21st on d. w. . this is d. w. news live from berlin another brags that extension is on the table u.k. prime minister boris johnson was compelled to write to the e.u. asking for a delay he also wrote a separate letter saying he doesn t want this comes after the u.k. parliament voted to put off ratifying his brakes a deal. also coming out thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators take to the streets of hong kong for an unauthorized rally defying
a police badge and undeterred by attacks on prominent activists. and even the youngest dortmund fans have something to cheer about from saturday s bundesliga match ups to a plan put itself back into the race for the title against legally driscoll a top. american to evanston welcome to the show. the u.k. s prime minister boris johnson has sent a letter to the european union requesting a break that deadline extension and another letter arguing against it johnson was required by law to ask for the delay after parliament voted to postpone a ratifyi
on this fat tuesday, february 17th. good morning, everybody, thanks for waking up with us. i m betty nguyen. late last night a federal judge in texas temporarily blocked president obama s executive order on deportation. so the fate of 5 million undocumented immigrants is once again in limbo. the new ruling comes two days before the u.s. citizenship and immigration services was supposed to start accepting applications for the deferred action program. now, with the injunction texas and 25 other states can sue the federal government to permanently stop the executive orders. in a statement, texas governor greg abbott praised the decision saying it quote, rightly stops the president s overreach in its tracks. this morning, the white house is firing back though calling the policies lawful and common sense. they say the depp of justice as previously indicated will appeal the decision. now to this other blast of bitter cold. over 250,000 are without power this morning and, yes, m