reward of 50 pounds for any information leading to the capture and return of the money and then down here skinner offers 100 pounds of his own money in addition to the 50 pounds. william franklin also talks at that time to the attorney general, the council and the chief justice who decided there has to be an immediate detailed inquiry into what happened. within three days skinner and "the app

across streets, all along the 25-mile border between east and west berlin. >> telephone lines to west germanye flood of refugees is dammed up. west berlin is isolated. ♪ >> communist country like east germany cannot exist with an open border. it must be able to wall its people in and make them work until communism succeeds. >> president kennedy decided on thursday to send johnson to berlin because mayor brant had written a letter warning that the city's rotting morale required bold and quick treatment. >> and the united states wants you to know that the pledge he has given to the freedom of west berlin and to the rights of western access to berlin is firm. >> is khrushchev entirely convinced that our words have meaning? if he is not, what can we do short of war to convince him that they do? >> 1500 american soldiers arrived in west berlin after a 110-mile road trip across east germany. soviet person radio described the arrival of additional american forces as a challenging military act. >> the berliners know that western strength is their only protection. >> there are all sorts of people who

the captain was not too much in trouble after the work and he was awarded in 1957 by west germany for his help in the st. louis story. two years before he passed away and in 1993 he was post immensely avoided the -- posts humously honored. they decided to honor the captain. are photographs of the westside, if you want to know more about the st. louis, there are many pages on our website. it is not only the story of the st. louis, but the fate of some of the passengers. we had a project at the museum, my colleagues and i trekked down the passengers of the st. louis. we received the amazing collection at the museum in 2000 2007, now we can go further to trace down their fate. >> thank you. any questions for our speakers? by allve been spellbound that i have heard. i think the speakers for coming in and providing this presentation an opportunity to learn. i guess as i was listening i kept thinking about how some repeatsy history itself and we are living in times of reminds me of so much of what i heard. what lessons, if any, our speaker would suggest the leaders of this country and its p

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the soviet union but there's one easy way to into the russian, and that's to compare east and west germany. 1989, when the wall came down and unification took place. on the one hand, you have a system that was capitalist-based, free, they used the market to allocate resources. on the -- on the other hand, the german demo attic republican, -- republic, communist, use soviet style central planning, and was poor and on-free. they love a situation where cultures going and were more or less the same. the results coming out were very different. the difference was in the systems that were used. in of that is a long-winded some comments -- >> this is for my family. the chances for freedom -- all over the world. many are devils and fallen angels. many friends in jail, some killed, tortured, korea. korea is one of the 5 -- that it would be coming us states. -- he's onestrength of the greatest experts on this given our agency assisted 6 planning i really think, is a time -- something of the past. few countries are trying to continue with that central planning. the means of bureaucrats decide, and how

to assure the survival and success of liberty in that speech was aimed very much at west germany, france, great britain. today we have a president who says it's unfair to the american taxpayer to pay for nato. this tremendous historic shift in tone is now having consequences. obviously the circumstances, underlying strategic considerations have changed since kennedy's time but the huge investment over generations in this relationship has paid rich dividends in securing freedom for both sides of the atlantic and i think we are all at risk to see that liquidated. >> james: the president tweeting on sunday quote just returned from europe, trip was a great success for america. hard work but big results." >> interesting he was able to accomplish it. one state department person in place which speaks to weather may be that bureaucracy isn't quite as good at handling these things as may be some people who have a different take on a parade also i think with the angela merkel thing, that was a little bit over interpreted. she had many caveats and how she talked about the changes in the relationshi

traditionally played that role is unwilling to or actively hostile to some of the institutions of the west. germanywn historical reasons for not being able to completely fill that role. it does conjure up bad memories for a lot of people in europe. france is the perfect country, and macron is the perfect candidate, because he's tough, he's aggressive, he's young. he didn't just criticize putin on policy, he contradicted him on the issue of russia's cyber war, which, you know, he's the first western leader to directly confront russia on what is in effect an act of war, an act of hostility. >> standing beside him. do you have any sense of how vladimir putin responds to this? does he respond better to the in-your-face kind of pressure he got from emmanuel macron, or the, you know, presentation that president trump gave his ambassador and foreign minister in washington? >> everything we know about putin is that he responds to pressure. that is, when you push, he stops, he retreats. if you look at how he has taken advantage of europe, it has always been when he sensed weakness, he moves forward. i suspe

i would pull duty along the west germany-east german border. i can remember that.ur whole army was designed and focused primarily on being able to deter in defeat the soviet union and the central plains of europe. -- in the central plains of europe. i came in the army in the early 1980's, the height of the cold war. we focused our army on being able to deter and/or defeat the soviet union, in the central plains of europe. that was a challenge in and of itself, but we designed the army that way. this is a picture right out of the manual i grew up with called fm100-5. this is a picture out of the one on my desk. i keep it there today since i'm in charge of writing the manual. i'm always told that the gold standard, so i refer back to it. a couple of things jump out at you. one is if you are standing looking east, he would look eerily similar to this. what are army did, and these are units in the army. this is a diagram of how we would arrange the army. we sent one of the things if you're looking to the future, you will build an army, you have to describe the environm

and i say after germany - became an active citizen in west germany. initially i was against having a quorum in my political party. but we found that ultimately had to have a woman in the final selection and then first he didn't have any and then for years -- you are in the management and we always ask, we would beg them. we were not able to get the company to have one third of their membership with women. they actually are responsible for having not lost past. i have the honor of being women's minister from 1990 to 1994. if you have women's minister that comes to me in the year 2013 and she says we sell less than 10 percent executives and i can't say we can wait for another 50 years. ultimately we found women who were willing to take the position and now we go on. there are additional controversial discussions. i think that even in the transparency of equal pay for equal work, we found nobody knew it. that was really interesting. there was really nobody knew it except for one person that we have a lot that provides that they have the right to find out

which germany say are weakening the west.ders of france and russia have vowed to improve relations between their countries in their first face-to-face talks. emmanuel macron and vladimir putin discussed a range of difficult issues including the war on syria. macron warned russia to expect reprisals in the event of any further chemical attacks by syrian forces. you are up-to-date on "dw news." thank you for watching. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] óóññ ♪ [theme music] ♪ [theme music] >>>ernabel demillo: welcome, i'm ernabel demillo. to kick off the holiday season we're at the american museum of natural history in front of the origami tree. for the past thirty years visitors from all over the world come to view the thousands of origami models adorning this spectacular tree. you'll never find the same one since they change the theme of the tree each year.

which germany say are weakening the west.eaders of france and russia have vowed to improve relations between their countries in their first face-to-face talks. emmanuel macron and vladimir putin discussed a range of difficult issues including the war on syria. macron warned russia to expect reprisals in the event of any further chemical attacks by syrian forces. you are up-to-date on "dw news." thank you for watching. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> welcome back from paris on france 24. hour...stories this peace talks for ukraine, a bout toover syria and a group. the islamic state 14 people now this custody over last week's manchester attack. intelligence services investigate how the bomber was able to slip through the net, warnings overed his extremist views. isishe army says it has fighters surrounded, but civilians -- this

. >> east and west germany, north and south korea, that is how different we are on the 17th floor. in here. people love you. charles: always a pleasure. >> sorry about the tie. i took it off not realizing how much better you would look in the long run. you really shamed me in the two shot. that i will forever regret and apologize to my mom who is watching. charles: buddy, emac wants to say hi. liz: hi, brian. can i make one point. democrats are saying russians are meddling in the election but california is letting communists into the state government. i don't get it? >> that is areat pnt. they were ddling but the whole collusion thing didn't pan out yesterday, am i right, liz? liz: james clapper said there is no collusion. he said a lot of thing. said fbi, cia says to date no russian collusion with the trump campaign. >> my big question about general clapper is. why do we look like we just woke him up? i always feel i have to whisper or shake him to let him realize we're on a time limit to answer a question. did he ever hear the question first time once? we repeated every question,

pl our germany west bank joins with us mother. >> jess kwa raj major refrlgss from president trump todaystinging words directed at james comey in a 10 on interview with from the west wing president trump said comey firing had nothing to do with the russia investigation and everything to do with the fact that he was not competent or capable to be the fbi director. >> i was going to fire comey. my decision. >> you had made the decision before they came into the office. >> i was going to fire comey. >> >> in an exclusive with lester holt president trump says he would have fired fbi director james comey even without the recommendation of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >> the fbi has been the fisher in turmoil i know in everybody knows that. >> reiterating what the white house press secretary said yesterday. >> the rank and file of the fbi lost converse in the director. >> no, sir that is not accurate. >> but today on capitol hill acting fisher director andrew mccabe offered his side during a planned hearing before the senate intelligence committee. >> i can tell you also that direct

west split. disappointing temperatures in warsaw and parts of germany. s week warm and sunny further west. and forget you can see a full uk weather forecast here in about five —— half an hour. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. our top story is the french presidential election. at a rally in paris, frontrunner emmanuel macron urged his supporters to choose hope over despair and resist the far—right. translation: the question being posed on may 7th is that of the future of france, of europe, and a certain concept of the world. at her own event, marine le pen launched a stinging attack on her rival saying he is the "candidate of continuity". translation: emmanuel macron isjust francois hollande who wants to stick around and is clinging onto power like a barnacle. brexit talks are looming, but what was really said at last week's meeting between theresa may and jean claude juncker? we'll speak to a journalist who claims to know. and don't forget you can get in touch about any

david sanger, you heard angela merkel there, said the time we could rely on the west, completely rely on others is over. germany'sster put an even finer point on it. let me read what he said. short sighted policies of american government stand against the interests of european union. the west has become smaller. at least it has become weaker. what's the significance of all this? >> alisyn, these are remarkable comments from our closest allies. think about this trip the president took, where he arrives in saudi arabia. he's treated like a visiting king. the relationship is in incredibly warm. he gets to europe with more traditional allies and it's a series of alienating comments on both sides, and some alienating actions. why is that important? a few things. first, the united states since the end of world war ii has always been a leader of the atlantic alliance. that means not only been the biggest contributor to nato, which is one of president trump's complaints and presidents before him has said more should be contributed by others. it also means those countries have relied on the united states, its nuclear umbr

west. in no way is there any rift between germany and andy. that is simply not true.s simply not true. with me is our political correspondent matt cole. now the dust has settle in those elections, what picture does paint for the general election? it has thrown up some interesting results, not least that west midlands area, a crucial battle ground and labour would have hoped to have taken back and it is a blow not to have taken that. we will see party leaders in that. we will see party leaders in that broader regents day —— broader region today try to capitalise. but voter turnout is different than in general elections, but with that caveat, the broad general thrust of the vote suggested the conservatives are on for doing very well indeed and labour less well. but a small hope for the liberal democrats, their share up significantly from where the opinion polls suggested. different for ukip. 146 seats defended and 146 seats lost. different for ukip. 146 seats defended and 146 seats lostm different for ukip. 146 seats defended and 146 seats lost. it is very interesting t

. >> the iron curtain between east germany and west berlin has come tumbling down. >> i'm pat buchanan>> the american people appreciated the new television. they certainly came to cnn in droves. >> mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement. because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business. that business that we weren't the only ones. and it was hard. it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of th

west. we take you live to tehran. and curving eight speech online. germany, the first country in europe to prosecute social media companies if they post material that incites hatred. and philipp lahm plays his last game on saturday. we take a look at his standout career. ♪ sarah: i'm sarah hartman. welcome to the program. we are glad to have you with us. julian assange calls it an important victory. sweden has dropped a rape investigation after seven years. he has been sheltering in the ecuadorian embassy to avoid being extradited to sweden or the united states where he could be prosecuted for publishing leaked document. reporter: it was a defiant julian assange who spoke from the window of ecuadorian embassy in london where he has been holed up for five years. julian assange: today is an important victory, for me and for the u.n. human rights system. it by no means erases seven years of detention without charge. reporter: earlier in the day, sweden felt top prosecutors said she was dropping a european arrest warrant against him, issued in connection to with

germany's foreign minister taking a harsher town, saying "trump has weakened the west," accusing the u.s. of standing against the interests of the european union. helping us sort through european reaction, senior international correspondent frederik pleitgen in london for us. good morning to you, fred. how is this all being received in europe? do they agree with merkel? >> reporter: well, i think a lot of countries agree, dave. there is a lot of frustration here on the side of the atlantic, especially after president trump's visit to europe, both to the nato summit in brussels, but also then to the g7 summit in italy as well, and some of the things that he said about trade, where he said that the germans were "bad" for exporting so many cars to america, but then especially on defense as well as far as nato is concerned, not really making a full commitment to other nato partners. that certainly was something that was eye-opening. and you heard angela merkel use the word trans-atlanticist, which she might use because she's a physicist, very intellectual, but she says she remains commit

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that the west is incompetent and in chaos, that it is aggressive but at the end of the day it is going to fail, today is victory day, when the russians celebrate their victory over nazi germanynuity to the story. today's west is noted print —— no different to those other western invaders. all those who tried to invade and defeat russia, and ultimately we defeated them. this is the narrative he wants to ta ke this is the narrative he wants to take into early 2018. thank you very much, good to be with us thank you very much, good to be with us again. let's turn to afghanistan. britain has been asked by nato to send 500 more troops to afghanistan. there's been another surge in the fighting between the taliban and the afghan security forces. we should get more clarity tomorrow on what nato is planning when the secretary—general, jens stoltenberg, meets with theresa may in downing street. yes there are similar reports here in washington today that senior military advisers to president trump are proposing sending an extra 3,000 american combat troops. the us defence secretary is in europe and was today reaffirming the administration's support for nato. we now confront concerns fro

west. what's most interesting is you are beginning to see other countries, particularly germany and france,tart to say, we are going to affirm the international order, we will strengthen the west. it's almost as though the position of leader of the western world has fallen vacant and president macron of france is stepping in to fill that role. >> can't you make the argument that that's what then candidate donald trump ran on, that america first, he doesn't want to be the world's policeman, he doesn't see the same role for the united states globally that past presidents have. >> the problem with transferring leadership to places like france and germany is even if they doubled what they spent on defense, they don't have the capacity or domestic politics to play a leadership role around the world. again, i just don't see the strategic purpose. also, what we spend on defense is not something that somehow is only a negative, is only a cost. it totally rebounds to our benefit in terms of the security and stability that we tend to develop around the world. i think fareed a few minutes ago called i

this compares to germany with $350 million and the united states at $130 million. significant tension still exists between russia and the westhe country's ongoing dispute with ukraine. and sanctions are still in place. with me is lilit gevorgyan, senior economist at ihs global insight british airways is facing questions over the catastrophic failure of its computer system and how it's handled the fallout. vladimir putin wants to meet the man who managed to secure victory, despite the odds but secondly i think the russian president has a number of messages to deliver to the new french leader and the first message would be to decouple politics from economic and work on oui’ politics from economic and work on our political disagreements, rebuild oui’ our political disagreements, rebuild our political disagreements, rebuild our political relationship but i think president putin will use the word pragmatism which in russian interpretation means let's work on commercial relations. we are very much interested in around 6000 french companies working in russia... self interest, you are talking about. is mr macron going to say i am pa

west, and looking to the east. this is part of the fear of what we are seeing. >> yeah, and germany's resurgence over the last 20 yearsade, trading relationships, merkel has had some degree of reservation, and at what cost would come. re-think.his prompt a i think that this is going to come up, i think the countries have different reason for being more cautious, but at the same time, relationships between germany and china, they are deepening as well. this realignment from the west to the east is still happening apace. manus: when you heard those comments yesterday, or over the changed,the world has pivot, etc., what was the discussion at ubs? was there a surprise that this thinkr pivot, or do you that we just can't be sure of what happened, so we must look to the surety of globalization? >> none of us were flies on the wall at g7, so something must've have happened to trigger such a strong statement. we can follow on from scholz, how they picked up on the political mood in germany, where the german people realized they need to picvot away from the relationships they thought they had. i think we need to take a step ba

by cold air from the north—west bringing down pours across northern spain, portugalfor across northern spain, portugalfor a time and through france, the low countries, germanyplain sailing with sunshine. further west, once the showers and thunder storms pass through, temperatures will dip away. so heat in madrid really easing as we head towards the end of the week. some of those showers and thunder storms, as i said at the start, are likely to affect parts of the uk. some areas, particularly towards the south—east, seeing a lot of rain over the next day or so. but what happens next? find out in half an hour. i‘m ros atkins with outside source. these are the main stories... the us national security adviser has again defended donald trump‘s handling of classified information. what the president discussed with the foreign minister was wholly appropriate that conversation, and is consistent with the routine sharing of information between the president and any leaders with whom he is engaged. that was a few hours after president trump had tweeted that he was quite right to share that information with russia. there is growing suspicion that north is behind last w

west? should those two things be connected? >> i don't think so. this idea that donald trump advanced that germany should pay 2% of their gdp. the defense ministers in 2014 under obama agreed to put up 2%. germany is 1.2%. just last september merkel said obligations have to be re-fulfilled. they are right, germany must uphold their obligations. now she is back off saying if we insist on this, it's the end of the alliance. charles: we have been insisting on this for a long time. do you think they will bide their time? germany does have a $60 llion trade deficit. you can argue whether they should be buying cheffies and bmws. but you can't deny the fact it's a pretty juicy trade relation. >> there is a benefit to being seen as sort of a rogue agent, that you are going to do what you need to do. you know, maybe some presidents say things publicly because you have got to and you go through the motions. donald trump is serious. this is why it was a g-7 event. they were acting like children snickering like it's high school and it's not. there is a serious in the white house and he means business. for merkel to suggest it's the end

germany. you know, the east german and west german separation ended, and the two countries were unified early in the 1990s. so there's now one germany again, there aren't two, but in the east, which was a communist part of the eastern european block, that party was called the socialist unity party, sed, sozialistische einheitspartei, and that party dissolved, but large numbers of it moved also into this linke. so it's a coalition. in the eastern part--this is something americans tend not to o know for reasons having to do with our newspapers and our media--in eastern europe, in eastern germanyny the mass of people still vote for that party. so that party runs a number of the regional governments. in germany, they don't call them states like we do, 50 states. they call them laender, lands. so many of the laender in eastern part of germany are governed by this die linke party now, and increasingly, they've become powerful in the west. as i said, the last national election, they got 11.9% of the vote. 1 out of 8 germans votes for a party, one of whose slogans is "germany can do better than capiti

west conflict, a new era began. a new era bringing new challenges and new dangers. but we continue to be an alliance built on shared values. sharing solidarity toward its members. germany will never forget the contribution nato made towards making our country become reunited. and this is why we will continue to make our contribution toward security and solidarity as members of this alliance. [applause] mr. stoltenberg: nato's greatest strength is the enduring bond between north america and europe. we saw the strength of that bond after the 9/11 attacks against the united states. and president trump, those attacks struck at the heart of your own hometown in new york. and for the first time, nato defense r collective post, article 5. one for all and all for one. hundreds of thousands of european and canadian soldiers have served shoulder to shoulder with u.s. troops in afghanistan for over a decade. to help ensure it never again becomes a safe haven for international terrorists. it is our solidarity that keeps our nations safe. and when our open and free societies come under attack, we stand up for our values and our way of life. that is why a strong nato is good for eur

betty: germany pivots to asia, strengthen east-west ties and trade.vonne: apple raises its voice to take on google and amazon. a smart new home could be introduced to this month. we have world coverage on "daybreak asia," we will go to beijing for the morgan stanley china summit. towill speak exclusively chairman and ceo gorman. trick does apple have up its sleeve with this new home device? we will have details. this is "daybreak asia," from bloomberg's asian and american headquarters. yvonne: it is just after 7:00 a.m. here in hong kong. cpi breaking news from -- on the money. 2% for the month of may. a slight take up for the month of april. core cpi is one to watch. we have been hovering around that 2% level for much of this year. the core cpi, which excludes oil and agriculture coming in at 1.4%. a little more tame it. you have to factor in the low base effect, low oil prices last year. prices should stay up for some time. on the domestic side, demand is subdued. should keep the bok on course to be accommodative. we will see how korea acts in an ho

germany is very bad for the united states. again, the country that stood literally against the wall in defense of freedom in the west from 1949 to 1989, for us. >> germany is one of the european countries in nato that does pay a pretty big share for the military. i have to say, i think what he's saying on nato and europe is consistent with steve bannon and donald trump were campaigning on for a long time which is the u.s. standing by itself, not entangled instead of a rules-based international order. i think it's good news for putin, but certainly consistent with what trump campaigned on. we're seeing it play out in realtime. >> therein lies the problem, michael schmidt. if donald trump were being equally tough with russia, that would be one thing, but he continues his pattern over the past four and a half months, and we really sawt over the past two weeks, where he embraces autocrats, he embraces leaders that assassinate journalists, that murder political rivals, that shut down popular dissent and shows contempt to our longstanding allies that actually come from democratic traditions which, at least seems to me, every day tha

this compares to germany with $350 million and the united states at $130 million. significant tension still exists between russia and the westine. and sanctions are still in place. they prevented export, oil drilling equipment. they also froze funding to some of russia's biggest companies. it is taking a toll on russia's economy. it entered recession in 2013. it showed signs of recovery at the start of this year. in sri lanka, expensive infrastructure projects are lying unused, even as the country is weighed down by chinese loans it took to build them. the economy is struggling with a debt crisis and so the sri lankan government is now being forced to controversially hand control of some of the projects to china. we have a special report in world business report in twenty minutes. back to you. pressure is growing on the brazilian president to step down after thousands of people gathered at a protest concert in rio, calling for direct elections. michel temer only came to office a year ago, following the impeachment of his predecessor, dilma roussell, over campaign financing. but now he's been accused of taking millions of dol

germany or the uk or wherever. i think it is buried to save that this is where the east meets west along the silk road —— ithink theroject, we are making the rail trade sexy again. it is not going to be to buy with all the glamour and letter, with skyscrapers and things like that. but we are building a society in a place where there was nothing —— glamour and blisters. —— there was nothing —— glamour and blisters. — — glitter. a special court in india has charged senior leaders from the governing bjp with criminal conspiracy in relation to the destruction of babri mosque in ayodhya 25 years ago. former bjp chief lal krishna advani, is among them. the destruction of the mosque in 1992 was followed by some of the worst communual violence india has ever seen. nearly 2,000 people died in nationwide riots. the site had been a flash point between hindus and muslims for many years. many faced charges over the violence, but there's also been a lengthy attempt to hold some hindu leaders like mr advani to account for inciting it. lets look at that process. in 1992, after the demolition of the mosque, bjp leaders including lk

guest: i'm not sure what history shows but the sylvian union had east germany construct the wall to keep them from playing into the west and it was successful in doing so. it was backed up with bullets. i saw governor brown on meet the press say he looks at the wall and thanks it's intended to keep americans in and i would submit to you that's preposterous. americans know it's preposterous it's about 40 security in an era with extraordinary dangers, drug cartels from terrorism and an era where the visible expression of the invisible commitment to sovereignty has already had the impact of porting to the los angeles times the march of reducing non- permitted border crossings by 40%. it's already wildly successful if you change the attitude of the government towards people entering the company illegal. if you overstay their visas, you are cross the border illegally and in this era the reason israel built a wall, the reason saudi arabia is building a wall, three to why hungary is building fencing is because the uninhibited movement of people is too dangerous for the residents of this country into which they are going. we n

west. italy is moving towards early elections. isir biggest party considering adopting a new system similar to germany, with a 5% vote threshold for parties. eliminating the need to wait for scheduled elections in 2018. the prime minister is seeking a come back from the referendum defeat that led to his release in december. of second ousting attempt south africa's president in six months. the executive committee rejected the proposal this weekend, the 54% want him to step down. opposition to zuma has grown anotherg his firing of minister. news, 24 hours per day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. david? dad: here's what's happening the rest of the day. in washington, 2:00 p.m., a press briefing with sean spicer. we will monitor that. plus tomorrow, the anon's prime minister visits donald trump at the white house. they are likely to announce trade and a transpacific ownership that was jettisoned in february. we spoke exclusively to the ,ietnam prime minister in hanoi head of that meeting with president trump. unum fromorts of the the united states will increase significantly this year, as we sign a billion d

west virginia. caller: yes, sir. thank you very much for taking my call. i have an inquiry. the united nations's atomic energy commission has spent a research, of particularly in europe, poland, china, germany, japan. gas to convert the flue that is produced by the coal industry to fertilizers and to feed material. , we have muchtes superior technology. the atomic energy commission's program uses the electron beam to convert the flue gas into fertilizer. withve it much cheaper technology to use this in a much superior way. discuss in a creative the findings from this group or the other group and concentrate on research and development and make a better program, not only for the united states, but for the world everywhere? host: thanks for bringing it up. is that something you have been following? guest: i'm not sure i can make out exactly everything the caller said. but i did hear a lot of it. technology, there is no question. it has played a role in the coal industry and the natural gas industry and the nuclear industry here in america and across the globe. we learned how to burn coal more efficiently and cleaner. and we will continue to do that . we have learned how to harvest natural gas

west. i am sure this service will cement trade with europe. >> reporter: goods are shipped as far as hamburg, germanythe new silk road is an extraordinary, ambitious move by china to expand global trade. >> targeting countries across the globe with $500 billion in chinese investment. the initiative in a mega infrastructure and trade project. conspicuously not on the list. >> actually, any country anywhere. >> in a relentless pr push like bedtime stories on china daily, china is trying to highlight benevolent aims. some see the communist party trying to create a new world order. much of the plan is still only on paper. the tram to europe is not as fast as air cargo, not as cheap as seat freight. for now, e-commerce operates on a modest scale. >> we want to expand exports and imports, he says. >> reporter: if history is anything to go by, the world's future decidedly chinese flavor. david mckenzie, cnn, china. >> takes a lot to grab the attention of jaded new yorkers, but they have seen the parading podium of the press secretary work the charm. coming up, previewing the "saturday night live" tv show wi