Than together. Why that is our topic this week here on quadriga and here are our guests. Badly hurt no works for spiegel online she says German Society is just beginning to deal with the disappointment and tromba eastern germans experienced after the fall of the wall. Many people felt their experiences had been ignored the aft feeds off these feelings of neglect. And its a pleasure to welcome my colleague michelle and the kids now shes chief Political Editor here at gw she says most of all these elections are about what options will be on the table when uncle the maccolls final coalition government. Leaves office. And were very pleased to have alan closer back on the show he is an author and commentator for the daily newspaper. He says a generation after the end of nazism west germany experienced an anti authoritarian you three full. A generation after the end of communism east germanys experiencing an authoritarian rippled led by old man. So let me ask all of you and ill start with yo
E. U. Facing pressing challenges strong leadership is more important than ever. Will it emerge from the process with democratic deficits. He you top jobs high going instead of inspiration thats our topic and here are our guests its a pleasure to welcome a menu as shots. She is a freelance journalist originally from france who works with us here at deutsche avella as well as for french print and broadcast media. She says the scramble for the e. U. s top jobs further highlights discrepancies between the Member States and damages the union. We learned niche works for and as an allen this analyst for the German Council on Foreign Relations he says. The visitor broad group of Eastern European countries has maneuvered itself into a corner. Their lack of representation in top you jobs is a significant problem for e. U. Cohesion it will come back to haunt the region. And its a pleasure to welcome tom not told he is the berlin correspondent for the british weekly the economist. He thinks it was
Amy its even worse than you think what the Trump Administration is doing to america. By pulitzernew book prizewinning journalist David Cay Johnson looking at President Trumps first year in office. As trumps own chief of staffff, general john kelly, calls his boss uninformed, we will look at how trump is transforming the nation by slashing taxes on the rich, gutting the nations regulatory system, and closing the nations borders. And we will hear what President Trump has to say about our g gut David Cay Johnston. Pres. Trump he is a weird dude. Hehe has been following me for 5 years. Obviously, he has not done so well. Always a h hit. I guess he hasnt done a very good job. Amy today, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congress is lurching toward a Government Shutdown as republicans failed to Reach Agreement on a bill that would keep federal
U. S. History, students and parents confront President Trump and republican lawmakers in a pair of extraordinary meetings. First, President Trump holds a listening session at the white house you suggest arming teachers. Then at a town hall meeting in florida, of 7000, republican senator marco rubio hears directly from students who survived the massacre and parents who lost children. Your comments this week in those about president heaven pathetically weak. Have been pathetically weak. [applause] amy we will speak with one ofof the students who o was at the tn hall, a former intern for similar rubio. The Stoneman Douglas High School Graduate is begging rubio to act on guns. She has been near four mess. Hootings that Mass Shootings then to syria, where the United Nations is accusing the alassad government of waging a monstrous campaign of annihilation as the death from the assault on Eastern Ghouta rises to over 300. What is going on in Eastern Ghouta and other parts of syria may constit
Pres. Trump our warriors in afghanistan have new rules of engagement. Heroicc afghanr partners, and military is no longer undermined by artificial timelines, and we no longer tell our enemies our plans. Amy as trump promises a new strategy in the longest u. S. War in history, we will look at why civilian casualties are soaring in afghanistan. On saturday, more than 100 people died in kabul when an ambulance packed with explosives blew up. We will go to kabul. Then, is everything you think you know about depression wrong . We will speak with johann hari , author of uncovering the real causes of depression and the unexpected solutions. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The fbi said wednesday it has grave concerns over President Trumps plans to release a fourpage document written by house intelligigence committee to devin nunes, purporting to show the fbi abused its power when it began surveilling Trump Ca