♪ phil: i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. later today, u.s. president donald trump will deliver his first state of the union address, laying out his government's agenda for the year. so let's have a look at two of the key issues he is likely to address. on trade, it is america first. during his speech at the world economic forum in davos, mr. trump repeated his election campaign pledge that the american economy was his top priority and that the country is open for business. >> but america first does not mean america alone. when the united states grows, so does the world. phil: immigration and the future of the so-called dreamers will be the other key issue. the president has suggested he is open to protecting the 700,000 children of undocumented migrants who live in the u.s. illegally. in return, he wants the senate to approve billions of dollars in border security funding. so let's get more from our washington correspondent, alexandra von nahmen. welcome. so, let's talk about the president's speech. what can we expect today? alexandra: well, it is a big moment for president trump, who has had a very tumultuous january that included the government shutdown, a tell-all book, and a bombshell report that he had thoughts to fire special counsel robert mueller. so it is a huge opportunity for president trump now to lay out his political agenda, to tout his achievements, and to make a case for his ambitious infrastructure plan or his ambitious immigration plan. and according to a senior white house official who briefed us on the speech, it is going to be a very optimistic speech. its main theme is building a strong, safe, and proud america. and this official told us that the president will be trying to convince his audience that all americans are benefiting under his presidency, that all americans of all backgrounds, of all incomes, are being lifted up by his policies. however, it is going to be a tough sell with many americans when we look at trump's approval rating, which is at a record low right now. and many people oppose his divisive and controversial remarks in the past. that's the reason for many democrats to boycott the state of the union address. phil: right. that's a point i wanted to pick up, because this, traditionally, is a considered vision for a political agenda rather than the barnstorming partisan events he's used to addressing. how will he cope? alexandra: well, if he is going to stick to the script, as he did last year, he's going to be fine. last year his address to congress -- which was technically not a state of the union address -- was praised, even by many democrats, as a very presidential speech. so if we are going to see a teleprompter donald trump, he might be fine. phil: alexandra von nahmen in washington for now, thank you. now let's pick up that point about which donald trump we're going to see tonight, with political scientist nikolas kessels, who also specializes in u.s. economics. welcome to dw. which trump are you expecting to see today? autocue trump that sticks to the script, or tweeting trump, who goes off scrip nikolas: predicting trump behavior is notoriously difficult, but i expect him to be more on script, more on cue outlining his agenda, because there is much at stake here for this president. because his poll numbers are not great. the u.s. economy, for the most part, is doing very well because the world economy is doing well. what he said before in davos, if the u.s. is doing well, the world is doing well. it is true in the opposite degree. the world is actually pulling everyone up, europe as well. in that regard, if he wants to push a very ambitious agenda, he has to come up with a good strategy that is somehow bipartisan. this will require a lot of this man, who likes to act impulsively. phil: if he is looking for bipartisan support, what does he have to offer? nikolas: well, the dreamers -- protecting dreamers and the economic benefit and profit that comes with them. the vast potential these migrants bring to the united states will not be bought with funding for the border wall. because with the tax plan of 2017, which was not financed, and cut a vast hole into public finances, there's no way the border wall project will be funded entirely. so there will be some sort of compromise. that could be actually the infrastructure plan. public funding for infrastructure, digitalization, roads, buildings -- that could be something democrats agree on. phil: ok. there are rumors as well that he will make eye-opening remarks about north korea. what do you hear? nikolas: that's actually the point where everyone is a little bit disconcerted, seeing how this president can be very impulsive in his rhetoric. it remains to be seen. i think what's most likely is that he lays out some rather heavy rhetoric on the north korean case to make him seem stronger, without an actual military strategy behind it, because there is no solution to the north korean question without china, and china right now is not all too pleased. phil: ok. so, you are going to be with us later during the lead-up to president trump's speech, which we will be broadcasting live. nikolas kessels, thank you so much. and now let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. observers say air raids in syria have claimed the lives of at least eight people. this footage is set to show the aftermath of the strikes. the ongoing violence has prompted serious opposition to him -- to boycott peace talks underway in the russian resort of sochi. austria's new chancellor has welcomed the hungarian prime minister to vienna. he backed hungry in other countries who opposed eu migration quotas in one increased border security. the chancellor's conservatives are governing a right wing far-right party. hundreds of catalan protesters have rallied in barcelona to show support for separatist leader carles puigdemont. this, after they postponed it is city to reelect the region's president. mr. puigdemont faces arrest -- and is currently in self-imposed exile in brussels. kenya's government has outlawed right level zynga -- mr. odinga has disputed the country's presidential results since last august. the supreme court ordered a rerun in october, which he boycotted, describing it as a sham. after the ceremony, he updated his twitter profile to describe himself as president of the republic of kenya. and a tweet showing him at the mock inauguration described himself as graciously accepting the mandate granted to us by the kenyan people. reporter: thousands assembled in the kenyan capital to support opposition leader raila odinga. supporters have been gathering in the park since early this morning. >> it is an important day for us. i have come on time. i don't want to miss out. so we are with the people. this is the word of the people. >> we are citizens of this country. we are allowed to peacefully assemble here and elect our president. reporter: the police initially used tear gas to disperse the crowd. raila odinga wanted to use this occasion to denounce a regime he says was brought about by election rigging. at noon, he re office in a mock inauguration and pronounced himself the people's president. today is a historical day in our country of kenya, he said. kenyans have decided to remove themselves from a dictatorship. shortly after his speech, odinga disappeared. kenya's attorney general has threatened to charge him with treason, which could lead to capital punishment. the government has denounced the opposition as a quote, organized criminal group. despite international recognition of president uhuru kenyatta's reelection amid low voter turnout, he had three private broadcasters shut down to prevent a live transmission of odinga's ceremony. >> every kenyan has a right to information. the good thing is that we have social media which we are now using. that is a very big tool to get information nowadays. because mainstream media has been compromised. reporter: the situation remained calm despite the tn in the kenyan capital. over the past few months, more than 90 kenyans have been killed in election-related disputes. phil: let's get more from dw correspondent kathryn omwandho, who joins us from nairobi. the government has declared kenyans opposition movement a criminal organization. what effect will this have? kathryn: well, that has a great effect in the sense that the national resistance movement is an arm of the super alliance of -- so there are permanent politicians in there who have declared they are members of this national resistance movement. so we could see arrests of these prominent politicians. then also it is very hard to determine who among the people of kenya who are not politicians and just supporters, who is a member of the national resistance movement. so now we could see the government going into surveillance, we could see the government victimizing anyone who is critical of the government, given the situation right now. if you see the crowds that came to the park compared to the crowds that attended the actual another edition of president uhuru kenyatta, it seems that raila odinga does pose a big threat, and the national resistance movement does. what now to differentiate who is a member of the national resistance movement and who is not is going to be hard to tell. now that the government has put a ban on the media and shut down, there are fears that this could be part of a plan to also start surveilling journalists and also try and follow and see what they are saying if they are critical of the government. it is up in the air in the sense that no one knows what this blanket statement actually means at this point. phil: why did so many thousands turn up to watch this mock inauguration? kathryn: well, for them, they feel that raila odinga is the rightful president. last week, they released results that said or suggested that raila odinga got 8 million votes in august during the august 8 election, and that president uhuru kenyatta got 7 million votes, so he won the vote by one million. according to the supporters, they feel that raila odinga is the rightful president and they feel that if he is put as the people's president, they are represented in the government, or represented in some form. phil: why do this now? the rerun election was last october, this happened in january. why? kathryn: well, for him and for his supporters, they feel that the election did not take place. in october, we had the majority of the counties and constituencies -- only below 20% voter turnout. not many people came out to vote when there was a boycott. so for many people, the election didn't really take place. we also saw the intimidation of the supreme court at the time, and them actually saying president uhuru kenyatta was validly elected. to a majority -- to half of kenyans, the election did not take place and the process is not yet over. phil: kathryn omwandho in nairobi, thank you. germany's two main political parties have made a major breakthrough in efforts to form a new coalition government. chancellor merkel's conservatives and the center-left social democrats say they have reached an agreement on the refugee family reunions. refugees already in germany will be allowed to bring their families to join them. but there will be a limit on the number they will have to be allowed to do so. dw's charlotte potts is at a headquarters where talks have been taking place. welcome. both parties describing this as a win, but it does have its critics. charlotte: yes, for sure. lots of criticism today, and i would rather call it progress than a breakthrough. we have to remember that this topic of family reunification has been heatedly discussed since the so-called refugee crisis in 2015. and the number of refugees actually affected is around 150,000 -- a rather small number if you think about the more than 800,000 people that came at the height of the refugee crisis. but it is a matter of integration, a matter of migration that has been attached to this question. it has been heatedly discussed and finally the two parties -- could present an agreement today and both parties claiming victory. the social democrats are saying, look, we have 1000 people a month being able to join with their family members in germany starting this august. that is a major breakthrough. and also in cases of hardship, refugees can still come to germany. family members can still come to germany. then we have the conservatives on the other side, who are saying now we have limited once and for all the family reunifications for those refugees, mostly from those affected by the civil war in syria. and the critics are saying the losers of this whole discussion, while both parties are claiming victory, the losers are those refugees affected, those who had been hoping to reunite with their families. and especially human rights organizations, and also the opposition in parliament. the left party saying this is a humanitarian catastrophe, this decision that both parties have taken. and a matter of, really, cynicism, claiming this is a victory. phil: just to settle my own mind, they are going to limit the numbers. did they actually put a figure on it? charlotte: yes, they did put a figure on it. it is 1000 a month. family members that can reunite with their family members that are already here in germany in a month. so 12,000 a year. phil: so if you are 1001, that will be an interesting discussion that takes place. charlotte potts for now, thank you. in the united states, the future of health care reform remains unclear. in the meantime, corporate giants are stepping into the breach. what is going on? helena: essentially we are talking about the biggest push to reform from health care, and it's coming from companies. when we talk about affordable and quality health care. the online retailer amazon, warren buffett's berkshire hathaway and j.p. morgan chase are teaming up to offer u.s. employees quality health care, they say, at a reasonable cost. the three ceo's said the new company would be independent and free from profit-making incentives. the initial focus being on technology that provides simplified, high-quality, and transparent care, they said. shares in health care companies took a big hit on the new york stock exchange, hinting that the threat the new entity poses to existing health care structures in the u.s. our financial correspondent jens korte is in new york for us tracking that story. jens, with the future of the u.s. health-care reform unclear, is this a case of businesses seizing on an opportunity, or is it that they sense that something is lacking? jens: well, probably both, but it is a very interesting story. first of all, the american health care system is probably the most expensive in the world. americans are spending roughly $3.5 billion per year on health, roughly 20% of total gdp. if you look at the history of health care in the united states, the health-care system is much more privatized here than it is in europe. it started basically after world war ii, they were a lack of workers. and to attract workers companies started to offer pension plans, but also corporate health care plans. and right now we are in a similar situation because we almost have full employment. that could be an incentive for talent, for good skilled workers to join those corporations. helena: right, but what does this then mean for the broader health care industry? jens: there is a lot of pressure building up for the health care industry. there are plans that hospitals, for example, are thinking about manufacturing some of the medications themselves. we have amazon, who is thinking about going into the drugstore business. and now we have this development with those three companies that are trying to offer cheaper health care, or some form of health insurance. we don't have all the details yet to their workers. that means a lot of pharmaceutical companies, for health insurers, and also for drugstores. therefore, you see heavy pressure on those stocks, as you mentioned earlier. helena: stay with us, jens, because i want to get your thoughts on another big story playing out on the markets right now. u.s. stocks trading sharply lower at this hour, falling for a second day, which means they are now at the lowest level in two months. the dow jones industrial losing 327 points in a frenzied selloff, its biggest single day loss since may of last year. the pressure on the global bond market is one factor behind that slide. health insurers in drugmakers also contribute on the back that those three companies are launching the new health care venture. plus, there is that decline in energy shares that we are seeing as well at the moment amid ongoing evidence of rising u.s. crude output. straight back over to jens on wall street. jens, what is it out of all those factors that has got investors the most fretful right now? jens: well, i mean, the market has been on a run for quite some time. it is richly prized. investors were waiting for some time for some trigger to sell shares, to have some form of corrections, so that might actually be it. it is the second consecutive day we do see pressure on the market. as of right now blue chips in those days are down about 550 points. it probably really started with the bond market. yields are approaching, or getting towards 3%, rates are increasing, meaning that there is an alternative now to stocks. and what we also should not forget is that a lot of the growth we saw on a corporate level, on a private level, and on a federal level was fraught with debt. -- bought with debt. with rates increasing, debt becomes more expensive. it is nothing dramatic yet, but there is certainly some selloff going on at this moment, probably siding with pressure from the bond market. helena: and you will be monitoring it very closely for us. jens korte on wall street, thank you. with the u.s. president about to deliver his first state of the union address, expectations are high he will use it to promote his america first policy. just last week, he made good on his promise about trade, slapping big tariffs on solar cells made by chinese companies. now americans doing business in china say that move could backfire. reporter: solar panel producers in the u.s. and europe have long complained of unfair chinese competition. so it should have come as no surprise when u.s. president donald trump targeted imported products when he imposed his very first import tariffs. >> i am taking action to impose safeguard tariffs on imported residential washing machines and all solar products. my administration is committed to defending american companies, and they have been very badly hurt. reporter: the 30% tariffs were lower than u.s. producers have been calling for. but now u.s. binessmen in china warn that beijing is set to strike back. >> if that does go forward, i have been told by certain officials that, yes, definitely, there will be retaliation. reporter: and they say there is little understanding in china for the u.s. position. beijing believes the americans simply want to undercut their competitive advantage. >> one of the difficulties that our members find and that we find in terms of meetings with chinese government officials and others, is an unwillingness to acknowledge that their market is less open than ours to begin with. reporter: and with washington preparing to announce the results of an investigation into whether china pressures companies to hand over technology, there could be trouble ahead when it comes to dealing with china. helena: it's back to phil now. snacks should be ready, because the biggest tv fest, aside from the state of union address, is just around the corner. phil: it is the super bowl. thank you so much. yes, america's biggest sports show takes place in minnesota on sunday. as ever, the hype surrounding american football's finale is high. the new england patriots and the philadelphia eagles are in town, and fans and media are gearing up for an unforgettable showdown. reporter: as the reigning super bowl champions, the new england patriots know how to make an entrance. this group of players, led by star quarterback tom brady, are the favorites to retain their crown on sunday. the five vince lombardi trophies on the plane's tail wing tell the story of their success. after the arrival, it was time for some hype for the media -- even if brady was trying to keep things grounded. >> it's going to be a tough one. reporter: brady is going for his sixth super bowl title. but he has an injured throwing hand to contend with. >> i know you have been rehabbing the hand. so i have to challenge you to a thumb war. >> that's my left. not ready yet. it's not ready yet. reporter: in contrast, eagles quarterbacnick foles has never been in a super bowl. he was not even supposed to be in this one, but philadelphia's previous starter carson wentz is out injured. >> i am really just enjoying the moment. i am grateful for the moment. the future can take care of itself but right now we have a lot going on and a lot of responsibility and i can't wait. reporter: and he's not the only one. the super bowl is more than just a football game, with its many traditions and sideshows. they have even set up a zip line over the freezing mississippi river. but unlike these thrill-seekers, only one team will be riding high come sunday night. >> it was awesome. phil: here's a question -- what is 10 meters tall, took 10 days to build, and has the name big frozen? romania's biggest ever snowman. teenagers built the record-breaking snowman with snow cleared from local roads. big frozen has become a huge hit with the locals. and by the looks of it, has really melted some hearts. here's a reminder of our top stories at this hour. kenya's opposition leader raila odinga has staged a mock inauguration in nairobi. the symbolic ceremony challenged president uhuru kenyatta's government, which has reacted by outlawing odinga's national resistance movement. and u.s. president donald trump is preparing to deliver his first-ever state of the union address. he will talk about a robust economy and push for congressional action on immigration. dw will carry that address starting live at 2:00 in the morning utc. that's it, you are up-to-date. more on the website, dw.com. and i will be back at the top of the hour. have yourself a good day. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its sit ncicap.org] and accuracy. is made possible by..." croplife america. and it's member companies and associations in the crop protection industry including: the american farm bureau foundation for agriculture. more information at: agfoundation.org. sacramento's proud to be america's farm to fork capital visit: farmtofork.com hi, i'm kristen simoes. we've rounded up an unusual story for you this time. we'll take you to montana to meet a family that discovered trout could be a valuable addition to their cattle ranch. i'm rob stewart. this week we're talking a little produce and veggies. and the farm family story in arkansas with some sweet roots in the land. i'm jason shoultz. coming up i'll take you to the wide open spaces of wyoming to meet a family working hard to preserve a

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