Or has the nerve to miss the point of. No more charges to journalists with violating the countrys official secrets act the pair say they were trying to reveal the truth about the military crackdown on work him to muslims. Also on the show theyve fled war and starvation hoping that life across the border is better these are some of the one million refugees seeking an escape from civil war in south sudan but they face new threats outside the country we have an exclusive report. And mudslides in Southern California leave at least thirteen people dead and carb a path of destruction through coastal towns already ravaged by wild. Hello im terry Martin Thanks for joining us. Political parties here in germany say they still have much work to do an exploratory talks about forming a new governing Coalition Leaked reports suggest and americas conservative bloc and the social democrats have reached agreements on Climate Policy and migration but the social democrats leader Martin Schultz refused to comment as he headed into todays negotiations all parties have agreed to a news blackout ahead of thursdays deadline if they Reach Agreement by then the next step will be entering full coalition told us. Well for more on those coalition exploratory talks lets bring in our parliamentary studios here in berlin and barbara vessel in brussels the first to you. How are these talks go and do you think that the delegates to these talks are going to be able to strike a deal by to morrows deadline. Well thats a big question i mean the deal that were talking about would just be an agreement to actually then enter more detailed talks in talking about actually going ahead and forming a coalition together so this is green on the very beginnings of this martin chills the s. P. D. That we saw in those pictures that he said that they said he had a joint interest to make this work well no kidding i mean he was quoted last week by german daily build saying that if this doesnt really come together his political future could be on the line so could actually the political future of german chancellor Angela Merkel has been credited with the stability that germany so represents within the European Union but certainly there is growing impatience here in germany to actually get a government together and a brussels to has a lot of projects it would like to tackle with germany that can actually decide things well lets go over to barbara in brussels so its been more than three months since the election barbara could be easter before czerny finally gets a government what impact is germanys current lack of Political Leadership having on only e. U. So far the impact hasnt really been very strong because we have to see this is a big machinery and it keeps turning and clanking on the administration works on as if Nothing Happened however part of that is of course that no Big Decisions had to be made since october the talks for instance were just sort of evolved to divorce arrangements and there was no a particular political struggle behind that everybody was pretty much on one page however that is going to change now as were beginning to think about euro zone reforms the pet project of cuomo and as michela said we need a government in berlin that can make decisions actively and not just sort of be a bystander and so nothing can really go on if they didnt doesnt get its stuff together relatively soon became a both camps because spending in these talks the conservatives and social democrats they were published at the polls in september some analysts say that their losses were a direct consequence of being in the coalition with each other or the parties running a huge Political Risk if they reenter that coalition. One it is a risk but its a lot sided one german chancellor Angela Merkel really has no other mathematical option if she wants a Majority Coalition in the german in the stock and the social democrats who initially had ruled out once again going into this socalled grand coalition are entering these talks reluctantly but this is by no means popular at the party base and thats the real crunch here whether the s. P. D. Party base will in the end vote in favor of the continuation of the current grand coalition it will have the final say on this and finally barbara if these talks in berlin fails some say will be the end of chancellor merkels political career is brussels prepared for such a change in berlin have a muslim in brussels will have palpitations because you have to consider terry that many people here havent known any other german leader other than america and also people have come through so much with her the the eurozone crisis we saw the greek crisis we saw the ukraine crisis to name just a few and so that would be the end of an era people have become accustomed to her since her style of government and basically there would be a strong disorientation if i were to leave her post Barbara Basler in brussels may kill a cook not here in berlin thank you both very much. Say look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in tunisia two petrol bombs were thrown at a synagogue during unrest over price increases and new taxes no injuries were reported but the building suffered some damage demonstrations are up to earlier this week in several parts of tunisia and one protester has been killed. South koreas president moved in on has said he is willing to meet his north korean counterpart kim jong un under certain conditions moon said denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula would be his goal in any talks with the north is comments came a day after the first high level talks between north and south korea in two years. And former white house chief strategist steve benen is stepping down as chairman of Breitbart News after drawing fire from President Donald Trump over remarks published in a new tell all book about trump man and was a key in but mentor of the white party Media Venture which is known for publishing conservative and sometimes provocative content. French actress Catherine Deneuve has criticised the me too movement for going too far saying men should feel free to make advances towards women in an open letter published in france the new warned of a new puritanism as a result of the recent surge of Sexual Harassment scandal its the actresses among one hundred women including journalists and intellectuals who signed a letter which decries the recent wave of allegations against powerful man as a witch hunt. For a bucket of letter has hit social media like a ball Michelle Frederica baggio from our social media desk has been following the online fight and joins us now with the blow by blow frederica your. Alexandra nerves letter going down. Well terry it is has of course opened up a huge this question and there is a solid majority of women who are saying deneuve is completely out of line here some people are calling her an apologist for rape we have of course the supporters of the need to movement there and particularly this is Sandra Muller who started the hash tag balanced the budget which is basically the french need to and means expose your pig she writes here its a shame that women that a womens collective is trying to frame this International Movement supported by both men and women as hatred towards men this is a drop in the ocean its a minor phenomenon lets keep pursuing our vision thoughts are with the victims others are saying that deneuve is out of touch pointing out her privileged life this user says nice and her friends who only travel in private by private transportation or taxi dont have to deal with the rise in verbal and physical Sexual Assault in the streets and on the metro on a daily basis and of course the letter has also caused anger outside of france we have a tweet by as though it was just there it is she is a hollywood actress and she was one of the women who denounced Harvey Weinstein as she says catching deneuve and other french women tell the world how their interiorized misjudging me has a labatts in my eyes them to the point of no return so terry a huge backlash there following this letter well this is one of the biggest hot button issues right now in. She she put her name to this letter but shes not alone there are one hundred signatories to this letter have others come out into nerves defense well some people in france and thats both women and men have been saying that these movements are now leading to. To a form of feminist extremism extremism and they support the idea that of course ship should still be allowed we have a tweet here by a man who says assume single men will be so scared of flirting with women that they will become munna sexual or or will only opt for pay for relationships and real harassers will not be dissuaded by hashtags such as but also not nice these vision of society he says but the debate also comes down to drawing the line between romance and courtship and abuse and it clearly a lot of women in france feel like theyve endured enough this woman here writes the letter is sloppy and unfortunate of course we shouldnt criminalize courtship and flirting but the major mistake in that letter is that they dont really this thing was between flirting and harassment and terry of course well be following the story and you can find more stories on our website www dot com fredricka thank you so much fredricka baggio from our social media thats. Now prosecutors in myanmar have charged two journalists from the Reuters News Agency with violating the countrys official secrets despite International Condemnation of the arrests the pair had been reporting on the military crackdown in northern Rakhine State some six hundred fifty five thousand Rohingya Muslims have fled ballance there into neighboring bangladesh the two journalists could face up to fourteen years in prison for what they say was an attempt to reveal the truth. Journalist while low managed to smile as the soldiers paraded him outside the courthouse but he and colleague. Saying here in a gray shirt of facing serious charges prosecutors allege they collected secret documents related to the military situation and retain state but according to while theyre actually in jail for trying to tell the truth about whats happening in a cane. This is unacceptable i want to tell you that they are charging us like this to stop us finding the truth their actions are wrong and unfair. And you know to a bevy you got to get a few journalists have ventured into wrecking state since last summer they are images of what the United Nations codes the textbook ethnic cleansing going on there they show burning writing give villages and locals fleeing the violence. The me and my army strictly controls access to read kanes tight it is allowed few journalists in an only under the conditions it sets the reuters journalists say they were there to report ethically and truthfully but they were arrested under the old laws on secrecy after visiting regain their families have been devastated by the arrests they convinced their loved ones in the send. Every minute to get out and he told me not to worry because he didnt do anything wrong. He voted for this government so to get i know he strongly believes that he will be released soon. I hope that also. The again im obligated. To sit in on the jailing of the road his journalist has caused an outcry but inside and outside me and my colleagues gathered outside court the fear among many myanmar is stepping up its crackdown on those who try to report a grave humanitarian crisis. Lets get the very latest now from myanmar david greene of is covering the story for d. W. And he joins us from yeah gone dave the to reuters journalists we saw there in that report theyre being charged under myanmars official secrets act what more do we know about the accusations against them yeah i mean this is a lot from one nine hundred twenty three one man martin called burma was part of british and the and legal experts in this it just basically has a very broad definition of what can be an official secret anything thats not been put in the Public Domain through official channels could potentially be an official secret and they could face up to fourteen years in prison i mean thats what theyve been charged with at this stage the door is open for the possibility of some other charges coming down the road but basically youve had strong ag you know the human rights as have come out saying that this is ridiculous that theyve been charged that this act is just so all is so all that it just does not apply. And also the families of these two men of these two journalists say that they never even saw the documents they were called to meet with a dinner with Police Officers and they had not met before were handed these documents they had not looked at and then just as they walked away from dinner is when they were arrested so the families are basically saying that miss was a set up ok well where does this go from here can we expect to see these two journalists put on trial. Yeah well this is basically the beginning of the process the next day is january twenty third well there will be talking about bal the defense team is after bell the prosecutors have said theyre against bad but they want more time to prepare why they are against bail thats what went on in the courtroom today and we may soon start seeing our witnesses. Coming forward or as i should say people from the Prosecutions Team where theyre putting up coming forward the next court date will be january twenty third we should keep in mind out the system here is very different than a lot of other countries typically wants cases so week or even once every other week wilkens go to trial and then theyre if theyre special and i dont get bail theyre in prison all the time in between theres been an international else cried the u. S. Embassy in myanmar the former us president bill clinton the European Union are all calling for the Immediate Release of the journalists is there any chance that maybe myanmars defacto leader Aung San Suu Kyi could intervene on their behalf. Theres certainly a chance that shes been completely silent on this case the countrys president putin jaw who basically he basically follows what she wants he signed off on having these two are his office at least sign off and having these two charge on the official secrets act so right now we see nothing to believe that that would happen so far we havent seen nothing in the case that would happen dave thank you so much dave there talking to us from yang gong in myanmar. Business is now unbanned where are all the women in the german corporate world very good question theyre all hiding i dont know theyre just not many of them its been nearly three years is since germany introduced a quota for women on corporate boards it calls for thirty percent of you executives to be women but a study by consultancy wife shows lou there are indeed more women on german boards than ever before accounting for of a seven percent of top manages and even as chancellor Angela Merkel pushes for more female representation or representation rather its Midcap Companies that make up the m. D. X. That the folding behind less than one in five of them as any female Board Members at all. Just how do you who is a leader is managing director of the German Association of women on trade knows were talking about such a High Tech Society here in germany the us in many countries but we still have value womens input. I wouldnt say we dont value them but they are obviously theyre not visible enough so far so there is a big resistance in our culture and our society saw that there are still women backing at the top of the bottom why the resistance its a very conservative culture so its specially in comparison with other countries to see that germany is not though we have women in a political leader as a political leader but still there in the companies thats a different its a different world with Tax Companies representation is a twelve point nine percent thats an improvement the end x. Those only have four point four percent the Midcap Companies whats going wrong there. Id say the m. Docs is a very good example of german of German Companies of the economy of German Economy so and this tells the story of a very conservative society so they are role models lacking there are not enough women on the Supervisory Board its there are not enough women on the in the top leadership level levels so and this is a big problem britains equalities watchdog is asking the b. B. C. To reveal its pay policy a female editor recently resigned you would have seen this in the news claiming it paid two men fifty percent more for the same job condemning a secretive and illegal culture when it comes to pate. Do you agree is that what were dealing with here is that what it is an illegal and secretive pay culture and companies. Possibly there is this culture or at least the figures tell cells so there is a gender pay gap this has to be acknowledged and there are Different Reasons for this pay gap its also the way women choose their their career so they are not in the leadership positions and they are in jobs that are less paid but its also that in the same job they are less paid and this issue needs to be addressed and definitely transparency helps why is it illegal though in in quite a few countries now but only enforceable in a very few iceland being one of the trailblazers there it actually requires companies to print up a pay list and justify why they are paying certain people what we have the transparency whatever it comes to companies with the with the unions ruling these the wages but of course we need a flexibility in salivates and we need flexibility in pace in and in wages so i think. Its a balance between transparency on the one hand side and bureaucracy for the companies on the other ok well lets bring in our asia correspondent andrea and shes standing by for us there in singapore is the picture any different in your part of the world andrea. Its not that much different then a lot of these court does the i they dont exist on not very heavy enforced a report says that asia is in fact lagging behind its International Counterparts in terms of gender diversity in the board of directors of any companies within asia and the get is still very much white open according to analysts this points to two things one being the number of women who are board ready so to speak and number two whether there is a big enough pool of board ready women to pick from to begin with ok so its a gradual process is that what youre getting at what what else have you discovered as far as asia goes in the corporate world and the corporate makeup of the globalized world. Well in countries like in cities like hong kong and singapore for example two of the most advanced asian economies the number of women on boards surprisingly is surprisingly low at twelve point four percent that number is in hong kong as of twenty eight seventeen there is a severe gender wage gap in singapore for example women on boards Senior Management women earning just fifty six point eight percent of what their male counterparts a that being said there is a gradual increase that is progression singapore for example is aiming to have thirty percent more women to be on the to make up the boards by the year twenty thirty in malaysia for example there already is an in force thirty percent quota for women to be on the board of directors and that number jumped from nine point seven percent to now fourteen point six percent as of twenty seventeen ok just one more word from you claudia very briefly if you can what can women do to change the situation. They they need to apply for the for the top positions of course they need for promotion they need to ask for higher wages but at least our i say its not a question of women only but as a question of society so if they are improvements definitely they are but they are if the glass if there are cracks in the Glass Ceiling i would say they are not visible yet they are too small to be to be seen ok thank you very much interesting debate andrea thank you for your input from singapore and claudia thank you very much for your analysis as well. Turning now to south sudan where last month regional powers made yet another attempt to end over four years of civil war in that country government and rebel delegations signed a ceasefire but once again it was broken with peace nowhere in sight south sudanese refugees continue to pour across the border into neighboring countries and whats become the biggest refugee crisis on the african continent over a million south sudanese fled to uganda some eighty million or eighty thousand others rather have sought refuge in the democratic republic of congo simona a politician traveled to the border town of and sent us this report and new day a new country and hopefully the beginning of a better life the south sudanese refugees have just crossed the border from south sudan to the democratic republic of congo they fled fighting back home grabbing whatever belongings they could carry. To get here weve had to come through the bush. We were trying to avoid the roads because of the soldiers. It was exhausting and there was no a food for the children. Theyve reached safety but their life in congo is off to a rocky start this group of refugees has been stranded at the border for several days waiting for registration and transfer to a refugee in site many have tried walking the seventeen kilometers to the nearest refugee camp but say the congolese soldiers are demanding payments. As you see with your eyes we are now suffering if they allowed us to go on foot were able to go if you start here there are two checkpoints where you have to pay to pay to pay up to the camp. Such harassment isnt unusual says the president of the mary refugee site in aba congolese soldiers often extort money from refugees or confiscate their belongings and sometimes even arrest refugees they suspect of being rebels. This is not easy for them for us we. Created to ask you for some money. For. South sudanese refugees in congo have received Little International attention donors have funded less than a quarter of the United Nations humanitarian appeal that means basic Services Like shelter are lacking this woman arrived in congo over a year ago but shes still waiting to build a house on the southern border to build a circle there is no way we havent received anything since we arrived eleven months ago were not even building materials. Going to. This house where we are staying belongs to a relative and i did recall that in a minute and there are ten of us sharing the place said it enough that i began mind i get one a sort of. Education is also proving a challenge many south sudanese refused to send their English Speaking children to local francophone schools instead refugees set up this makeshift anglophone School Inside the camp but the authorities dismantled it now many children roam around without anything to do officials want south sudanese refugees to attend local schools even though they admit theres not enough space ruggieri theres a court today the school is closed to the size of full of children left and its a problem. Problem but we need to have more schools. To accommodate all the children of. The book would be faced with limited resources and the challenges of integrating some refugees are considering moving on to neighboring uganda instead but that would cost money that few can afford so for now with they have little choice but to settle in for the long haul and hope that one day peace returns to south sudan. Youre watching the news when we come back well be looking at child trafficking in china stay with us for. Lights camera action the best star of our show. Tell my mind mountain the spin. Room. Where you manasseh adventure. Moments tremendous drama and fabulous mountains of sounds to all offer a special touch in the center. And much more on the south tara forty five minutes on the double. Hijacking the news. Where i go wrong with the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a screw reality show its not just good versus evil us versus them black and white. In countries like russia china churchy people are told if thats enough and if youre a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation and i wonder is that where were headed as well. My responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors its not just about being clear and balanced or being neutral its about being truthful. When he was born golf and i work in the. Freedom of expression. A value that a ways has to be defended and new. All over the world. Of Freedom Freedom of art. A multimedia project about artists and their rights to express their views freely. Freedom. Stories. And the social democrats are entering a decisive phase in talks about forming a new Coalition Government for germany. Reached agreements on key sticking points such as immigration. Have charged two journalists from the Reuters News Agency was violating the countrys official secrets the pair have been reporting on the military crackdown against muslims in the Northern State the e. U. Has called a test for democracy in myanmar. Now tens of thousands of children go missing in china every year no one knows exactly how high the figure is in many cases these children are bought and sold in online forums with corrupt officials alleged to have covered up the deals as adoptions. Met one chinese mother searching for her son. Tandjung jane lives in a beijing with her youngest son jay chen she divorced three years ago he was born after the divorce his older brother stayed with his father. Challenging jane was later awarded custody but when she went to pick him up wasnt there. You know its camouflage. My exhusband threatened me he said if you report me ill kidnap the boy then youll never see him again since then my only purpose in life is to protect my younger son and find my older one im terrified every day. Town jane jane is convinced x. Has been sold the child tens of thousands of children disappear in china every year there are no official figures. She petitioned the court and filed charges with the police. She goes through her paperwork again and again all her applications were rejected only i had thought oh me if im especially afraid for him when winter comes i think maybe hes out there somewhere where i imagine that hes living with people who treat him badly you would see oh dear. Finally she has a small glimmer of hope an officer told her the address where the child should be now Tandjung Jane is on her way. Down jean jean has a long journey ahead of her and she has to be careful the state is targeting troublesome people like her even if she cant prove it she believes that corrupt officials are involved in the disappearance of her son. Michael phelps she also got a new hand count to change her appearance. Finally she reaches the village. She knows the address spot most of the house numbers are missing. She doesnt dare ask directions because shes afraid her son will be moved again. Ok this village is really big. Remember now i dont know where to start looking tell you. How much of. The village kindergarten. Tandjung jane carefully questions a care of the village children. None of the kids here look like my son. The next morning she wants to try the local police maybe the author it is here more helpful. The officers take time to listen to her case and promise to look for the child that very day. That you know i feel like im finally getting justice ill soon see my son again. Im so grateful. The next day the Police Called challenging ging back in she hopes that means shell be able to see her son again. After a short while she returns without her son the officers only took blood for a genetic test. You know what they told me that i didnt follow the right procedures. That those i tried everything going everywhere now they say it was all wrong whats the right way to do this i try to lawyer without success im at a loss im just a country girl all i know is that i want to find my child here and not. A few months later the old fart is finally confirmed that Tanjung Pinang son does live where she had been looking for him but she isnt allowed to see him he is now officially adopted when they want to find out what that he i dont know if i can find him just that my son lives in that village and i need to get back there and find him guilty of the only thing i can do now that you are the fun. Challenging gene now knows that move chan lives with a family that had no sons in the countryside its important for parents to have a son to look after them in their old age. The result is a thriving black market for trafficking in boys. I. Dont know what does anyone know this child are you there how do you know and i can see it. Was coming. Because of you seen him havent you. How old is he five. On either. Never seen him before. Time changing doesnt get anywhere with her charm she grows more desperate. Oh yeah whats wrong i been trying to find him for three years this is my child he was sold to someone in your village three years. I want my child back yeah well yeah yeah yeah yeah well that kind of wrap. My mind where i get this family get the money to bribe everyone i was fast. But i dont. Think that i fell down yeah yeah. Yeah. Damn you are. Criminals no one will save you you misfits you crooks. The worse it is another cent back in the fight for her child and against a corrupt system. Bon ton jingjing will not give up until she has her son back. And burning out who filed that report joins us now from beijing its a harrowing report you put together there tell us is turn ginger still searching for her son. Yes she is she hasnt got him back yet she knows where he is as weve seen in the report she has since then several times tried to get the police and the courts working on her case but she has been refused so far now mathias tell us how big of a problem is this in china i know there are no clear numbers but can you give us a sense of of the dimensions of the problem of children being stolen by human traffickers. Yeah as you said there are no clear numbers no official numbers there are estimates they range from between twenty thousand to two hundred thousand which anyway would be a big number and this is you can feel this here in china parents are scared of this a lot a lot of people pick up their children in School People do not let their children go children go out on their own because theyre afraid of off this these kidnappers chinese authorities are very good at controlling the internet when it comes to political censorship as we know why cant they stop the selling of children online. Well censoring the internet is one of the topics the Chinese Government puts probably most efforts in and a lot of either areas are not as do not have the same priority as this as for child trafficking online or offline it has been going on for quite a while now. Its probably quite difficult to stop it there are some efforts to to to crackdown there are some cases brought to court but still china is doing very bad at this the u. S. State department classifies countries according to their efforts to stop Human Trafficking and china has a few years ago being classified as as being part of the least successive countries in this regard but yes thank you very much for for your reporting and for talking to us. Bellinger there talking to us from beijing thank you. Well bit coy a lot of people are talking about that these days remains highly volatile but its not stopping investors from getting into the Technology Behind crypto currency has been has more on the thank you terry some investors are crazy about crypto currencies right now the u. S. Company kodak has Just Announced its creating a Virtual Currency for photographers called the kodak coin with it took office can register rights to their pictures as well as market the kodak was the pioneer of instant photos which developed within minutes loss its market share with the dawn of digital photography since recovering from its bankruptcy in two thousand and twelve kodak is specialized in Digital Printing after unveiling its plans to create and you cryptocurrency shares in kodak double. Lets go to daniel cope and frank whats the story here a Photo Company is introducing its own cryptocurrency i mean can they do that. I guess they can ban and its really the case whenever you talk right now about crypto currencies and also one block saying really the hard off investors is a beating much faster in the case of kodak now theyre introducing the socalled core doc coin which then photographers can use on their platform kodak one with this they can do payments they can also make sure that their pictures are under copyright law and the website is also promising that they are monitoring pretty much the traffic in the World Wide Web making sure that pictures are not being used by people who are not paying for them and then just explain a bit more about why the company is doing what its doing i mean sure its obviously a winner among shareholders. Well they want to make money and they want to get it again more interesting remember that that company even had to clear bankruptcy at a time because pretty much everybody right now has a camera on their smartphone so regular pictures are not anymore that famous also photo albums that theyre also selling are not really doing that well and it can really work there has been another company in the past long island i see they have only renamed themselves true long block chain after that shares off that company were tripling so i dont know maybe we should do a Company Physical and coo block chain and make also lots of money. Lots of good ideas but they tell me about the share price reaction because i mentioned before codex has doubling is that something is sustainable do you think. Well at least for the moment shares were really going after yesterday with a plus or one hundred twenty percent to seven dollars after the stock markets were closed also in the Computer Trading they even went up to nine dollars so yeah lets see how this is going to go today on wall street today ok some interesting stuff from frankfurt there with daniel cole thank you very much. The British Government is banning the use of microscopic plastic beads they used as a brace to see in health and Beauty Products so by Multinational Companies companies but the tiny plastic goes down household drains into its Water Supplies and the food chain ending up inside us. In this ocean lies an invisible threat might create b. The plastic particles can be found and face crops toothpastes and shower gel and a deadly form rain life but now the u. K. Is taking action the country has banned the manufacturing of products containing micro beets and will stop sales later this year it marks a move beyond regulating Plastic Packaging on the outside to managing the use of non degradable plastics as actually grievance within products weve recommended to latte leftie because of the recyclability of coffee cups and weve also recommended that producers who may call to recycle products halt. Paper in Plastic Products should be forced to pay more for them there are many biodegradable replacements for plastic micro be but they are mostly found in the more expensive brands. Weve got. Which we use in a little bit more experiencing. Ground rice powder which we use in our face to a scraps as well and the benefits of things that because we never use plastic theyre biodegradable if they break down in the oceans they dont get into the free chain and we dont end up eating them the ban could also mean future changes for companies who make cleaning products due to the widespread use of micro be. They say not long before theres more plastic in the oceans and fish pretty crazy stuff as if we needed any more thanks fred. Moving on to other news at least thirteen people are dead twenty five injured after a powerful rainstorm triggered flash floods and mudslides in Southern California thousands of their homes and rescue crews are trying to access blocked off areas and search for survivors its another catastrophe for the states coastal communities have been hit hard by recent natural disasters. They were still recovering from devastating wildfires here last month and now more destruction. Authorities warned residents of Santa Barbara to evacuate the area Mother Nature unleashed her fury just before dawn. It sounded idea for a train coming down the hill you know you could hear these boulders roll and. Yeah the whole house was shaking i panicked i mean i was asleep and i was in my god i just think theres mud in the driveway theres not in the driveway expenses are fences grew. Ridges on. This second nightmare to hit the region in weeks last month wildfires destroyed vegetation on hillsides here leaving them susceptible to erosion and in this case mudslides rescue crews have been overwhelmed by the scale of the carnage. We had a very difficult time assessing the area and responding to many of those areas to assist those people. The only words i can really think of to describe what it looked like was it looked like a world war one battle from. A battlefield which some have narrowly escaped. But an uncertain number of people are still missing. And the world of sports excitement is building ahead of next months so Winter Olympics in south korea at the Upcoming Games in china Mikaela Shiffrin will be the start to beat all the slopes still just twenty two the american has been the sports dominant figure for a secret to her success. Olympic aspirations dont come much more nailed on than in the case of u. S. A. s mckayla schifrin the reigning olympic world and world cup champion is one of the biggest draws for the upcoming winter games in. The twenty two year old was crowned u. S. Slalom champion in twenty eleven aged just fifteen and former olympic Gold Medalist bode miller believes she already ranks among the greatest ever alpine skier yeah i mean mikael is a favorite of mine all the time i think she is maybe the best serious ive ever seen male or female she is you know so balanced dynamic and in focus so for me i think shes got a chance in any event shes using i would say its likely she wins two golds i would say outside shot of five medals and i think probably her best maybe three or four of them are gold if shifrin makes hurtling down mountainsides at breakneck speed look effortless she owes it to hard work as much as talent the american also believes confidence in our own ability is key to success i tested myself more which is a huge piece of it going into race is just feeling like when im nervous and im like trying to get and i have to trust that i know what im going to do schifrin chang in prolific form having won her fifth straight slalom event in austria on tuesday her forty first career when her dominance was labelled as frustrating by runner up frida hands doctor. Its a rich vein of form carries over to next months games the question isnt whether shell claim a medal but how many. Well. Ali. Well. Ok but if it gets big. You know what you said when i guess when you are head. Of the clip from darkest hour a new film when Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in the summer of nineteen forty against all advice he resisted the german Army Although the British Forces in france were in retreat and in grave danger Robin Merrill from our culture desk is here to talk more about the film and particularly the guy who plays Winston Churchill stunning performance there by gary oldman he just got the best actor award at the Golden Globes so a worthy winner in your opinion are up im believable i mean i just think its a real Tour De Force of acting but ive seen him jam in the film is based all around him around his performance and he didnt just play a show as we just sort of in the small clip as the sort of the united like he thought he imagined a very sensitive parts of the film a very soft as well and is that it is the go to be very card because gary oldman has bad Golden Globes in the past saying its completely meaningless and words i cant repeat on t. V. Obviously they have this exchange his opinion they obviously have no hard feelings the jury is well and yes presumably hes changed his opinion and of course the room amila started about the oscars as well lets see more of this extraordinary performance and a bit more of the film and his staff. Just. Forces and. When churchill is my Prime Minister he doesnt only have to fight not the. And World War Two he also has to define those who are itching to negotiate a peace deal with germany a remote path to the arctic in death or glory if the odds are firmly on the former nothing glorious in trying to shorten a war that we are clearly losing. Your right there is lost a clap trap was preparing for his role after gary oldman discovered science to the man he hadnt known before chip ice suddenly started to actually recognize and see the genius of man it was he was and i felt it was a twinkle in his eye he was so full of naughty and and true basic darkest hour takes a close look at a man who was disliked by many around him and still managed to take a firm stand in a time of crisis. When. Its kind of about leadership and doubt and a crisis of confidence. And how winston rose above. The difficulties and imparted to me i have but its not just churchill this needs your most in here its the man himself with all his flaws and insecurities. True qualities your current my poor judge you know. And when you sense of humor. You know. You are yourself. Darkest hour is a riveting political thread hour but also has a few jokes in store. That in your. Main. Role i spent time with us of if you can think. That. Well. Im. Doing. Well gary oldman the actor hes hardly recognizable as Winston Churchill heres an incredible transfer yet is that mean that she oldman insisted when he took the film hes insisted on one Makeup Artist called custer heroes suchi who they brought out of retirement to do it and evidently its three and a half as every day before he started filming getting into those prosthetics and everything and everything had such an effect the old man when he walked onto the set all the extras were sort of thing their hats and saying good morning i mean it is quite extraordinary and if if the rumor is also good for all but i think its a make up also for this extraordinary make up office as well another film came out last year done kirk by Christopher Nolan could this churchill film be seen as a companion piece to that very definitely historically it mean its the same story from different perspectives i mean. Churchill set in motion what happened in reality on the beaches of western from he was determined not to give in to the germans which we now know of course really did change the course of history but he had this problem that he had four hundred thousand british troops from spain retreating from the money of the german. And they had to be evacuated from the beaches as we know. See pictures here from don and there were terrible losses but the majority of the soldiers golf and go back to britain to find another day. Ok lets talk about acting and churchill youre british many great actors have taken on the role of churchill in the past would you say in your opinion that this is the definitive performance i think i would i mean it is an extraordinary. Thing that hes done throughout the show you see in the film the whole time and you see so many different sides of the currents that i dont think youve seen before. He was this extraordinary statesman and open pulls that over but he was also this very sensitive man i mean he was a great painter and wrote over fifty books but its all i also did like the portrayal i dont know whether you know the series the crown on the netflix by john lithgow that was extraordinary about and won the golden globe last year so well see if he wins the oscar blood putting my money on it and well be watching robin mero from our culture desk thank you so much. Youre watching t. V. News we have more for you coming up in just a couple of minutes of course youll find all of our stories call mine including what rob was just talking about there the new kerry almost killed ill see you tomorrow thanks for watching. The be. The best. Move. The ball. Going to. Come up with. 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