Hello im terry martin good to have you with us lawmakers in u. S. Congress have moved to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together these days to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on boyces support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are pulled out in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000. 00 troops based in germany. Well Stefan Simmons is standing by for us in washington stephanie how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be droll withdrawing from germany no. I think the likelihood just increased actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not on the reins of this administration of the trumpet ministration as you pointed out the budget Defense Budget package which is 4500 pages that i
Under control a new poll ways if the public is satisfied with the governments response. And the buddhist think of the bragging rights on the line on friday. Face capital city rivals in the bundesliga take a look ahead at the local dog. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress have moved to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw all u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together these days to pass legislation a final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on by. Support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are pulled out in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000. 00 u. S. Troops based here in germany. Well Stefan Siemens is standing by for us in washington how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be droll withdrawing from germany no. I think the lik
Im rebecca it is welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel is due to deliver a speech in parliament this hour as the nation faces a decisive period in its fight against the coronavirus germanys regional governments are considering imposing a Strict Lockdown over the christmas and new year period as infection rates remain stubbornly high officials warn hospitals could be overwhelmed the countrys infectious to saint diseases agency says 509000 people have died in germany from the illness in the past day marking a record high since the start of the pandemic. As we wait for that talk to take place im joined by chief Political Editor michelle occur behala thanks for joining me what can we expect from anglo michael today well reese shes certainly here to defend the budget which means 180 bill. When your is a new debt some 350000000000 euro is to tackle this corona crisis but reading the whole nation is watching her to hear some kind of indication on whether she will once again c
Ive told me a lot of well its good to have you with us covered 19 on the road to recovery thats the focus of a special session of the u. N. General assembly almost 100. 00 World Leaders are taking part in the 2 day summit coincides with the release of a u. N. Study that shows that more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long term effects of the corona virus now the german chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the assembly via video link and she stressed the need for Global Cooperation to ensure equal access to vaccines around the world through 200. 00 need we must never forget the pandemic can only be truly beaten in the long 10 when everyone in the world has fat access to effective vaccines. Oh the coming the pandemic in the long term also means doing everything we can to a much stronger with regards to future challenges and crises to this and we need to close the International Cooperation above all with strong the International Organizations the
Qatars about how the organizers are preparing to host a tournament during a Global Health crisis but an unprecedented attempt by donald trump to undo the u. S. Election results appears to be slipping away. Republican leaders from michigan was summoned to the white house on friday, but after talks with trump said there was no new information that would change joe bidens victory in their state. Trying to said to be putting pressure on politicians and republican run states to ignore the popular vote and send delegates to the Electoral College who will install him as president from washington. Alan fischer reports thank you very much. The event at the white house was to talk prescription prices, but donald trump couldnt help talking about the election claiming pharmaceutical companies delete news of a vaccine to heart template eclipse. Big pharma, read millions of dollars of negative advertisements against me during the campaign. Which i won by the way, but you know, find that almost 74000