Reportedly wants to increase the u. S. Nuclear arsenal with smaller weapons why this radical break from decades of u. S. Nuclear policy we take a look ahead at the state of the Union Address. Also coming up a toxic scandal for german carmakers several heavy hitters in germanys Auto Industry face questions over reports of diesel emissions tests on humans and monkeys. Im certain its almost comical to have you with us lawmakers in spain have postponed a plan to vote for a new widget all government today that appeared set to defy madrid catalan lawmakers had signaled they would elect separatist leader carlos push tomorrow as their president now he was sacked by the Central Government in madrid following a disputed independence referendum last year. There hes now living in exile in the belgian capital and is wanted by Spanish Police so will he or wont he return thats the big question well go live to barcelona in a moment but first this report on the vote that could reignite the catalonia independence crisis. This is the man at the center of the dispute catalonia expresident colors pushed him on hes been living in exile in brussels since madrid imposed direct rule on the region after the show if catalan declaration of independence last year pushed him on has apparently acquired a taste for belgian beer but remains reluctant to speak out in public. Remember. That i dont want to make any statement i dont want to speak. The big question was whether the teach to form a leader would show up in barcelona on tuesday to be sworn in again as catalan president Spains Constitutional Court says he must be there in person for that to happen but if he does return he faces arrest on charges of rebellion sedition and misuse of public funds. When. I think somehow he will show up i think he has planned a strategy and he will manage to make it happen. In been better than but its a complicated situation which i think politicians should solve because thats what they are there for. But its a house he should go to parliament but he might not because of the Constitutional Court hes in a tough position and. The speaker of the Catalan Parliament has so far also dodged journalists questions and the formally just legal team say they have not yet decided what to do. Whether put them under a chance to barcelona or not spains deepest constitutional crisis in decades is still a long way from being resolved. Barbara vessel is tracking all the latest developments for us from barcelona hi barbara good to see you so we heard that the parliament has the late the debate on pushed a month leadership tell us whats been happening. The head of the parliament the president of the problem and so you say russia turned just a little while ago gave a rather angry sounding public announcement and he said that theyre going to postpone the vote he did not set a new date for the vote but she also reiterated that Congress Puts money was still their one and only candidate of the whole independence wing of this parliament we know that the country is really divided more or less down the middle but the independents he says have no role majority and theyre still playing on that theyre still really trying to say we won put them on here now tarrant the parliaments president has applied again to the Constitutional Court and said you must allow the men back here back to parse alona so that he can take up his post so that we can legally vote for him but the Constitutional Court of cruise has already ruled that out and its not going to change its mind so the stand off continues the standoff continues barbara and it all brings up the question where is carlos is he planning to return. That is what you see the the masses that his supporters are wearing here there is the one million euro question of course there has been a lot of play with it there were instagram photos last night put him on has shown the street leading up directly up to the cutting on comments here but on the other hand Belgian Police says according to media there that he is still in brussels or around brussels and he has never left the country so all of this is sort of like a game of hide and seek and it becomes increasingly difficult to take this seriously where are the adults in the room thats the question that even spanish media asked themselves here in the Catalan Parliament because the stand off just carries on and then watch madrid will continue to govern this region and will not sort of return the power of government to the culture nuns and people in the street many of them really in the meantime one somebody at their head who says big going to return to everyday life. That is also one of the questions people are asking is how much support does this Movement Still have there in catalonia. The support for put is strong among the hard core independent supporters but even that wing of parliament is split because we have heard already some voices saying we need to sacrifice and we just need to let go of him and put somebody else on that we can finally return to government and do things i mean this is been carrying on since october of last year and so it can go on indefinitely as so there is not really a solution to be seen and there are people who want the opposition is also strong in problem and we know this and there are people who want life to sort of carry on here to for somebody to come in and finish with the games that are being played politically in the Parliament However they have a narrower majority and theyre still trying to sort of stick to their guns. Because barbara they still for us at the Catalonian Parliament there in barcelona thank you very much. Now some other stories making news around the world kenyan opposition supporters are celebrating ahead of a staged ceremony to swear in their leader raila odinga as an alternative president odinga had boycotted a rerun of the countrys president ial vote last october calling it a sham kenyas attorney general has called the swearing in ceremony an act of treason the police have vowed to stop it. Ireland will hold a referendum in may on reforming the countrys near total ban on abortion Prime Minister says he will campaign for liberalizing abortion it is forbidden by the nations constitution opposed to just a majority are in favor of reform. Now here in germany germany the countrys true main political groups have made a major breakthrough on the path to forming a new government chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives and the center left social democrats have reached an agreement on refugee family reunions thats been a Sticking Point between the parties during the negotiations the debate on refugee family reunions was reopened following the launch of formal Coalition Talks. Lets bring in our Political Correspondent kate brady with the latest on this story hi kate what is the policy on family refugee reunions what has it been until now and why has this been such a contentious issue. Well at the moment to me theres actually a suspension for family reunions for refugees who only have subsidiary protection as Asylum Seekers in germany and this is being a really contentious issue of course you have two very different parties here when it comes to refugee policy and we have the s. P. D. Who are very much against so thats the social democrats they were very much against any kind of blanket. Kind of policies on this issue and then you also have the conservatives and when you look as well at the c s u whos the Bavarian Sister Party to merkels conservatives they take a much more conservative stance when it comes to refugee policy and so and they are very much against allowing more refugees into germany so this was always going to be quite an obstacle in these Coalition Talks so with this agreement that was reached today which side won out its quite difficult to say at the moment of course the social democrats have now ensured that this policy will be extended to refugees who only have subsidiary protection so that refugees who dont automatically receive asylum in germany but for example if they can prove that they would be in danger all its face persecution if they return to their homeland then and they get this subsidiary protection but at the same time the conservatives have managed to get this limit of just a thousand every unions of a thousand refugees being eligible to those reunions per month so really have to see what else comes out of these Coalition Negotiations before we can see whos the real winner there and what compromises have been made to reach this decision or do you know you Political CorrespondentKate Brady Akkad thank you for that update. A Syrian Peace Congress aimed at bringing the country seven year war closer to an end has begun in russia some key players in the conflict are gathered in the resort town of sochi but the event has been boycotted by the leadership of the Syrian Opposition while powers like the u. S. Britain and france are not there because of what they say is the syrian governments refusal to properly engage in syria the city of holmes was once dubbed the capital of the revolution and was the site of some of the wars heaviest fighting we have a story now of a man who were turned to the city and is calling on others like him to do the same. Returning to homes was a shock but cooler who lived in this house until twenty eleven thats when he fled the war with his family. Now hes putting all his savings into rebuilding his house. He hopes to move back in a few months time so far hes the only one in his neighborhood. We wish everyone would come back its our country this is where we were born and raised without. Homes is a city of contrast the guns have gone silent but a few areas are still covered in ash and rubble. Elsewhere a sense of normality has returned water and electricity are available schools and businesses are open the billions needed for rebuilding are lacking local authorities hope people will take some initiative. Seventy percent of the buildings in this culture destroyed no one can come back here another quote is any about a third of buildings are gone thats why people commute build their houses on their own. Many here want to start over but mistrust among citizens of homes still runs deep after seven years of conflict the wounds of war will not heal quickly but without reconciliation be building the city may not be possible. Youre watching news still to come ahead of Donald Trumps first state of the Union Address well look at why the u. S. Appears ready to break with decades of Nuclear Policy and what that means for the rest of the world. But first some news from europes Biggest Software maker has rights or maybe were talking about s a p and the company feels its future is in the clouds as a piece says it is buying california based Caliber Software for two point four billion dollars now its said to be s. A. P. s first billion dollar deal in nearly four years kalidas provides Cloud Based Software services for marketing and sales now this comes as Cloud Services proved to be the bright spot in s. A. P. s annual results which came in at the low end of Market Expectations due to falling sales in the companys licensing business. Now lets get the Market Reaction from frankford with our correspondent daniel called daniel is said to be a peace first billion dollar deal in years hows that going down with people on the Trading Floor. Well actually here on the Trading Floor investors are appreciating this for a long time and say p. Thats what was thats what im hearing was a little bit too slow to realize that the future is really in this Cloud Based Software and not anymore on the software that is installed on your computer in the last year as a p was investing already a lot of money because of that their profit margin was down went actually down to a level of just twenty eight percent now new numbers of s. A. P. s were released today announcing that the profit margin is expected to be at a level of thirty five point two percent but still investors and shareholders are not very happy with the performance of the Company Shares of s a p are down here today at the blue chip index techs and bank shares are among todays big losers tell us why. Well two reasons behind this on the one hand we are hearing their Daughter Bank might have to pay millions to the u. S. Because of possible manipulating when it comes to stock Index Futures trading on the other hand many people are criticizing the bank because it was just released in was just released their daughter by might be paying a billion of your role to their top management and also to their Investment Bankers very interesting because the Investment Banking division was one of the division that was really not performing well at the same time it was also announce that Daughter Bank will be closing even more off their local Bank Branches in the side of the country so many people in local Bank Branches are now fearing what might be happening with their job then its open frankfurt thank you. Now if youve ever thought that coffee and soda didnt go together in a big german owned Investment Group a begs to differ job Holdings Says it is buying fizzy drinks maker dr pepper snapple at merging it with its purity Coffee Division the soft drinks maker has long been a distant third behind cocacola and pepsi on the u. S. Market but jap says theres plenty of potential with its iconic drink brands keurig dominates the u. S. Market for coffee pods the new company should have around eleven billion dollars in annual sales shares of Dr Pepper Snapple Group soared twenty five percent on the news bad news for tech giant apple its signature product i phone ten apparently isnt selling as well as expected thats according to a report by a japanese five japanese financial paper it says the u. S. Tech giant is having production for the phone this quarter the article says the phones hefty price tag is to blame the devices cost upwards of eighty thousand dollars a result of their costly olet panels and so the lackluster sales could delay the companys plans to introduce all its screens to other models the reduction in production will likely also have a knock on effect on asian Tech Companies involved in apple supply chain. Fox wagon will not conduct any more tests involving animals the company says the announcement comes after reports that german carmakers finance tests and bridge monkeys as well as humans were exposed to toxic diesel fumes false flag and says it is launching an investigation and its chief executives call the tests unethical and repulsive. Here at the University Clinic in africa in twenty thirteen and fourteen a group of twenty five Healthy People were made to inhale nitrogen dioxide in varying concentrations over periods of hours several times a week the Car Manufacturers wanted to use the tests to determine exactly how dangerous nitrogen dioxide was to humans the tests were commissioned by the European Research organization for environment and health and financed by german carmakers v. W. B. M. W. And german parts supplier bosch the study was supposed to be conducted under the cover that there were to be no negative effects on the human subjects but the methods which have now been revealed have let loose a wave of indignation. And its absolutely understandable that people are outraged that tests on monkeys and even on human beings cannot be justified. That amounts to nothing more than hot air according to environmental organizations they say the German Government has been in bed with the automotive lobby for years. Mrs merkel is really the first card chancellor and she even fights in brussels to make sure that Emissions Regulations are less strict and if possible not controls which control yet and it seems there were no controls at volkswagen either the Supervisory Board says it knew nothing about the studies and is now threatening consequences. Because im to complex this complex is reprehensible ethically morally and in that same so i think the w. Will have to hold the employees who are responsible for this accountable so they can shift. These revelations will deliver another blow to the german car industrys image. And expect us to me now with what we can expect in a big speech from u. S. President from tonight thats right christopher later