Beginning of the end or even longer miracle era. Plus orthodox believers commemorate the baptism of christ in the river jordan even at thirty below this year they were joined by one nearly emanates believer. Im sara harmon welcome to the program its good to have you with saturday marks the First Anniversary of Donald Trumps inauguration as forty fifth president of the United States some said he wouldnt last till christmas but with the economy booming and his Health Reportedly good President Trump is Holding Steady is unpredictable nature however has had his supporters cheering and his opponents cringing theres a look back at the event for here. It was an audacious first week in office. But gratian had been a central tenet of candidate Trumps Campaign within days of his inauguration President Trump issued the first report became known as muslim bands his supporters welcomed the move but thousands of people turned out at airports across the country to protest the executive order legal challenges against the travel ban came almost immediately even after trump signed a second and then a third ban later in the year courts prevented them from going fully into effect the Supreme Court will ultimately decide their fate this year. Shortly after the election the number of illegal crossings at the u. S. Mexican border hit an all time low according to u. S. Border officials throughout the year the government stepped up raids and arrests of suspected undocumented persons in the u. S. The wall on the u. S. Mexican border that trump promised is now part of some key immigration negotiations in washington. One clear triumph for trump was the ascension of neil gore such to the Supreme Court. For many conservatives this was an affirmation of why they voted for trump course it is an arch conservative jurist at just forty nine years old and with a lifetime appointment he is likely to shape a good portion of american law moving forward. In terms only legislative success so far has been his tax bill with an estimated one point five trillion dollars in tax cuts it advances several conservative republican objectives like slashing corporate taxes and in particular lowering the rate for the richest americans he signed the bill into law even though the American Public largely disapproved. The president also fulfilled a Key Campaign Promise when he announced hed withdraw the u. S. From the paris climate agreement over the objections of many of his advisors the us is now the only country in the world that has not signed the accord. Building on strategies the Obama Administration put in place trump ups the numbers of u. S. Troops in iraq and syria ultimately helping to defeat the socalled Islamic State the Prime Minister of iraq declared victory over i asked last month. And the u. S. Economy has remained strong under trump u. S. Stock markets have reached record highs and unemployment is at a seventeen year low over the president s behavior has been a daily flashpoint and many people still feel left behind in the economy mainstream conservatives have a lot to be happy about. Trumps propensity for governing via twitter is something americans have had to get used to in the last year earlier we spoke to former cia director and then secretary of defense leon panetta we asked him if trumps use of twitter matters. I cannot imagine i was i was chief of staff to the present the United States to bill clinton i could not imagine being a chief of staff and trying to determine what the strategy is for a particular day and then go to work and find out the president at five am started tweeting things that that totally undermine the ability to have some kind of strategy for that particular day youre going to have to spend your time basically repairing the damage that the president did from his tweets it is it is very unstable its very erratic theres no reason that the president has to suddenly get up in the morning and tweet without developing some kind of stable policy approach to deciding what is the strategy for this administration it cannot just be a tweet you cant do Foreign Policy by tweeting that was the former cia director leon panetta speaking to a little. Europes two most powerful leaders germanys uncle americal and president and manuel not krone france are meeting to hammer out a series of reforms to the euro zone some of macros ideas are radical he wants a separate budget and a single finance minister for the euro zone napoles more has a tent and reaching an agreement might not be easy. Right next hop and joins us now from outside the in the palace in paris max we heard a little bit about what micron wants what is merkel one. She wants to restart the german french and ginger get things done in the European Union so that overall goal is the same that mccaw has and on top of that they want to show how unified they are in their approach thats why one of the key messages here today was that they want to restart the treaty of at least eighty at least a treaty we already had the first one which is fifty five years old and they want to second one adapted to the twenty First Century to show that the connection between those two countries is still as big as it used to be and you probably can see right behind me here im going to america and in my room a call by the way showing that theyre more than just politics on their way to the fillmore nick orchestra to see a concert tonight so thats also part of the program him paris today its a magical and not crying putting on a unified face down next between them germany and france control roughly half the eurozone budget where the sticking points exactly. Finance minister something your the germans are very reluctant about although Michael America wont tell you this in a press conference like that theyre trying to show that theyre more unified than anything else in fact the french president said listen it doesnt really matter how we get to the goals but the overall goals we have are the same now back as you know back home merkel is facing some problems in forming a new government how is that affecting her position in politics. Both talked about that today and i did on that because said i understand that the french are really waiting for a new German Government here and a minor in my call though he said i dont want to meddle in the interior of politics in germany i really appreciate what they talked about in the exploratory talks with the social democrats and the c. D. U. So the party of mexico because they dedicated a full very long chapter to the future of europe and it felt like there was a lot of my call in there having said that of course as long as she doesnt have a new government the big projects wont get done here in the e. U. Thats max hoffman reporting for us from outside the elusive palace there in paris thank you max well chancellor merkels political fate could be decided this weekend and not by the voters or even by your own party but by her potential Coalition Partners on sunday the leader of the social democrats Martin Scholz will try to convince a special Party Conference that they should Enter Coalition talks with meryl and her conservatives a no vote would mean either a minority government or fresh elections here in germany. These three leaders want to join forces and form a government but its a nervous affair none of them know whether this man will win the backing off his party the social democrats in particular the s. T. s youth wing has strong reservations about joining another grand coalition. We reject a renewed grand coalition because were convinced it wouldnt be right for democracy in germany and we consider it a negligent to let the far right have to become the leading Opposition Party want to talk to and recent days party leader martin shows has been touring the country lobbying for a yes vote on the grand coalition because her parents thought of concentrating on winning the majority of the Party Conference on sunday in favor of the decision to enter into talks aimed at finding a Coalition Agreement thats my task to get a majority first choice but there is more at stake than just being part of another grand coalition if the Party Conference votes no his time as party leader will be over. Us thats what im afraid of is that if the majority of the party votes against a grand coalition theyll be such a big question mark over the leadership skills of Martin Schultz that he can no longer remain as s. P. D. Leader. A no from the Party Conference would also put chancellor merkel in an open position its an unusual situation for america she can only wait and see wait and see whether a party other than her own will help her secure a fourth term as chancellor if a second attempt to form a government fails macas public image will suffer no one could replace her right away but there are younger politicians in her party who are waiting in the wings for now though they are keeping a low profile. Refused to talk about what may happen after medical shes been a leading candidate she is germanys chancellor and she must also lead the mexico. That should be the focus of our attention not what might happen in the future so the leaders of three different parties are keeping their fingers crossed that b. S. P. Peace Party Congress on sunday will vote in favor of a grand coalition. Theres a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world Turkish Forces have launched an operation against a kurdish controlled enclave in syrias foreign region with comes just days after turkeys president said he would stamp out what he called nests of terror on the border it puts turkey with the United States which is backed kurdish militias in the fight against socalled Islamic State in munich court has sentenced the man who sold a pistols the gunman in the citys twenty sixteen at mass shooting a man known only as philip k. Was found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter whos been sentenced to seven years in prison he admitted selling the weapon soon eighteen year old gunman who killed nine people before turning the gun on himself. Here in germany clean up work is underway in the wake of the worst storm to hit Northern Europe in the decade hurricane frederick that killed at least twelve people eight of them in germany insurers here estimate the storm forced some fifty excuse me five hundred Million Euros worth of damages. Orthodox christians around the world have been celebrating appear fanie for them the holiday commemorates the baptism of jesus in the river jordan and millions of believers mark the occasion was a traditional bathing ritual off and waving raising cold waters even russias president took a plunge. Well its certainly not for the fainthearted here in siberia yet temperature is minus thirty degrees celsius and lake baikal is frozen over but thats not enough to deter these Orthodox Christians they believe taking a dip cleanse is the soul and brings good health. Will put you just as i have been doing it every year for about five years. Thats what. I do it to strengthen my spirit and my heart and to purify my soul the water is the first blessed by a priest. For those who cant face the freeze they can at least go home with some holy water. The ceremony happens all over russia to mock orthodox pipin the. World. This year even president Vladimir Putin couldnt resist the chance to strip off and take the plunge. In moscow the ad temperature was a comparatively balmy minus six degrees. Not that it made much difference to the bait is there. But little its not always the little. Guy look its a very tingly feeling very cold but also refreshing. My friends talked me into doing it. But not everybody got a chance to test their mettle this year in some parts of siberia extreme temperatures of minus sixty celsius led authorities to batten bathing. Even russians have their limits youre watching to every news coming from berlin well have an update ready for you at the top of the hour until then you can find the latest news on our web site and still be dot com. Crime fighter. Radio crime thriller. For investigative pieces that would keep your. Crime fighting stories of the best idea ever so every young person needs to listen to crime frightens and shat tell a friend tell a friend thanks. For your. What kept you the best off that this is all