A murder probe suspicions are growing top a high level cover up a senior figures result. U. S. President Donald Trump Tells her reelection rally in florida that the in teach men to inquiry has been going well for him in the swing state is a battleground for talks and sure german chancellor Angela Merkel tells lawmakers her government is pushing the Defense Budget tops in line with nato targets for spending. Im sumi so much gonda its good to have you with us european lawmakers are casting their votes at this hour on the new team of commissioners taking over at the executive arm of the European Union with their approval germanys was the last one to line is poised to formally take charge of the European Commission the sunday she set out our plans for the presidency in strasbourg this morning saying she would focus on equality the environment and digitalization lets listen in to her vision for the future of the e. U. It is not only about parties and politics rules or regulations markets all currencies it is ultimately and above all else about people and their aspirations it is about people standing together for the liberty for that values simply for a better future. All day w. s Brussels Bureau chief mike hoffman is in strong spirit as that important vote takes place he joins us now hi max how is it looking there for us it off on the line does she have the support that she needs. Everybody is filing into the emmy cycles so the plenary behind me to vote in actually we expect this to happen. Any minute actually thats why im looking up here because we have a big screen where we will see the results we do expect her to have the votes she has the support of her own party the European Peoples Party the conservatives and yesterday the social democrats and the liberals also declared their support so that should be enough for her to make it maybe even by a comfortable margin but as you know its not over until the fat lady sings especially in this parliament thats very fragmented so everybodys kind of careful with their predictions but if i had to bet you know 100000 euros or which i dont have but if i knew it would be definitely. As youre keeping your eye on that vote max were also looking at some live pictures that are coming in as well as from their instructor i mean what are your thoughts on the lines their priorities now as she steps into this new role. Well the 3 Top Priorities are mirrored with her selection of what they call executive Vice President so those are commissioners that will have more power than the rest of the commission and theyre also in charge of those top 3 priorities one of them being an economy for the people so basically trying to be more competitive in the Digital Economy but also more inclusive meaning that no one or as few people as possible got left behind with this disruption right there then digital is a big topic also of the 2nd portfolio which is in this case making youre a fit for the digital age as you all know the big digital giants do not come from europe they come from china they come from the United States of america so the e. U. Has some catching up to do and the 3rd probably the most important topic here is the European Green deal was enough on the line promised that European Green deal within 100 days after she took office with her commission to make sure that the European Union becomes the 1st Carbon Neutral consonant in the world all right and just quickly max because we want to let you go keep your eye on that felt how difficult will it be for her to make all of these things happen. Geez i mean thats thats a generational task carbon free Carbon Neutral by 2050 she will not be in office any longer and we all know what it takes and what kind of legislation you need to an act to bring things forward the conflicts of interest will be extremely difficult because of the Member States that want Different Things but also to act legislation here at the European Parliament that as i said has become more fragmented than ever but she seems ready she said lets get to work shows she seems optimistic that she could get the European Union in a step forward at least in that direction all right that vote taking place right now max huffman for us there in strasburg will be coming back to live out later when we have those numbers. Lets catch up now some other stories making headlines around the world polls have opened in the general election in namibia and South West Africa the ruling party held a final Campaign Rally urging people to vote for a tried and tested Party President high gain god is facing discontent over the poor state of the economy despite the country being rich in minerals. Clashes have broken out between Security Forces and protesters in the colombian capital bogota the unrest erupted after demonstrators announced they would hold a new nationwide strike following crisis talks the president the protests which started last week are the biggest the country has experienced in decades. Crowds gathered in the 1st bodies found dead in a truck last month were returned to the country they were among 39. 00 people who died in a lorry in britain the vietnamese migrants were being smuggled into the country in a refrigerated units. Youre watching news still to come on our show in albania the hunt for earthquake survivors continues some are pulled alive from the rubble but for other families the noose is grim. But 1st in malta a series of high level resignations has rocked the government thats as a scandal grows over the murder of the investigative journalist daphne kind of more than 2 years ago 3 senior government figures have resigned and another says yes suspended himself the opposition is calling for Prime MinisterJoseph Muscat to step down saying the only decisions hes taking are to protect those around him. Making a short sharp exit and im greek crowd through accusations and eggs at multis Prime Minister joseph more scots as he escaped parliament shrouded by tight security oh as earlier his chief of staff and 2 ministers resigned the fallout of a Police Investigation gathering pace into the murder of prominent journalist doesnt occur want to see. Carolina an Investigative Reporter described as a one woman wiki leaks was blown up by a car bomb 2 years ago she had become known for exposing cronyism within the countrys political and Business Elite although 3 men face trial for carrying out the murder the mastermind has not yet been identified last week a suspect believed to be a middleman in the murder was arrested but the Prime Minister granted a pardon if the man helps find the masterminds. The next morning im ots businessman was apprehended on his luxury yacht allegedly preparing to flee the businessman to is now reportedly seeking immunity in exchange for cooperating with the police. Protesters say carol one the gullets there was a victim of what they call endemic corruption at the highest levels of motorist government. Muskets top aides has been questioned by police over the murder the other 2 ministers say they were stepping aside until the investigation was over while denying any involvement in the death all 3 were accused by carol one of corruption a family said the Prime Minister is protecting those behind her murder muscat has ignored calls for him to quit. And yet incompletely who this is only it really on the on the country need stability that plays the moment he plays on the saw on the stop that on my mandate he might actions and decisions in the coming hours and days will be aimed to ensure that that stability is maintained that it was a protest to say democracy and the country has long been on the slide. The old broken in more ways than one was u. S. President donald trump is in florida rallying his supporters that she cant ignore the continuing impeachment inquiry which is gathering pace and wait but he says its. An attempt by what he calls the establishment to stop him from working for the people did have these problems fully ileus was at the rally. I think bill does the president from home coming here to the state of florida to move his official residence here recently from new york for republicans of course are focused on 2020 this is an important swing state which from lynn back in 2016 but the ongoing impeachment inquiry has cost a long shadow over president s all trump footing he remains defiant its a terrible holts last week someone testified that i told him quote what he wants for ukraine i said i want nothing this is a quote i want no quid pro quo i want nothing tell president s who lives to do the right the way the failed washington establishment is trying to stop me because im fighting for you and because were winning very simple. Polls here in the United States shown by voters are divided over whether president from should be impeached and removed from office to supporters here in florida ive shown that theres a board for him is the only way for. My being vetted for a ticket less dont have any theory of anything its all this or the way that people interpret things. Each of them have been asked and none of them have any evidence or its completely ridiculous theres no basis. I think its just a political work chart i think if they had what they needed to be done. With me talking about it they would all be hammering think theyre its a big book sidetracking isnt something i was going to see maybe theyre trying to boost their experience of being president i think its ridiculous i definitely think people sit able. Had their opinions if they dont like thats ok but hes really done nothing wrong that she caused him to you. While you were young going impeachment inquiry andrews a new place next week but this week is thanksgiving here in the United States and President Trump is staying here in florida to enjoy several days off. Lets get more on the story now we have to get. Kroft with us here in studio hi william you know Trump Supporters we know that they havent moved they are still 100 percent behind the president what about the rest of the country right so polls say a lot of things we were looking as in the last 2 weeks of all these public high profile public testimony that looks like support for him peter is actually going down but you have to remember polls of course trail of ends by a few days of the wait a few days to see how people are reacting to events so we finally have polls out to show what people are thinking since all of this testimony all these hearings have come out we can actually show it here now republicans are of course staying about steady about 1112 percent not a huge change in republican support for impeachment but here were looking at democrats and independents and of course the overall numbers are actually up by quite a quite special out of 34 percent among democrats independents saying they now support impeachment proceedings against iraq not necessarily support removing him from office but support this inquiry and support possibly even formally impeaching him now might not sound a lot to 34 percent but in races as tight as theyve been in swing states like florida like we just saw those few percent really do matter ok so what is next in the impeachment inquiry so as we said these these public testimonies of all these career diplomats and military intelligence officials thats now over for now adam schiff the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said maybe more will come but its basically over for now his Intelligence Committee is preparing a report of its findings of all of this testimony all this evidence theyve collected that report theyd like to make public after the thanksgiving break thats next week is going to go on of the Judiciary Committee that report. May serve as the basis for actual articles of impeachment that the house of representatives as a full house will vote on maybe before christmas at the same time the Judiciary Committee is going to holding its own very scholarly impeachment hearing of its own inviting and yet unnamed constitutional scholars to to comment on the very legal aspects of impeachment and if the judge or committee is appropriate give their advice if its appropriate to move ahead with impeachment also inviting trump and his lawyers to participate why right so jerry adler the chairman of the Judiciary Committee he sent this letter and its been published to donald trump and his lawyers are say white House Counsel those are we should be careful as are Different Things saying please come this is your right this right as a president this is your right as as an american citizen whos being almost accused or accused of high crimes and misdemeanors to take part in this to take part in these hearings to cross examine witnesses to really play a role now the receiver is calling trumps bluff trump and his republican supporters of saying this is all being done behind closed doors its all be done unfairly he doesnt have a chance to say his side of the story so nobbler is saying here heres your chance and trump has to walk a fine line between not legitimizing what hes calling a hoax a witch hunt but at the same time not making it look like hes not. Participating in a way that democrats are offering just very quickly no how dangerous do you think this actually is for the president i mean if it really goes to trial it looks like the senate is going to acquit him because republicans have a quite a Strong Majority in the senate but this could as we saw in the piece that just ran an impact on the election in 2020 if enough americans particularly independents people are who might vote might not vote trump say you know weve had enough of this guy this is not befitting of a president we dont want him if enough people in that middle ground say so that could be bad news for trump but we dont know which way its going to swing all right you know hes really im not looking to the story for us thank you very much. Now germanys chancellor Angela Merkel has put up a spirited defense of the Nato Alliance in response to criticism by president of france michael said that preserving nato was at least as essential today as it was during the cold war and argued that it is important to keep turkey in the alliance michael was speaking of the German Parliament which has begun a debate on the governments budget for 2020 that includes defense which is a controversial topic because germany is under International Pressure to spend more on its armed forces heres what the chancellor had to say the met somebody else who made the commitment to increase our defense spending towards the margin of 2 percent and that is what we are doing the budget for next year so its not a quarter of 1. 42 percent 5 years ago we were 1. 18 percent we will continue this step by step process 1. 5 percent until 2024 when that the defense minister has not presented a plan which foresees improvements in our nato participation so that we will reach the 2 percent margin in the early thirtys that is guaranteed. We can speak now to our chief Political Editor michelle acoustic whos covering all of this for us at the German Parliament so im going to get in with an impassioned defense of nato there what did you make of her words. Yes this was billed as the budget speech and it really became a defense and Foreign Policy speech and she clearly threw her political weight not just behind nato but also potentially a more assertive germany in the future sounding a bit more in tune. To her defense minister and eclipse compound or recently praises a lot of waves here in germany and internationally with her suggestion that germany needs to take more responsibility and getting and you see concrete when she talks talks about a potential internationally controlled security zone in syria for instance Angela Merkel here reinforced that pro nato message saying that nato was more important for European Security now than it was even during the cold war so the message couldnt be any clearer but with stiff resistance against more defense spending let alone any kind of defense exports she clearly is pointing already towards a post macro era here because the social democrats simply wont stand for it. Michele i would also stood out to you from the chancellor speech today. Well there was criticism from the opposition that simply disagrees with her analysis that is the far right party that Climate Change is one of the Biggest Challenges to tackle. Also says that it is of isolation was a key issue taking the german labor force into the future also Medium Sized Enterprises which make up the backbone of german industry so there is pretty much flat denial from the opposition benches there and what was also interesting is that the free democrats really tried to cool im going to mackerels love to certain degree because she still has a clear view position on herself where she stands on those very controversial proposals by our own defense minister for Northern Syria clearly this is Angela Merkel creating room for a potential successor at a point in time where we simply dont know how stable the current government is with the key decisions over the leadership of the social democrats just a couple of days away our chief Political Editor michelle like your reporting for us at the German Parliament thank you. Germany great you can kinsmen has been named coach of the Bundesliga Team has her lin until the end of the season the 1990 world cup winner and former germany coach takes over from the sacked on take it had to have lost their last 4 a point to go games last coached the u. S. National team but was fired in 2016 he joined he had to board as an adviser earlier this month. Its a big news in the Bundesliga Dave reneke from sports is here to tell us more about this hi dave fans here in germany will always remember that 2006 team and how his team won the hearts of the nation is this something that he can actually do at as well yeah i mean thats definitely his famous moment as a manager that 2006 i mean final run in the world cup they still call it the summer fairytale here in germany but its a totally different thing to do Something Like that. I mean on paper i think hes a good fit for the club hes a big name which i think kind of fits the profile of what you are to have been looking for in the capital club theyre looking for a bit more relevance in flash and he also has as he said hes been on the board already his son even played for the club and you some whos not afraid to mix things up which could be just what they need right now and that time in 2006 that run that really galvanized the team in the face of the nation and brought the nation together is still a really important sporting and cultural moment in germany and i think i mean just really focusing more on just survival at this point so itll be a different look but that was 2006 and his record as a manager since then hasnt actually been that good yeah that is very true im an american and a fan of u. S. Soccer where he coached for 5 years so i followed his more recent career pretty closely and personally he has depressed me pretty deeply as a fan. Of course in 2014 we the u. S. Had a solid run and got out of the knockout round but failing to qualify for the 2018 world cup with the resources of the United States is historically bad and he also has very limited Club Coaching experience is only other time coaching a club team and not a National Team was at byron munich in 20082009 re was fired before he could even finish off the season so i think there are a lot of question marks on what exactly hell be able to do now that as you said were so far removed from his best moments and hes at a club team just quickly is he in for the long term impact so hes signed until the end of the season if you does really well im sure theyd like to extend him but that depends totally on his performance all right dave reneke from the sports with the big news you can since monday taking over a coach at the time for lynn thank you very much for joining us. Now they have changed our lifestyles our logistics and even our landscapes but until now weve always been in the driving seat now with cars on the brink of a driverless era an exhibition at londons victoria and Albert Museum looks at their wide ranging cultural impact. Looks just like a troy sickle but its actually the 1st car a bench from 18 and shiites next to the famous to the motor forward from not you know a the advent of the Assembly Line the 1st set of the mass production of motorized we have codes with serious consequences for society they looked at food and what had been achieved it with the model t. So you find a lot of design is. Thinking about what the future of design might be so you know about house designers in particular what we showcase in the exhibition space start to think about standardize ation as a way of reducing move goods more quickly and what they were really interested in was thinking about how basic design could be made cheaper and more available to more people this check was the 1st streamlined moto to hit the road back in 1934. And then we see that all the info takes into all the Product Design and all the factions and so streamlining really becomes this sort of aesthetic of modernity so we can see this. On this flight suit as well which is rather cropped to prove that we used to streamline this stuff to show you got the idea of rushing stream learning to for the course on a not just for fans and great sources but also for the 1st votes. And the measurement to campus scooter. Cars which facilitated the tourism boom in europe after the 2nd world war. Relatively affordable as they could travel quite long distances they could. Could use them to go away on holidays where people can drive to places that they would otherwise be unable to visit and kind of you know suddenly experience a whole other world. And see expansion shows how eventually the car turn from symbol of freedom to symbol of environmentalists destruction and. How we can design a better world and there are many ways to do that and i think we can draw a lot of lessons from the changes and the impact the car has had on the past 130 years of history both for good and for bad to understand how we might think again in the future about mobility. Mobility is changing more rapidly than ever before and if youre not sure how best to get around you might just find some inspiration at londons victoria and Albert Museum. But you know they all like dollars. Ok lets return to our top story now because a voting has just started is just taking place rather in the European Parliament in strasbourg and we have our Brussels Bureau chief max hawkman following all of the action for us and max i understand the numbers appear to be in whats happening there. Yeah i dont know if you can see the live pictures from the European Parliament in strasbourg where am so whats happening behind those walls behind me. On the line the celebrating so she made it with 461. 00 votes which is a good result its more than the Informal Coalition that they have here in the parliament which would have been only 444 but this means it is an historic moment for the 1st time we have a commission in the European Union a European Commission that is headed by a woman and for the 1st time in the form of this institution also a german so that often the canal do what she announced earlier she can get to work. Max its been a difficult road for us and i know that hasnt i mean she wanted to start her work essentially last month when she got this vote originally or ways that selected to be the Commission President in july it was only by a slim margin she must be pretty relieved. We havent talked to her yet we will talk to her later in the day but judging by the pictures yes she is relieved but you know when we look at this in the years time or something yes it was a bumpy road and the decision or her taking up the new office was delayed by one month but one month and retrospective will probably not appear that long it will just be a signal of things to come an indication of how difficult it will be to build majorities in this parliament that is more fragmented than ever and generally speaking the European Union is not an easy place to find consensus at the moment not only in the parliament but also among Member States and thats what she will have to deal with the next 5 years and next remind us what her next steps are now. Well the 1st and most concrete promise she made is to work out a European Green deal within the 1st 100. 00 days of taking office thats also her most ambitious goal making europe the 1st Carbon Neutral continent by 2050 and she will be judged by that i mean we talked to some parliamentarians here today they all said its good nice to have these plans but you really need to put some meat and potatoes to that you really need to work out how to do that is one of the most complex undertakings in the history not only of the European Union but fighting Climate Change is one of the most complex if not the most complex and threatening problem in the world really without exaggerating here because it touches upon everything we as humans do the way we make business the way we go on vacation what we eat so this gives you an idea of the magnitude of what. Is up against the next we heard some tough criticism find a line from the u. K. Set of drugs that party just ahead of about tell us about that. Well that is nothing surprising here because she is a remainer and she said so during her speech today as well she said i will always be a remainer meaning that she wants to be remembered as someone who wants to keep the United Kingdom in the European Union and the brits the tears of course are not only critically of anything that comes from the European Union feeling like the European Union is telling them what to do is dominating what they should do that was one of the key phrases during the braggs it campaign if you remember it but of course theyre even more critical of someone who is so publicly in favor of keeping the union together as it is at the moment. All right our correspondent there in strasburg max has been reporting on that newsy lawmakers voting to approve the next 15 commission that clears the way for is enough on the line to take office as president on sunday max thank you very much. Youre watching d. W. News coming up next our business show made in germany asks whether the party really is over for fossil fuels and dont forget for all the latest news and information you can always go to our website d. W. Dot com or follow us on twitter our handle there is apt to get you news for all of us here and berlin thank you for watching. The end i had to be the one to break the news to you but there is no dance about it the party is over the oil party weve been bingeing on oil