Analysis of his address. Also on the show our shortage of life saving aid thousands of Palestinian Refugees could go hunger after the United States cuts its funding the United Nations is now in desperate need of a new source of cash. Plus music that can melt your heart but still leave you cold audiences are fumbling up for a look at this and trancing performance in italy. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show. President donald trump has called on the country to unite behind and to create a new american moment during his first state of the Union Address he also challenges lawmakers to support his plans for renewing the countrys aging infrastructure and to overcome the impasse on Immigration Reform here are some highlights. Not surprisingly they gave the president a heros welcome the big question ahead of Donald Trumps first state of the Union Address with the leader of the free world adopt a more president ial term own twitter trump or teleprompter trump a lot of change he said over the last year but one refrain from his Election Campaign remained constant. A new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land each day since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission. To make America Great again for all americans. Of the day was praised for his own administrations achievements two point four million new jobs rising wages after years of stagnation more red tape cut them by any other administration unemployment claims at a forty five year low stock market smashing one record after another this in fact is our new american moment there has never been a better time to start living the American Dream and together we can achieve absolutely anything of that it wasnt all upbeat a magical moment for the world to give up Nuclear Weapons had not yet arrived and the u. S. Would exert maximum pressure in the face of north Koreas Nuclear provocation in one surprise trump announced the kuantan a moped a Detention Center would stay open he clocked in at one hour and twenty minutes one of the longest state of Union Addresses in recent years as long as we have confidence in our values faith in our citizens and trust in our god we will never fail. Our families will fry. Our people will prosper and our nation will forever be safe and strong and proud and mighty and shree thank you and God Bless America goodnight of the it was another landmark on Donald Trumps extraordinary white house journey. Lets talk more now about the president s initial his maiden address to the nation what did abuse Washington Bureau chief alexander phenomenology under the president s goal was reaching out across the aisle did he succeed in doing that. Well they have to admit that president strum struck a consumer story tone during his first state of the Union Address and i think it was a very wise move to the American People in the center of his speech he started his speech by praising the American People stressing that they are up to any challenge that they can manage and the difficult situation and then he continued by calling upon congress on democrats and republicans to Work Together on behalf of the American People because although makers have been elected to serve the American People so he was sort of trying to reach out to the democrats however when we talk about policies we have to say that he did not all for any concession and the compromise. By purchasing legislation and in terms of Foreign Policy alexander the president was discussing north korea its a security challenges and he also a north Korean Defector. Yes thats true and it was quite a thing to to see this north Korean Defector in the House Chamber and it will be interesting how the north korean regime is going to react to those that were and they will feel. Will be ready to do anything for a look at it or will consider it provoke ation and here once again talking about north korea president. Repeated that he thinks that the right way to deal with this threat from coming from north korea is to rebuild and three new americas nuclear. Thing that there can be no concession that the right strategy is the campaign of maximum pressure in terms of the speech overall was that the message America Needs right now is just what the American People want to hear from their new president after his first year in office. Thats definitely what they wanted to hear and talking about konami situation that also matters for Many Americans im sure about that that its important for them to be reassured that americas economy is growing that the wages are rising and that the stock market has been hitting new highs however we have to say that the president did not really or let me put it in a different way he missed the opportunity to reach to hes open to his critics to the people who have not voted for him alexander naaman from washington for us this morning thanks very much alexandra. Well relations between germany and the trumpet ministration have been rocky ever since the u. S. President took office i put that to youre going to hart the german governments coordinator for transatlantic cooperation asking him also if trump speech would change that. We have close relations to the United States of america theres a communication between our chance that the president has communication between several members of congress and dodge a bullet start on the other side to never we never saw so much senators and congress men and women in germany as in the two years before but we have some open questions concerning the relations we have no. Ongoing process in negotiating. Trade agreement between the European Union and us we have the stepping out of us concerning the fight against the Climate Change. Concerning nato and International Security we trust on the support of us for europe they stay close to that what was agreed in the wash of the nato summit but for the future some questions open. That was germanys transatlantic coordinator and member of parliament for the c. D. U. Youre going hard talking to me earlier now for a look at some of the other stories making the news at this hour britains Prime Minister trees amaze in china or three day visit his office said shes traveling with the largest business delegation britain has ever taken overseas chinas key to british hopes of forging a new trade deal with countries around the world after it leaves the e. U. Activists in peru have taken to the streets in protest at a pardon granted to the countrys former president albo Alberto Fujimori hes been serving a twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights abuses committed during his government with morrie was allowed to leave prison on medical grounds. Also im five million Palestinian Refugees are urgently in need of support right now this after u. S. President trump drastically slashed funding to the u. N. Agency that oversees aid to the palestinian territories saying palestinian leaders had failed in working for peace lets take a closer look at what that u. N. Agency is doing. The United Nations relief and works agency has provided essential aid for Palestinian Refugees and their descendants for seven decades many of them were displaced during the arab israeli war in ninety forty eight and the six day war in one nine hundred sixty seven today more than five million palestinians are registered in chems enjoyed in lebanon syria the occupied west bank and the gaza strip donations from u. N. Member states make up the nearly all of the agencys budget of over one billion dollars the United States gave three hundred sixty four million u. S. Dollars in two thousand and seventeen four hundred forty one Million Dollars come from the e. U. And its Member States earlier this month the Us Administration fro some sixty five Million Dollars of its aid for the Un Refugee Agency during the World Economic forum in davos President Trump threatened to cut off u. S. Aids to the palestinians altogether it is seen as an apparent punishment of the palestinian leadership for harshly criticizing the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as to capital of israel the cut in funds risks to effect the most value of the palestinians across the region for which provides basic Care EducationHealth Social services and basic Food Distribution in addition emergency aid supports Palestinian Refugees in war torn syria or in gaza they cut comes at a critical time for the organization and its now urgently looking for a way to make up the difference. With us now is Christopher Gunness a spokesman for the u. N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees joining us from jerusalem this morning to dangerous the birth. Oh you Foreign Ministers are meeting in brussels today to talk about your organizations new financial crisis as a result of the cut of american aid are you expecting today to hear there will be more cash coming from europe well were certainly hoping because this is the worst financial crisis in under us history disabled city which has over five million registered refugees on its books is running on empty lets be very clear about the possible consequences of thirty thousand plus stuff giving an education to half a million children in the arab states and territories around israel we give one point seven million food insecurities a million of which are in gaza food and cash are doctors do ninety Million Health consultations each year on the list goes now if anybody thinks anybody in europe or elsewhere in israel and america thinks that its in anyones interest how harmful million children on the streets of the middle east instead of being in u. N. Schools at a time when militants are in full recruitment both then i really dont know what theyre thinking because as far as were concerned this could have very dramatic consequences for the middle east ability when you disrupt an organization like under which is so deeply imbedded in communities the consequences could be dramatic and unpredictable so say we need to be proper under it ok not just humanitarian. Interest here but also Security Issues and stake at well as well in his state of the Union Address christopher the president clearly underscored that u. S. Aid is only for americas friends to serve americas interests lets take a listen to that. I am asking congress to pass legislation to help ensure American Foreign assistance dollars always share american interests and only go to friends of honor and. Ok you concerned this administrations new ryall politic in terms of aid will mean a longer term cut of funding to the palestinians now and say that we have had an extremely supportive and trusting and stable relationship with the American Government for decades and the notion that somehow under an organization which has been supported with american taxpayers money for decades is somehow and effective tool to americas interests does not ring true to the experiences that we have had people know that for example our education reinforces u. N. Values we teach human rights a special conflict resolution programs of all half a million children great sponsor nine in all schools we promote the rights of women we work with Vulnerable Children the idea that this is somehow antitheft a call to american interests simply does not ring true ok now the administration is demanding reforms for a resumption of aid and a for future aid could your organization come up with some reforms that would satisfy the trumpet ministration. Well that question presupposes that weve not been engaged in reforms and indeed we have beaten gauged in reforms for years as long as ive been in this agency that over ten years we have been targeting our aid to the poorest of the poor weve been looking at efficiencies weve been doing a whole range of reforms this year alone we estimate that we have saved about eighteen Million Dollars because of those reforms so lets make no mistake we are doing what forms are committed to general care and do work in washington as recently as november and senior american officials commended our high impact our accountability and our transparency of course we are committed to further reforms but let me be clear we have already embarks on a root and branch programme of reforms and indeed we are committees can still continuing that ok briefly if you could you talk back committed to being committed to further reforms we dont have much time briefly if you could are what might they look like well we have got for example fewer teachers in our classrooms because we did a class formation exercise as we speak the only hospital in the west Bank Qalqilya hospital under is pulling away from its support for that weve moved from food handouts in most of our fields to cash that is a much more efficient way of doing food aid the list goes on if there were time i could talk more we are committed absolutely to reforms weve been doing reforms for many years now and as i say the reform agenda is very much part of henris agenda because afghanistan the u. N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees thanks very much for being with us this morning on a day if oren ministers meet in brussels to talk specifically about this thank you very much chris for my pleasure. Well participants in the latest round of syrian peace talks have ended their conference with a plan to draft a new syrian constitution the aim is to help bring an end to the countrys nearly seven year long civil war but syrias main opposition bloc is boycotted the talks taking place in the russian city of sochi and they have rejected the outline constitution as insufficient well meanwhile the fighting is raging on in one of the remaining antigovernment strongholds. Bombs continue to rain down on the city of sara qip in northwestern syria eyewitnesses say the Syrian Air Force has flown one thousand such bombing runs killing twenty people these numbers have yet to be verified this is what remains of the old i hospital inside a cape it was struck by several plus tz. This was the last place people could get treatment without paying for it and now we have to transport them much further away. Thirty thousand people used to call sara kept home its in rebel hands controlled by a combination of islamic extremists and local militias its one of the last holdouts against president assad. People from the entire is lip region took refuge in sara kip now no one is safe refugees and locals must leave the city. These people have set up camp next to a nearby highway they say their supplies are running out but they have nowhere else to go. Weve been everywhere around here and everywhere they drive us away i just hope we can return home some day. The u. N. Estimates that around two hundred thousand people are displaced in the region and theres little hope of a break in the violence. This is day to peters live from berlin still to come on the show a one of a kind chalo makes an icy debut at a concert in italy will listen to some of its very interesting cool years. For the. Summit of christoph now and siemens is announcing a First Quarter jump in its profits but its not all smiles over at that industrial giant and here is why brian profit in the important Industrial Power business is down as demand from the power and gas sector declined further thats the area were displaying to lay off thousands of people and close production facilities here in germany a move thats expected to trigger protests at the companys general annual meeting today because at the same time it looks like a siemens is towing President Trumps line to boost investment in the United States. As the worlds rich and powerful gathered in davos fifteen captains of industry got a chance to get up close and personal with u. S. President donald trump one german paper remarked they were like schoolboys eager to impress their master. Siemens head promised a mess of investment in the new gas turbine Development Project in the us you work for. Trumps reaching tax reform sound very appealing to some german see those. Siemens does robust business in the u. S. Doing more than a fifth of its id three billion euros of turnover there in the last Financial Year the u. S. Accounted for seventeen billion euros. Cases offered to expand operations in the u. S. Has drawn fire at home because in germany thousands of siemens workers will soon be out of a job the company used to shed seven thousand Workers Worldwide half of them in germany mainly in gas turbine production in the locations threatened by downsizing or closure theres real anger the company boss has so far been unmoved and thats unlikely to change at the a. G. M. Now for more lets cross over to daniel kolb standing by at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange daniel we see somewhat of a mixed picture here siemens overall Quarterly Earnings are up but profit in the important Industrial Power sector is down which is more important to investors. Yeah thats a very interesting question vessels dont really know what to make out of this its a little bit like the weather we dont really have sunshine but also not rain this morning in general investors are actually happy with the performance of the mens their profit in the First Quarter which finished on december thirty first they were making two point two billion euros but yeah the gas turbine business is really giving the companies some headache as sales down with twenty percent and profit even with fifty percent also a big problem for the company the very strong euro is even a company that is very much depending on the export business in order to keep their prices at the same level that would then mean for them that their profit margin would go down so yes theres not really sure this morning what you make out of all of this annual general meeting is kicking off in about half an hour whats on the investors minds that are gathering in munich well certainly they will be very tough questions that will be asked to the officers of the men because yes the company thats making still billions of euros also an i. P. O. Of health in years thats also going to bring billions of viewers in the pockets of the company but at the same time firing many people thousands of employees here in germany also a big demonstration is announced in front of the building where the press conference will be taking place so yeah its going to be a rather difficult day for the company today. Keeping his eye on siemens this morning daniel thank you so much. Trying to seventy two was the best year for german retailers since official records began the countrys Statistics Office says an expanding economy and growing Online Business saw our retail sales grow over four percent but it wasnt all good news the center turnover fell almost two percent compared to the same period and twenty sixteen analysts say that could be because there were two fewer shopping days but Internet Sales were also down slightly. Now some call it the biggest push ever for Better Health care in the u. S. Online retailer amazon warren buffets Investment FirmBerkshire Hathaway and banking giant j. P. Morgan chase are teaming up to offer what they call Quality Health care at a reasonable cost to their u. S. Staff the announcement was short on details about precisely what the independent company will do but the three c. E. O. Said the entity will be independent and free from profit making incentives the initial focus will be on technology that provides quote simplified high quality and transparent care amazon Berkshire Hathaway and j. P. Morgan chase have an estimated one million employees in the United States. For some more analysis of these plans here is a wall street correspondent yes quarter. The American Healthcare system is probably the most expensive in the world some americans are roughly spending three and a half billion dollars per year on health thats roughly twenty percent of total g. D. P. And if you look at the history of health care in the United States the Health Care System is much more privatized here than it is in europe it started basically old Software World war two there was a lack of workers and two of those Workers Companies started to offer Pension Plans but also called Health Care Plans and right now we are in a similar situation because we almost have full employment and that could be an incentive for talents for good skilled workers to join those corporations. Yes quarter reporting from the new york Stock Exchange there now today one of a kind cello making its debut at a concert in northern italy right christophe this very creative cello was a sculpted from ice on top of a nearby glacier its beauty and fragility are part of its sound and its origins high in the italian alps. And this is how ice can sound when you give it the right shape. They call it the nice cello. Italian musician giovanni salema plays it in a bubble inflated with cold air. Inside its minus eight degrees celsius but nothing puts him off his notes. The audience is in chant it. American sculptor timlin art made the cello and a glazier does january hes created i think instruments before for him its easy if you shape it like a cello it will sound like one. Its a sculpture its a complicated Ice Sculpture no Ice Sculpture i have two kinds of eyes i use the white what you see which is the body of the instrument is made of snow and water and the bridge which is the clear part of the chalice mission goes beyond entertainment its creators wanted to draw attention to the urgency of Climate Change and water shortages in some parts of the world yet. From the Northern City of parental the cello will continue its journey to the south of italy transported in a mobile freezer. The last concept will be in sicily where the instrument will be thrown into the Mediterranean Sea pretending gets to its liquid state. Lol. 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