chancellor helmut kohl who passed away two weeks ago. many in germany have been discussing his life and .chievements the longest-serving chancellor is credited with bringing about reunification and playing a role in the introduction of the single european currency. for the first time, he will receive the tribute of a special memorial ceremony y in strasbur. in berlin, a requiem mass but no state ceremony. instead, controversy over his legacy. ask, whatadriga we we is his legacy? i am joined in the studio by sonne, aeerner correspondent reporting on german politics. he says he will go into the history books of the chancellor of reunification but it there is also the power-hungry politician who offended many. another observer joins us, alan posener, who argues that helmut kohl's legacy is the expansion of the european union, the deepening and broadening of europe. cleaver,come to hannah who has also closely watched helmut kohl's career. she says corporatism were rife in his era. germany is now more modern and its politicians can stand up straighter. i would like to begin with werner sonne

foreign language ] >> welcome to the memorial certain sceremony of federal public of germany. >> i now call upon the president of the european parliment to give his speech. >> your majesties, presidents, prime ministers, honorable colleagues of the european parliment and national parlimen parliments, dear family members, your excellences, today we are paying a final to a great european, a great states man, a political giant who was able to listen to citizens and look beyond the horizon. he first and foremost was a brave man, a defender of freedom and democracy. the reunification of our continent. he always defended human dignity everywhere against walls, behind curtains. the founding values of our union where the flag that he carried into his numerous battles, the very same values from which the treaty of union draws its inpir ration, peace, freedom, prosperity, security and justice without orders. his belief in these values, his faith in humanity lie at the base of the deep reconciliation amongst us europeans that has managed to have an impact on our memory. helmet cole is the champio

berlin. tonight the german-turkish diplomatic meltdown. germany says it's overhauling its diplomatic ties with turkey over the detention of a german human rights activist. the german foreign minister sigmar gabriel announcing measures aimed at punishing uncorrupt, but turkey says that's blackmail. also coming up, his camera and plus military guilty of war crimes in its fight against boko haram jihadists? he will hear from amnesty international about their claim that suspected militants are being tortured. : approves a law that critics say threatens the independence of the country's supreme court, even as its citizens protest and the european union threatens to punish warsaw for the move. it was an event that could have changed the course of the second world war. 73 years ago today. the german officer tried to assassinate adolf hitler. we find out from his son what happened to the family after that fateful day. ♪ i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight's threats, insults, and claims of blackmail. those are the elements of a very troubled german-turkish rela

native germany. millions of refugees u.s. intelligence agencies indiscriminately listening in on german citizens and the government and once again german tanks are heading east. from various political parties and various independent experts and journalists in an effort to understand just how independent germany really is when it comes to decision making whether it acts on its own national interests ok or is out someone else's will. this quote. i'm going to. i've just told one of the most influential organizations in germany i'm not talking about the government or german intelligence. it's a nonprofit government american of. the atlantic bridge. this is the bill in office a seemingly nondescript building with no signage on the outside but it's got it by the german police from whom. by the way just thirty paces away is the private apartment below germany's. somehow i can't help feeling that this is where crucial decisions about german life i'm a. that's what i brushed off sounds like in germany. i knew i had to look to the past if i wanted to find answers no. it all goes back to the time

germany's longest-serving chancellor and served from 1982 in1998 and was instrumental the reunification of germany and credited for the modernization of the european union. the memorial service is one hour and 45 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome. to the european parliament. welcome to the memorial .eremony for helmut kohl honorary citizen of europe and former chancellor of the republic of germany. >> i call upon the president of the european parliament to give his speech. >> your majesty's. presidents. prime ministers. colleagues of the european parliament and the national parliaments. dear family members. this thingences, augustrticipants -- this -- distinguished participants. we are paying homage to helmut , a greatreat european , a political giant who was able to listen to his citizens and look beyond the horizon. helmut kohl first and foremost was a brave man. a defender of freedom and democracy. a protagonist of the reunification of our continent. he always defended human dignity ironwhere against wars, curtains, tanned italian arias and. -- and totalitarianism. flag

director. president erdogan tells germany to pull himself together. did german carmakers collude over admissions cheating systems. evidence shows that the giants work together in secret even to help what became the dieselgate candle -- scandal. ♪ >> i am brent goss, it is good to have you with us. tonight, a shakeup in the white house that sees one of its most recognized faces walk out the door. press secretary sean spicer is resigning after just six months. >> he had one of the toughest jobs in washington, press secretary sean spicer did not have it easy, due to donald trump's need for communication and his constant tweaking. --constant tweeting. insiders say he left in anger after trump picked anthony scaramucci to become the official director of white house communications. spicer was on trump's washington team from day one. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness and her operation -- an and inauguration period. correspondent: his battles with the washington press corps was f odder for comedians. he was memorably parodied by saturday night live's melissa mccarthy. it has

i'm going to. i've just told one of the most influential organizations in germany i'm not talking about the government or german intelligence. or even the. it's a nonprofit government american of. the atlantic bridge. this is the bill in office a seemingly nondescript building with no signage on the outside but it's got it by the german police from whom. by the way just thirty paces away is the private apartment below germany's. feeling that this is where crucial decisions about german life and. that's what i brushed off sounds like in germany. i knew i had to look to the past if i wanted to find answers no. it all goes back to the time when off to world war two the victims was shaping the future of europe and germany. the one remaining witness to those historic events that i was able to make contact with. now lives in moscow is going to. school and you. want me to write you need new stuff with explosive arrest called your money you don't need to be in the movie they're going to get money. violently and found it was one of the ideologists behind the to strike up and jump a great u

on c-span's q&a. >> talk about the special forces attachments in berlin, germany for over 30 years. he is the author of "special forces: berlin. clandestine cold war operations of the army elite." the thing of working graduate school of national security hosted this hour-long event. i am ron marx, i had of the intelligence program. before we begin our session, and we talk about our speaker and everybody sitting down, i would to make sure that we q&a at the end. if everybody would be so kind as to shut off your cell phones, fletcher, who is our head of public affairs, here's a phone he will run to you and hit you on the head. be careful, we are dealing with some dangerous people. the best thing that's on who introduced us can do is to get out of the way quickly. i will try to do that. i like to welcome everybody to daniel morgan. graduate school of national security. it's a nice opportunity for us to have the latest in a series of speakers. also, a thanks to the c-span people who are here as well. i am an old spy. i started off in the clandestine services of the cia in the soviet-eu

in germany, and we are not just talking about 2-year-old princess charlotte and older brother george. they brought their parents, prince william and princess kate, with them to berlin. i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. turkey's ambassador was summoned to the german foreign ministry today, and this is what he heard. the turkish government needs to immediately and directly here the german government's outrage and in comprehension. the ambassador pledged to deliver that message to ankara. berlin is demanding the release of german citizen peter steudtner, being held on terror charges, one of six human rights activists arrested this week. >> germany's foreign ministry summoned turkey's ambassador on wednesday morning. berlin is demanding the immediate release of german journalist and human rights activists who the government says has been arbitrarily jailed. foreign minister sigmar gabriel has decided to break off his vacation and return to berlin. he will be at the foreign ministry on thursday to discuss what to do now, in view of the dramatic escalation of turkey's

putsch and the rise nazi germany". kirkus reviews calls david's new work and astute work of scholarship and vivid narrative. a meticulously researched, deeply instructive work with great relevance for our current eraof right-wing resurgence. and joseph and writer of the book shepherds says david new book is a courtroom drama both farcical and ominous . and absorbing details accounts of a crucial but often overlooked chapter in settlers rise. george sent the on a once said those of us who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. please let us welcome who with his writing and research makes us remember, david king. [applause] >> thank you very much, thank you for that warm welcome, thank you for coming out here today. can everyone hear me okay. i'm use to roaming when i talk so i will try to stand behind here and stay chained to the podium, see how that goes. i want to make sure everyone can hear me so thanks for coming out today. it's a pleasure for me to be here. and coming up, the publisher is going to book the tickets and i'm like no, no. we will make it a road

a second meeting with russia's president putin during the 620 summit this month in germany. it is thought the meeting, hours after the formal talks and barely publicised up until now, lasted about an hour. it looks likely the president's eldest son, donald jr, will have to testify in congress about his meeting with a russian lawyer during the presidential campaign. former trump campaign manager paul manafort is also being invited. president trump has said the new republican healthcare policy should be to allow the current system, obamacare, to collapse, and spent the next two years trying to find a new one. his party has failed to find enough support in congress to pass their latest bill, even though they control both houses. now on bbc news, another chance to see stephen sackur‘s hardtalk interview with niklas frank, whose father was the governor of nazi—occupied poland. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. today i'm in rural northern germany. stable, prosperous, 21st century germany. but i'm here to talk about the past and its relationship to the present. my guest is the

>> this is "dw news" live from berlin. tonight, the power of the panda. china and germany engaged in panda diplomacy. germany and china's presidents underscore the relationship with a trip to the zoo. we went along. also coming up, guarding the world's most guarded. hamburg prepares to host world leaders and the g 20 summit, but with tens of thousands of protesters expected, we ask, can german police keep the peace? and the united states and south korea fire off their own missiles as a warning to north korea after pr yang testfired an intercontinental ballistic missile -- after pr yang -- after pr yang -- after pyongyang testfired an intercontinental ballistic missile. i'm frank of the -- i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. chinese president xi jinping is headed to the g 20 summit, but before heading to hamburg, he spent the day in the german capital with the german chancellor. they renew their commitment to deepening ties and visited this is, unveiling its newest residence, a pair of giant pandas, from china to germany on loan as a symbol of friendship. >> china's pres

u.s. ambassador to germany recall the president's speech and trip. the international center for journalist posted this event. it is an hour and a half. >> good evening, everybody. please find your seats. good evening. thanks for setting up this wonderful event. mr. robinson, members of the board, alumni in attendance, students, and ladies and gentlemen. for me, it is a pleasure and an honor to open the event today. i am pleased to see so many faces. some fairly young faces. i am particularly pleased knowing the students today do not necessarily cherish things that happened 30 years ago. jon bon jovi or george michael or dirty dancing, there have in cooler times in history than the 80's. that is what my children keep reminding me. this is, however, different. with president reagan's speech. from president kennedy's visit, it might he better known in germany and the u.s. foreign policy nerds know that there is nothing like resident reagan's secretary-general gorbachev and his call to tear down this wall. interestingly, the speech received very little coverage at the time. however,

chancellor of the republic of germany. -- honoraryty member of europe, former chancellor of the republic of germany. now, a speech. >> your majesties, presidents, , honorableters colleagues of the european parliament and the national mrs. kohl, dear family members, your excellencies,- others, today, we are paying a , aal homage to helmut kohl great european, a great giant who a political was able to listen to citizens and look beyond the horizon. helmut kohl, first and foremost, was a brave man, a defender of , theom and democracy protagonist of the reunification of our continent. he always defended human dignity , thewhere, against wars iron curtain, and totalitarianism. unionunding values of our were the flag that he carried into his numerous battles, the very same values from rich the -- from which the treaty of union derives, freedom, prosperity, security, and justice without borders. his believe in these values, his lie at themanity, base of the deep reconciliation has -- us europeans that reconciliation among us europeans. helmut kohl has -- reconciliation is the champion

leaders planning. also, a deadly disaster on the highway in southern germany. 18 confirmed dead after a to us to live with a truck and bursts into flames. and privacy versus the paparazzi. a french court has been hearing a case over topless pictures of britain's duchess of cambridge. we will look at how the royal family is trying to maintain his privacy. -- its privacy. ♪ brent: i am burned off. it is good to have you with -- i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. in his first state of the nation address today, france's president emmanuel macron promises to transform his country, including liberalizing a highly regulated labor market, streamlining parliament, and introducing new antiterrorist laws. macron promised also to lift france's two year -year-old staf emergency. he is starting his term with a huge majority in parliament. he says he will put his plans to the french voters in a referendum. our coverage begins tonight in the palace of versailles. reporter: emmanuel macron on the way to his big speech at the house of versailles. -- the palace of versailles. commu

could harm energy cocompanies by restricting acces to u.s. banks. germany has voiced concern over the popoible impact on pipeline products. therere are many suppliers who e part of such projects s will be susubject to sanctions. as tension mounts many are hoping the new law won't be approved by the u.s. senate. >> chances of the senate not approving it very small. what happens next? >> leaders are poised and waiting to act according to jean-claude juncker. a statement has been prepared so they can move to oppose this. the european union can an act a regulation which moves to block any move regarding companies from outside. in this case, the united states. this would have to be approved each member state which could be a lengthy process regarding different viewsws in terms of te annexation of crimea. the european union does have the option of taking its complaint to the world trade organization. this can be a lengthy process. >> this has to be music to the heirs of moscow. i want to bring in our washington correspondent. good evening to you. how is this playing out in washington? is th

sure gets germany against chile whether wins they'll be lifting the trophy for the very first time but when you're brought up to date and if you go. hello there i'm a key aaron you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shape the week. the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman has slammed a video is alleged to show the often math of a chemical attack in syria saying they are fakes produced as part of an anti assad propaganda campaign the social media smear campaign under the banner assad used chemical weapons has now started just as we predicted you'll see more of this fake videos over the following days the complain this plan to be on a grand scale. videos purporting to show victims of an assad ordered chemical attack flooded social media on saturday as off of the white house accused the syrian government of preparing a toxic strike syrian journalist alan abraham says it would make no sense for damascus to do anything of the sort surveys come out of this or omission the statement denying any use of chemical weapons saying that

the console of germany with a different conversation about the jewish community and germany. welcome consul general. >> let's ask basic questions. >> the consul general is responsible for eight in the u.s. and we have our embassy in u.s. and we have our councils who do the same things the msc does but in their jurisdiction, and in san francisco, it's quite a big one. we have washington, oregon, alaska and down to hawaii. >> you cover the western and far west of the u.s.? >> absolutely. we spit this -- we split this with the rest. >> you are part of the court of germany? >> and diplomatic service, there is no distinguish made between consul work and ambassador work. there are other foreign services who have two different segments. one for consul and one for diplomatic work and it's interchangeable. >> what is your term of office, so to speak? >> the length? it is normally three or four years. >> in one particular place? >> and one assignment, three to four years or if there is a special need to have a hardship of these assignments, with spouses and kids, but it's not that difficult fo

they are protesting globalism. i can remember being at g8 in germany, actually, when you had a lot of these protests breaking out. the difference, however, in most of these is that they don't turn quite as violent. the concern here with this one is that the pictures have just come into us from hamburg, germany is that protesters are more violent than what you would typically see, so you see the police trying to get them to back off, and they're trying to clear the area. again, very important meetings happening there. president trump meeting with putin from russia and of course angela merkel. so lots going on. lots to discuss. i want to go to hamburg germany right now. i'm trish regan, by the way, everyone. welcome to the show. good to have you here watching intel. let's go straight to hamburg, germany where we have blake burman there outside the area where the protests are breaking out and where in less than 24 hours our president will meet vladimir putin. blake. >> hi, there, trish. yes, the meeting tomorrow with vladimir putin. of course, the main thing -- the main topic, really, th

injured. the interior minister of germany comparing the rioters to neo-nazis and terrorists. there were clashes in which over 500 police officers were hurt. the government is defending the zero-tolerance policy of police. also, china's most famous local prisoner is critically ill, but the government will not let him go abroad for treatment. tonight, the renowned artist ai weiwei is urging them to not forget human rights. iraq's second-largest city is free tonight. the prime minister officially declares victory in mosul. tonight we will ask how much life is left in i.s. in iraq. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight, the german government is defending the security operation at the g-20 summit in hamburg. there were violent clashes between police and protesters with arson and looting. it ended with nearly 500 police officers injured and more than 400 protesters arrested. ministers want to crack down on west wing -- left-wing extremists and call for better data sharing to track them. reporter: even as he seems of violence in hamburg looked chaotic, the wr

germany also passing a law to heavily fine social media platforms if they do not delete hate speech quickly enough. and it has been two weeks since the death of the former chancellor of germany. politicians and citizens have been paying respects ahead of his funeral on saturday. and the tour de france is back in germany for the first time in decades. the 104th version starting on saturday in the city of dusseldorf. we will get a preview from the sports desk. ♪ sarah: hello, welcome. i'm sarah harman. thank you for joining me. gay couples can start planning their weddings in germany after parliament passed a bill giving same-sex couples the right to marry. it has wide support across germany and there was instant reaction in berlin, where emotional scenes unfolded outside the bundestag and the office of chancellor merkel as people gathered to celebrate. [cheers] correspondent: a moment some had waited a lifetime to see. in the corinne, supporters of gay marriage gathered outside of the office of chancellor merkel to cheer on the vote. it is not just about politics for many, the new

says turkey has accused dozens of german companies of supporting terrorism as germany's foreign ministry issued a warning against firms and tourists traveling to the country. exposed and vulnerable a turkish news agency publishes a map showing the location of american military bases in northern syria sparking concern in washington. and freezing my approval rating plummets no other u.k. prime minister has ever been so unpopular in the month following a general election. good evening welcome you're watching out international eight o'clock am in moscow now turkey has put dozens of german companies on a list of supporters of terrorism prompting a harsh response from berlin it comes following the arrest of several human rights activists into key which is also aggravated tensions between the countries will joins us live now for more details hello there the relations between these two countries just seem to be getting worse and worse at the moment. well it's almost a weekly occurrence at the moment that we're seeing another scandal driving a wedge further between burley and and this la

the private apartment belonging to germany's madam johnsen. somehow i come to help feeling that this is where crucial decisions about german life are made. that's what i brushed off sounds like in germany. i knew i had to look to the past if i wanted to find un says no. it all goes back to the time went off to world war two the victors was shaping the future of europe and germany. the one remaining witness to those historic events that i was able to make contact with. now lives in moscow is going to. send you. to a new a new thing. called your money you know nobody in the movie. valentyn fund it is one of the ideologists behind go to strike on german reunification. he was still a young diplomat after world war two when he and a group of colleagues prepared analytical reports on germany for stalin's successes . we're going to live through. who who she there must be with her. story and to who you're most could only presume but it's pretty serious a little pretty nice to go water near noon it was appreciate. the sheer you know do you have to really see through you know when you know sud

protesting across the country. germany surely it's going to be germany. when the french seventy confederations cup joins in a few minutes as we continue the intellectual debate. it's seven o'clock am in moscow and you'll want to. studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program thousands have turned out in the british capital for the not one day more antigovernment march and a society has been following the demonstration in london. we're in central london where thousands of people have come out onto the streets to protest theresa may government now this is not the first protest taking place in london in recent weeks but it's certainly the biggest lead i've seen recently thousands of people filling the streets marching from b.b.c. headquarters towards parliament where they're also here they say because they want the jury out there is a issue that people are really disappointed with from a staring measures to the handling of cracks into the coalition with the team to the ground felt our tragedy really the list is long and people want to resubmit to go this is why the gap i

the risk of final here in st petersburg currently germany lead chile by a goal to know jimmy dominated the first half and played with the germans to take the lead into the center dot com bubble get back into the match. hello there are nicky aaron and you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shape the week our top story this hour the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman has planned a video is alleged to show the aftermath of a chemical attack in syria saying they are fakes produced as part of an anti assad propaganda campaign. the social media smear campaign under the banner assad used chemical weapons has now started just as we predicted you'll see more of this fake videos over the following days the complain this plan to be on a grand scale videos purporting to show victims of an assigned ordered chemical attack flooded social media on saturday that's off to the white house to accuse the syrian government of preparing a toxic strike syrian journalist. says it would make no sense for damascus to do anything of the sort

, it is fair odds. sabotage teams from his commander in west germany and the commander in west germany decided that was probably not a bad idea not quite exactly to permit -- berlin commander question. instead, he gave him six special forces teams who would instead of being sent in, they would be there permanently. stationed in the american sector and their mission would be to repair for unconventional warfare in that one area that the u.s. forces had not planned for. that was east germany. 1956, the first six teams go up there and this unit would stay in one form or another for about 34 years until after the berlin wall they'll. their missions were a special forces group, a dimensional warfare sabotage. is one thing you see here this green trace, this is the this goes through east germany, basically, wells from the south of hungary, from czech republic, from poland, they all converged around berlin and then out on the other side. this was a strategic charge. these six themes became a strategic card and the defense plan for all of nato. later,ral rogers put it he said your vision is on

between 1842 and 1945, was born in a small town in germany and died here in washington, d.c., at the age of 102. he was the oldest brewer in the world at that time. now we are in the basement at the heurich house. we are in the original man cave room. it was built originally to be 's beer drinking room. the original time on furniture we still have here in the middle of the room. because christian was basically 60 years old when he had his children and the dining room was really the only place for the family to have meals, this became the german breakfast room, and this is where the kids would have their breakfast and lunch. more casual dining space, and when the conversion happened, they ordered furniture from christian plus hometown in germany. we have a set of table and chairs, sideboards, a couple of other pieces including a bench. all of them have figures in them that are historic figures from the place where christian group up, the founders of his home province in germany. lot ofom still retains a its original features. we have murals on the wall that .ave been restored this one

run up to the group of twenty summit at hamburg germany we take a look at the predictable economic and trade hotspots that are sure to crop up and a whole host of new political issues that are short to get in the way also should firms plan to leave the u.k. even as bret's that talks of just begun and has british leaders shaken as businesses are already planning their own very detailed exit strategy and where in the world the big point come from and where is it headed now i guess the author of how money got free that point in the fight for the future of finances fills the ascent on this topic stand by for us are right. and the group of twenty economic powers converge on hamburg germany for the annual summit we see a number of new leaders among the group and a number of new political tensions there as well ahead of the summit president trump gave a patriotic speech in warsaw poland which could indicate the tone he plans to strike in hamburg. the fundamental question of our time is whether the west has the will to survive do we have the confidence in our values to defend them. at any

anarchists clashing with police in germany as world leaders gather for the g20 meeting. this came as president donald trump just arrived in the city of hamburg. police were forced to use water cannons, tear gas and s.w.a.t. teams. thousands throwing bottles and bricks and setting off smoke bombs. the scenes looking similar to prior g20 protests that happened around the obama administration including toronto, pittsburgh and london. welcome to "risk & reward" i'm liz macdonald in for deirdre bolton. all three of the indices closing lower, the dow continued to drop after hours settling down 158. this after ending down more than 450 points throughout the day. the s&p and the nasdaq also in the red. all markets are still up against president trump was elected. this as violent antiglobalization protests break out in germany. crowds coming in en masse carrying sticks and smoke bombs and pipes, trying to create havoc as world leaders including the president arrive for the g20 senate in hamburg, germany. the protests are typical. you see them around economic summits like the g20 essentially i

, germany, the u.s. president and german chancellor are meeting behind closed doors. earlier all eyes were on the two worldlanguage. their relationship has been described as both chile and frosty. can their presummit talks pay the way for a successful summit? we will go to hamburg. first, this report. reporter: the g20 summit is set to go underway on friday. a german government spokesperson said they discussed north korea, the middle east, the conflict in eastern ukraine, and g20 topics, but the statement gave no further details of their meeting. during the summit trap risk isolation on climate policy after he decided to pull his country out of the 2015 paris agreement last month. many of the leaders attending the hamburg talks want rapid implementation of the accord, a deal they believe is irreversible. ahead of their meeting, merkel said there were various options on tackling climate change. >> we know the united states has with drawn from the paris agreement. many others are still committed to the agreement and how that turns out is something we will tell you at the end in our

nazi germany at the time. today we honor the memory of those who perished in the holocaust by hearing about the journey of the st. louis and we also honor their memory by ensuring such horrors do not continue today. unfortunately, media reports abound with devastating images of the chemical bombing in syria. refugees fleeing from the chemical war in syria weighs heavy on many minds. the holocaust itself and contemporary stressors underscore my gratitude to have these doctors here to discuss the journey of the st. louis, a german transatlantic liner full of mostly jewish refugees fleeing from the nazi regime. after some passengers were denied in cuba, they sailed here and asked to come to the u.s. but the u.s. it did not heed their calls. hundreds of the passengers were still killed by the end of world war ii. our first speaker has been an archivist at the united states holocaust museum for 14 years working with survivors, liberators and historians to donate to and access to the museum's vast holdings. she has a ba in history in american that is and a ma and phd in american history fro

in north korea. i believe we've got blake irving standing by live in hamburg, germany, the next stop for president trump heading there later this afternoon. of course, the meeting between angela merkel and president trump is going to be one of the more high-level meetings he will hold later on in the day. good afternoon, blake. >> good afternoon. good morning to you guys in the states. it's about 11:00 a.m. here. president trump look at here to germany later today. we will meet with angela merkel ahead of the g20 summit tomorrow and saturday he will be meeting with a slew of leaders among them, which sets the table as he saw the press conference. russian president vladimir putin comes tomorrow. right now the president is in poland for a summit of eastern european countries, about a dozen eastern european countries before he gets here for the world's largest economy. the country that has taken a front and center stage here is one that will be a part of none of these talks. that being north korea after the launch of its latest intercontinental ballistic missiles. the president was aske