In hiding talks exclusively to 3 young protestors define hong kongs rulers and demanding real democracy. Be talian coast guard rescues dozens of migrants from the mediterranean i will support her as more from the island of lampedusa where tensions are high after a charity ship forced its way into the port last week. And shes the president elect of the European Commission but what you germans think of their defense minister was a lot funded by getting europes top job will have the surprising results of a new service. Im sumi so much thank you for joining us u. S. President donald trump has led 4th of july celebrations in washington d. C. The holiday marks americas independence from british role. And is usually focused on National Unity trump sidestepped tradition though with what he called the show of a lifetime a speech to donors by military vehicles even by his standards it was an eye catching spectacle but did the event live up to the hype take a look. Although it rained on his parade President Donald Trump had promised quite a show. Including a beefed up military showing he had dubbed it a salute to america critics didnt like tanks being part of a National Holiday celebration and many had wondered whether he would use a speech to the nation to campaign for reelection next year but he stuck to a nonpartizan script as we gather this evening in the joy of freedom we remember that all share a truly extraordinary heritage together we are part of one of the greatest stories ever told the story of america there were concerted efforts to speak to the nation as a whole but most the trump speech praised americas historic achievements focusing on the past our nations creativity ingenious lit up the lights of broadway and the sound stages of hollywood it filled the concert halls an air waves around the world with the sound of jazz opera country rock n roll and rhythm and blues it gave birth to the musical the Motion Picture the western the world series the super bowl the skyscraper the suspension bridge the Assembly Line and the Mighty American automobile the show of a lifetime got some good reviews. I work for the military some of those airplanes that flew over ive actually worked on. Its a celebration of freedom i thought it was very Good American focused patriotic speech avoided partisanship which was very welcome but some nonplussed. Just wondering like this is not a political day per se its just an american day and a little concerned at all to political economy whatever history lessons that we all grew up in new like i like beating a dead horse so to speak about the future where were going from. Here is where we work we know where we work this i want to work go in for a man who deferred his way out of the vietnam draft his version of the 4th of july was almost all about the mike that the u. S. Military past and present. Did have used hell in the humphrey was there and sent us her impressions of Donald Trumps controversial parade. The president promised a show of a lifetime and it was an all out hollywood style production with cameras on the president as he left the white house brewed costs on huge screens here to a found castro music no expense was spared now ahead of the address there had been concern that the president might veer off script and turn a patriotic event into a political one on what is traditionally a day of unity but the precise nature of the military flyer this meant that the president simply couldnt divert too much from the program with a fly over showcasing the countrys latest military post just days on the president s voice rising up over the noise of the jets now there might not have been explicit references to the us this current adverse sarees but the message was with the president saying on nation is stronger than it has ever been before it is at its strongest now a message with one eye on a 2020 Reelection Campaign and to know their own global tensions including those currently rushing off with iran under president clearly costing himself as commander in chief. Our lets get more on that now with a tyson barkers a Program Director and fellow at the Aspen Institute and jeremy tyson good morning lets pick up on those global tensions and the message that the president was perhaps trying to send with that what do you think that message was being sent to the world there especially with these tensions with iran well i actually think this was much more domestically focused you know as was hinted at this did have some overtones of you know how is he going to frame the narrative going into 2020 which is the u. S. Has never been stronger than it is right now its kind of the opposite of what reagan said in 1800 you know are you better off now than you were 4 years ago what trump is saying is the u. S. Has never been better so thats if there is a political message from the speech that was it but the truth is is that as was mentioned for President Trump he was quite disciplined and actually this was quite a unifying speed. And some ways yes it had a lot of it was very military oriented but at the same time it focused on america all americans and the achievements of all americans you mentioned many people many of vents many milestones that the u. S. Is accomplished both republicans and democrats and that is seen as somewhat refreshing and out of step for the president who usually uses this kind of things for Campaign Style messaging what do you what do you take away from what we saw yesterday in terms of what to look for in the Campaign Leading up to next year 2020 the president ial election well i mean you know its just continuing that that upward slope so hes got this long litany of achievements that the u. S. Has had over the past 200 years and as mentioned u. S. Has never been better thats going to be his message going into into 2020 lets continue this upward slope and you know he put one marker out there he said lets get to mars that was the one kind of policy goal that he said but as was mentioned a lot of people who have criticized for critique the speech have said you know it was too focused on the past where is the future oriented elements to celebrating the United States where is it going from here that was somewhat missing from this age use of this this was a domestic message and it was perhaps surprising to hear this call for unity from this president did you buy it from someone whos been so politically divisive as as mentioned its its quite out of character for the president but i think for for the American People who are a little bit they have a lot of fatigue from the polarization that has been kind of plaguing the United States from before trump but its definitely kind of the the tone the tenor of of politics of society right now in the United States it was seen as refreshing the idea that people could take this day the 4th of july this american holiday the National Holiday and use it to talk about community rather than to talk about politics and yet a lot of the criticism of the celebrations yesterday centered around the fact that some saw the president as using. This event the celebrations to politicize Independence Day to militarize it how do you see that well i mean that critique is valid and you know he came in to a pretty heavy critique from current and former officers in the u. S. Military who said you know the greatness of our military is that it has civilian leadership the greatness of of the United States democracy is that is led by its values and not this this institution the military which is powerful but its not what we we want to emphasize in our society that is a valid critique and that is a big departure from from the past all right tyson barker Program Director and fellow at the Aspen Institute germany thank you for sharing your insights with us this morning thank you to hong kong now where the territories chief executive kerry lam is requesting a meeting with the citys University Students thats in a bid to ease a month long political crisis after weeks of mass demonstrations against a proposed extradition bill led has caused efforts to pass that bill into law but protesters want the bill withdrawn completely on monday they stormed hong kongs Parliament Building a met 3 of those involved in the incident. Stephanie boris and can not their real names were protesting outside the Legislative Council on monday when suddenly a group of young people started to attack the parliament trying to break the glass from. The time i was still struggling over whether i should leave or i should support them. But by the time the last group and the 1st protesters entered the building she had made up her mind i thought that i needed to support what they wanted to do it may be wrong all right but they are still hong kong people. Most of the protesters were very young 18 year old boras also had his doubts but decided to join in. The protesters entered the building spraying graffiti calling for universal suffrage prodemocracy activists have been fighting for this team on for decades to no avail. My parents asked me if i really had to join the protests they said they had already enough out there but i said no one will stand up if everyone thinks that way. Meanwhile the city is trying to clear the remnants of the soldiers. Damage to the legislature is estimated at 1000000 euros the government has vowed to prosecute those who participated several arrests have already been made. If i told you that im not afraid i would be lying we may be talking about 10 years in jail but from that day until now i dont regret that i went in i just feel that i did what i needed today many moderate protesters feel that this might not have helped their cause but criticism has been limited as they say they understand the anger that surfaced. When we entered we had already lost but we felt there was nothing else we could do any more peaceful rallies have achieved nothing. The 3 are currently in hiding as the police are stepping up their efforts to identify those involved in storming the parliament. Lets catch up on some other stories making news around the world sudans ruling generals and protest leaders have reached a power sharing agreement according to the African Union mediators under the deal the half civilian half military council will rule the country for the next 3 years sudan is seen ongoing protests since longtime president omar bashir was ousted in april. A powerful earthquake has struck Southern CaliforniaOfficials Say the 6. 4 magnitude tremor hit near the town of ridgecrest but could be felt in los angeles some 200 kilometers away its the biggest quake to hit Southern California since 1909 and you were poured by the United Nations says nearly 7000 people were killed by Security Forces in venezuela in the past 18 months it warns that many of these killings likely constituted extrajudicial executions the report is based on figures provided by the venezuelan government. Now they tell you coast guard has rescued more than 50 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of lampedusa and brought them ashore was there as the vessel docked and here we see the migrants disembarking from the coast guard late thursday meanwhile another group of migrants remains on board an engine vessel that is still awaiting permission to dock. Last weekend and rescue ship sea watch 3 forcibly docked at lampedusa after being denied entry for 2 weeks our reporter i mean travel to the italian island for us the small italian island of lampedusa is once again at the center of europes immigration troubles just behind me a boat and Italian Coast Guard vessel brought several dozen migrants to shore after which they were taken away quickly to the Immigration Center here on the island that came just moments after an italian n. G. O. S meditate on a announced that they had rescued 54. 00 migrants off the coast of libya that drew the ire of a thai and deputy Prime Minister and anti immigration hardliner by teo salvini she responded saying that that vessel should turn around and go back to libya the difference here is that n. G. O. S like to meditate on often pick up migrants off the coast of libya where many deaths occur and they bring them to the closest safe port which for them is the lampedusa the small italian island italys deputy Prime Minister and italys right wing government disagree they say that those migrants should stay where they came from and that is north africa. Iran has condemned the seizure of one of its oil tankers off the british territory of gibraltar in Southern Spain on thursday morning British Royal marines boarded the tanker which is suspected to be carrying a radiant crude its believed the oil was on its way to syria in violation of European Union sanctions u. S. National security advisor john bolton tweeted that was excellent news the Spanish Government says the u. S. Requested the seizure. To grace one has been at anchor and under god since the Early Morning british authorities stopped the ship as it passed through spanish territorial waters at gibraltar at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula they say the oil was bound for syria in breach of e. U. Sanctions against the war torn country authorities also say the ship load of the oil in iraq putting the vessel in breach of u. S. Sanctions against tehran. That i want to. See real was patrolling the zone but were studying the circumstances in which this is taken place there was a request made by the United States to the United Kingdom and we are looking into how this affects our sovereignty in the sense that it took place in waters which we understand are under spains sovereignty as our last question but only had been the most scary is that. The ship is registered under penalty flag and belongs to a singapore based Company Gibraltar says the vessel and its cargo have been confiscated. Youre watching news still to come the end of an era better informed by a munich star. Retires at the age of 35. 00. But 1st the decision to nominate germanys defense minister to be president of the European Commission came as a big surprise to many a new survey by german pollster and for test shows that people in germany are skeptical about for suitability for the top job 33 percent of germans think she is the right person and she would do a good job as Commission President but 56 percent the majority say she would not be a Good Commission chief. And our Political Correspondent thomas ferro is with us hi thomas why such skepticism over the last one in line for the e. U. Commission chief well one thing that happened that we have to say right from the side is this is only german people talking about it was enough on the line it will be interesting to see what other european citizens think about when we look at german and what german citizens think about all that i and many think about the state of the German Armed Forces the fact that they are described as understaffed as overly bureaucratic full of problems the readiness and the capability have been under question and the lion as the head of that ministry has obviously played a big role some say that thats a very difficult role to fill and that given the circumstances she has done a good job but at the same time others have criticised for not doing enough shes also facing questions over spending irregularities and all that simply comes through to show how difficult a job it is being forwarded on the line and why many germans are skeptical about the line being nominated for this top job we should say that some of those problems remain this problems were inherited but she does take a lot of criticism for them do you think that this top job in the e. U. Would allow her to escape some of that criticism or would she just take them with her to brussels well if you look at the legacy if you will there are some political korea people will certainly look at what she did or didnt do as head of the ministry of defense just as people look what she did or didnt do as of the ministry of labor before that or the family minister she was also a minister before shes the only minister that has been with Angela Merkel since im going to merkel became chancellor in 2005 so that just also explains how experienced she is at least here in germany she will obviously be able to escape if you will some of those problems if she moves to brussels if she is confirmed by the European Parliament but at the same time it is something that she wont be able to escape totally people will still remember the role. But she has played as minister of defense during all weve also been looking at who german voters think should be a dyslectic in the e. U. Commission chief lets take a look at that during the european el