abroad. who might succeed him go americal medical s out what s next that s our title on quadriga and here to answer that question our guests today is a political analyst for spiegel online valerie s says if a conservative follows back up the possibility of a power struggle with the chancellor is much greater. and it s a pleasure to welcome more he can hammond she s an author and an editor at the berlin daily newspaper the tops and she says no matter what happens the green party stands to gain. and very glad to have back on the show he s editor in chief of hunter s blood global and he says members decision was both clever and dignified in maine let her stay on as chancellor until twenty twenty one. pumping her not ungrammatical is the longest serving leader of any western democracy after donald trump s election some of the anglo-saxon press dubbed her the leader of the free
era as sort of almost all slow to come except for obviously twenty fifteen and then see now a little more emotion a little more verb in politics. ok to ham and i m glad that valerie mentioned the point about women because i think it was astonishing to see the tributes that poured in even from political opponents. she was the most gifted politician we had in germany except folk on hot out and all and i mean i m sure she will be remembered as an astounding woman and for women it really was very liberating to have her as a chance to because fever really showed him and know how to do it and it will be very hard for any man to follow how and i don t have clue is there anyone out there who you would say that s the kind of leadership we need to follow this chancellor is there any politician you know on the german political stage where you would say yes that is someone who could follow on from her and take germany in the direction
the name of the cia operative in terms of the run-up to the war in iraq. what s interesting about that whole case, whoever leaked the name of valerie, everyone knew it was richard armitage. kept on, going down rabbit holes, pulling on strings to see what was at the other end of that. he got scooter libby and what many people believe was a perjury trap. scooter libby insists he merely forgot the exact date on which he learned about valerie s name but by that time, fitzgerald had him online to investigators for obstruction of justice. the second interesting part of this is you can see this as president trump sending a message. reading a statement that he doesn t know, mr. libby come about for years, he deserves he s been treated unfairly. they all also think michael
part of a grim nationwide trend. 56% spike in officers shot and killed, according to new data, 64 officers gunned down in the line of duty this year, 21 of those slain in ambushes. do you worry about him when he was on the job? of course, you know, as a family, we all worry about our loved ones. especially, you know, with everything that s been going on. reporter: patrick was a three-time veteran of the iraq war and the father of 3-year-old lincoln. tell me about patrick, who was he? patrick was a sweet, caring, lovable person. reporter: this year the family christmas tree pays tribute to patrick and the reality that he won t be coming home is still sinking in. to wake up and know that he s not here, that i can t call him. reporter: valerie says his memory lives on in lincoln, who knows her father was an officer. she knows her dad wore a
expected to attend the annual ball drop in manhattan. authorities say they are unaware of specific terror threats. similar security measures are taking place in cities all around the world. this year has proven to be especially grim for men and women in law enforcement, with a sizable spike in the number of police officers ambushed in the line of duty. msnbc s chief legal correspondent, ari melber, has more on the sharp rise and the personal toll it s taking on one family. reporter: it s been a brutal year for america s police officers. tonight, breaking news, dallas police ambushed. five killed, seven injured by sniper fire. when it came on the news that officers had been shot, i froze. reporter: valerie s 32-year-old son patrick was a dallas police officer on duty that horrible night in july. they just told me that he had been shot. that he didn t make it. reporter: patrick s death,