Want to become citizens. In full migrants your platform for reliable information. This is deja vu news live from berlin the end of an era in Japan Emperor Akihito abdicates during a solemn ceremony at tokyos Imperial Palace its the first abdication the country has seen in more than two hundred years. Also coming up on the show socalled Islamic State releases of Propaganda Video purportedly showing its leader of your
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a lot actually much more than the other and the other improper or previous emperor has and i think that as for my. has already done he has talked to other nations korea china and in turn basically for the war crimes and so he was a unifying force and i think that his son will continue on that legacy q during the reporting from japan for us right there thanks very much for all your insights today on this going to check in now some of the other stories making news at this hour the united states deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has submitted his resignation he s the official who appointed the special counsel robert muller to investigate president trump s election count and also supported the justice department s conclusion that the president had not really structed miller s investigation resignation has been expected for some time. and president trump is suing deutsche bank to stop it from handing over financial records about
letters from the korean government as well to congratulate the new emperor so there is a hope that the new emperor is also going to continue on the legacy of his father and continue to be a unifying force grew up in japan reports better for us for g.w. thanks very much joe for all your insights today for this historic abdication live on you thanks very much. let s check out now some of the other stories making the news this hour the united states deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has submitted his resignation he s the official who appointed special counsel robert mueller over member to investigate for us and from alleged election campaign irregularities you also supported the justice department s conclusion of the president had not obstructed miller s investigation resignation has been expected for some time. the president of cost of ohashi him toci