And fury goes on sale people lining up to get their hands on the book the president didnt want them to read trump blasts at the unflattering behind the scenes portrait of his of his administration the chief executive of intel is in the hot seat why did he sell millions of dollars worth of intel stock before security flaws in his companys chips became public. Plus the german journalist jailed in turkey writes to torture about this huge show accuses ancora of holding him hostage just as the Turkish Foreign minister calls for a quote new beginning in the rocky relationship with germany and a deep freeze the east coast of the United States is in the grip of a massive winter storm fresh snow sends the mercury plummeting to record lows. Its a pleasure to have you with us germany is still waiting for a new government more than three months after all actions and according to a new poll that weight is awaiting on the public mood a new survey by pollsters in protest team up makes grim reading for chancellor Angela Merkel it shows that only forty five percent of germans want a repeat of her coalition with the social democrats this just as the two sides prepare for talks im going to america desperately needs to deliver more than one hundred days after the federal elections she still has no government the last Coalition Talks fell apart and new polls showed germans have no stomach for her next proposed solution another grand coalition. Only five percent view a new grand coalition as very good and forty percent as good thirty four percent view a grand coalition as less good and eighteen percent view it as bad. Further entangling marcos predicament her popularity has slipped in the meantime. And the longer Coalition Talks take the worse it gets only fifty three percent support uncle americal staying in office in october it was sixty one percent forty five percent are against her staying in office. Germans have the following attitudes about America America stands for political stability seventy percent agree best days as chancellor are over sixty seven percent agree and merkels c. D. U. Neglects concerns over refugees according to fifty nine percent. Of the German Governments most important task by far is still the refugee issue even though its less politically charged than it was a year ago. When asked if families of war refugees should be allowed to join them here in germany forty one percent said yes forty eight percent said no. And if new elections were held this sunday germans would not vote much differently than a month ago the c. D. U. C. S. U. Would receive thirty three percent of the vote the s. P. D. Twenty one percent the f. T. Would get thirteen percent of the vote and the f. D. P. Nine percent the left party would also get nine percent and the green party eleven percent subtle variations only with the conservatives and the left party well these survey results will no doubt be of interest to the members a chance americal sister party the c. S. U. All they are currently gathering in bavaria for their annual winter meeting well along those joining the conservative politician is a guest of honor a controversial leader viktor orban you see him here in a pink tie. He said to deliver a speech to delegates from mr obama is a long standing and very vocal critic of uncle americas refugee policy calling into once a trojan horse of terrorism. All right so no love lost there lets bring in our correspondent there who is covering the c. S. U. Party meeting it kind of seems like an affront to the chancellor to invite vote viktor orban at all was this the right time in the right place to do this. Well this is you says it absolutely is and it also insists that its not a provocation towards berlin in particular towards angle america having said that it looks like one and i guess it doesnt matter how long you repeat that it isnt it just simply looks like one. Really what the c. S. U. Wants to say is that there is a need to continue dialogue with viktor orban of course they see much more eye to eye with him than they do with those who actually went along with course. Migration policies so clearly theres a lot of stuff political at the political level that the sees you also want to talk about it well this doesnt really bode well because you said that they now want to rally behind the german chancellor that they were actually want to see this coalition this continuation of the socalled grand coalition with the social democrats continue one also has to bear in mind that there are two other factors here there was actually a real power struggle within this use you itself has a very long history of fighting bitter battles as it did with the german chancellor over migration policy to then suddenly close ranks and say its no problem anymore thats exactly what theyre doing right now as they head into the Coalition Talks and also they of course have their eyes here in bavaria on those Regional Elections coming up and also so this you simply cannot afford to be too soft at this very Crucial Point in time where a lot of their population we saw those polls that you cited there also on migration nationwide but clearly there is a deep feeling here that germany needs to be tougher that varian needs to be tougher on that very issue of migration and thats the exact rhetoric were getting out of here and briefly if you can make a lot are the c. S. U. Thinking ahead about a post merkel future and what their position in germany could be. Well of course nobody will be drawn on that very question here right now but this certainly isnt respects how unscathed she got through what essentially was an election defeat its politics of course everybody is always thinking what could fall off the magical but for now this moment in time and theres intervals are getting soltan source its still unthinkable until we know what comes out this Coalition Talks mechanic of our reporting from the c. S. U. Meeting thank you all right lets talk more about the findings of this survey and we can do that with reinhard to slink or to is the head of the in for a test of the Research Institute which conducted this survey i thank you so much for coming on the show before we get into the findings in greater detail can you explain your methodology how did you go about gauging peoples feelings about a possible grand coalition. The method is very clearly we did telephone interviews of one and a half thousand people in germany and asked them what they would prefer the very moment because grand Coalition Elections are right now how does your survey explain why the grand coalition is no longer in favor. Well i mean i dont know if you have shown it already but if you look at the at the at the evaluation of the politicians here in germany within the last month you see that theres a rather clear drop in the the the standing for mr schultz and even from his knowledge so the s. P. D. Has a big problem in persuading the german population that a grand coalition is a good thing and thats why a majority at the moment says no if we dont get a Big Coalition we better have new elections all right now going by your findings if these talks were to collapse and there were new elections how different with the outcome be going by your survey. Well the moment its the beginning of january people have been on holy days people hate christians who are still on holidays they dont think of new elections maybe in september but if there would be elections as we have seen there will not be big change but at the moment its just foreseeing its not real data we have on the question whats happened in the new election it looks as if it could be rather the outcome of the of the old of the old election in september but on the other hand what weve seen here in germany if were having problems economically or politically or in europe of these refugees its always a tendency to vote for the Stronger Party the tendency to to make america stronger again so it could be as well that the c. D. O. Would gain the s. P. D. Could loose but you know they slike fortune telling at the moment are right right hartsuyker it ahead of the infra test team up Research Institute which conducted this survey thank you. Pleasure. All right i will be taking a look at whats ahead for european politics in the year two thousand and eighteen including germanys role and thats coming up a little later in the show but for now i want to tell you about some of the other stories making news around the world. North and south korea have agreed to hold their first formal talks in more than two years the discussions that for tuesday will pave the way for north korean athletes to attend the upcoming Winter Olympics in south korea. And egypt a sightseeing hot air balloon carrying Foreign Tourists has crashed in the Southern City of looks or at least one person has died and seven other people are injured Officials Say strong winds forced the balloon off its course above the citys temples and to. Scientists in australia say a major outbreak of a coral eating starfish has been damaging the countrys Great Barrier reef researchers discovered the predator crown of thorns starfish in plague proportions at the recession edge last month the government has begun calling the spiky marine animals. A new tell all book that exposes the growing pains of doll transfers and as he is being released today all this despite efforts by trumps lawyer to block the book going on sale in the first place the president has ripped into the work of its author Michael Wolff after extracts from his work for trade a white house steeped in intrigue and betrayal. In Washington People started lining up at midnight to grab a copy excerpts from fire and fury have caused such a stir that the publisher moved its release date forward the book portrays the u. S. President as inept and unprepared and history in the white house into a frenzy some of the harshest commentry comes from steve bannon a right wing firebrand and Donald Trumps former strategy chief bannon has attacked an old trump junior for a twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians. In the book bannon is quoted as saying even if he thought that this was not treasonous theyll run patriotic called back and i happen to think its all of that you should have called the f. B. I. Immediately to which the president responded steve benen has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. Its a spectacular fall out between the two former allies bannan is the driving force behind trumps nationalist agenda which helped him win the oval office. Their corporate despite the outrage of his quotes that im called the president a great man on his radio show in the present state is a great man you know i supporting day in a day out but the betrayal has enraged trump the man and betrayed him mr president you know anywhere he had Steve Carroll right from a great man last night you know you obviously changes to pretty quick thank you all very much. Thank you i dont i dont i dont talk to the white house is trying to cost down on the books accuracy again this book is mistake after mistake after mistake the publishers reacted by bringing forward the books release date despite cease and desist threats from trumps lawyers. The people of the border are a lot a lot of people is safe to say will be lining up today to get their hands on this explosive book and here to discuss the possible fallout is boris foreman the professor of Political Science at bard college right here in berlin thank you for spending time with us so much for seize and desist yeah i mean. The debate is ongoing its a deep rift between the ultra right faction in. The Republican Party and the establishment something weve seen before but its certainly a clash trump hasnt been able to stop michael from publishing the book right now lets talk about steve bannon because were going to talk about this apparent schism that is being at put out there in the public some of his backers have since said that there are they dont want to support him anymore do you see that being a fall a fall out as a consequence of what he said what he told Michael Wolff sure some of the some of the supporters of said bennett is a strategic thinker but this is going to for some of the things he said to Michael Wolff apparently. Have been so outrageous for some of the supporters of bannons that they have now pulled out most notably the Mercer Family that has backed him before so it seems that his cool. His Power Coalition is also crumbling what does it say about his influence because he has been able as a firebrand direct President Trump or at least limit what President Trump does or doesnt do do you see that diminishing at all thats a group thats i think the most important point because steve benen is one thing his influence on the on the president has been very important in the beginning of the first year of the administration but whats important now is that he represents a movement within the Republican Party he has picked up some of the momentum of the tea party he was able to mobilize it for the election and trump depends on it for reelection or for the Congressional Elections which are just up and i think its going to have some impact right now lets talk about the books author Michael Wolff extraordinary access that fire on the fly on the wall accounts it is extraordinary how do you gain that type of access well he had he had ties to ben and at the time and to trump you met him once he was working in washington d. C. Had very close access to some of these political staff in the inner circle and its its a rare account because we know from trump that depends on a very loyal circle loyal in the inner circle its hard to get in there this is why. The book by wolf is such a spectacle you know the infighting and it has been portrayed how does it match some of the accounts that have come out what weve seen is a lot of chaos some people have said trumps governing strategy is management by chaos thats one thing but what weve also seen from the start is a very strong tension between what is the ultra right india ministration or the representation of the ultra right and the establishment and thats a tension that was represented in brains priebus and steve benen who were supposed to be divided and conquered that was part of the strategy by trump both are no no longer part of the white house and i think were seeing the consequences of this now right well thank you so much course foreman professor of Political Science at bard college right here in berlin thank you spend time with us thank you. All right youre watching the news i saw a lot more to tell you about heres whats ahead deep freeze the east coast of the United States is in their grip of record low temperatures will find out how even sunny florida is feeling the icy blast. Right ben just when you thought you going to go get some sun and sunbathe dont go be a bad move for tourists i think what some of those states need is a bit of trumps fire and fury maybe oh oh boy oh boy oh boy because talking about President Trump a lot of cheers and tears because hes going to start drilling again this is a crazy story according to environmentalist that there will be some companies rubbing their hands with glee cheers and tears as they the points out Energy Independence of course being a lovely thing when it comes to country but dont trumps government wants to open almost all of the u. S. Coastline to off shore drilling while Energy Companies are cheering several coastal states vow to do what ever it takes to stop that from happening. The five year plan calls for forty seven new offshore leases opening waters that have been off limits for decades including areas off the california and florida coasts is a move that the u. S. Interior Department Says is in the nations interest but it is a clear difference between interview we. And the president were going to have the strongest Energy Policy and become that strong are we certainly. Knew that the proposal follows last weeks announcement of plans to roll back or even repeal safety regulations adopted under the Obama Administration environmental groups have vowed to oppose the move and theyre organizing protests offshore drilling is is inherently dirty its an awful lot of work there will be an oil spill such as was the case off the coast of Santa Barbara in two thousand and fifteen where are hundred thousand gallons of oil spilled into the ocean killing fish Marine Mammals and other wildlife. And you can go as far back as two thousand and ten to the b. P. Departed horizon spill which spilled millions of barrels into the gulf of mexico the plan has already drawn heavy criticism from several coastal states among them the carolinas and california also in florida where memories of the deepwater horizon spill remain fresh the two thousand and ten oil platform explosion claimed the lives of eleven oil workers and devastated the gulf coast. Energy analyst that is with us claudio good to see you again are you just excited about the move as the American Energy industry is. Well the u. S. Wants t