chancellor olaf scholz promised dramatic change. my guest is the state secretary for economic cooperation niels annen. so has germany got a new strategic vision? niels annen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. it is great to be here. let s start with the war in ukraine. i think there is no doubt that putin s invasion of ukraine shocked germany. would it be fair to say it has also destabilised germany? no, i don t think so but it certainly shocked germany because a lot of our economic model was based on the assumption that we would continue using cheap russian natural gas and it was also based in a kind of historic, i want to say historic experience that although russia was a competitor and an enemy in the cold war, it was always also in economic terms quite a reliable partner. i think that was somehow, you know, is seen as a constant policy, and we did not really realise that it is not the soviet union anymore, it is a brutal dictator and an unpredictable dictator. but
women com welcome to our vi the united states and around the world. we begin with the race to find survivors in turkey and syria more than 24 hours after an earthquake that has killed more than 5,000 in the two countries. the 7.8 magnitude quake and its powerful aftershocks collapsing more than 5,000 buildings. aftershocks are still creating treacherous conditions for rescuers who are trying to reach victims trapped. a massive international rescue effort now under way. and salma abdelaziz is live for us in istanbul. unfortunately the death toll is expected to rise. reporter: it is expected to ric rise. and you have rolling pictures right few on turkish television 24 hours of the search and rescue operations as families listing member after member that is missing. it is those families that turkish authorities are desperate to bring answers to. this is the critical window right now, this is the 24 to 48 hours after the earthquake where there is still a glimmer of hope that th
a first of its kind bill to ban tiktok statewide, setting the stage for future court battles that could determine the fate in the us of the popular social media app, which is owned by china. the bill, which will now be sent to the governor s desk, specifically names tiktok as a target of the bill and a possibility of a $10,000 a day fine for a violation. earlier, i spoke to montana based tiktok influencer carly goddard, who described the platform as her livelihood. first of all, tell us what your reaction is to this move from montana lawmakers? so, i am just shocked. this is how i make my income, i am able to provide for my family, it honestly really saddens me, because i feel like there isn t really a reason, there isjust a lot more behind it. there are other social media apps children are using which they are not safe on, like they claim tiktok, you know, that they are not safe on that app. there is snapchat, there is instagram, and so many others, apps that children are us
squeeze on the balcony on capitol hill so get ready. and it looks chilly. thanks, kaitlan. thank you everyone for watching, we appreciate it. have a great day. we will see you later on tonight for the state of the union. cnn newsroom starts right now. good tuesday morning, i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. right now just a heartbreaking reality in turkey and syria, international aid rushing in as the death toll from that powerful earthquake and its aftershocks rises to more than 5,000. 24 hours or so after the earthquake hit, rescuers they are still managing to pull some survivors from the rubble. in one instance in turkey a child that had been trapped in a collapsed building crawled out of the debris into the hands of first responders. [ speaking non-english ] that poor little child. numerous aftershocks have rattled the region, many people too scared to stay inside their homes, understandably so. they ve been forced to sleep on the streets in freezing temperatu
cloned three cavs that, once grown, will be capable of producing 50% more milk than the average american cow. so they re putting our cows out to pasture like voters did to hillary. that is a reach but i approve. by the way, i believe we have a picture of the new super cows. [cheers and applause] greg: yes. off to a good start! okay. enough of that. let s talk about giant balloons, all right? yeah! greg: no. not those. i mow ten chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the coast of south carolina. china should have said there was a boy inside. that s what i would have done. then i would have shot it down because i m a bad man. anyway there was lots of speculation over the balloon s sudden appearance rumor has it joe insisted that it was just a full moon. maybe it came from hunter s birthday party from last saturday. you know he loves his balloons. normally if they re full of cocaine and shoved up a drug mule s ass but still. hunter and the balloon have a lot in comm