s claire richardson is standing by all right we heard the wow the reaction from trump there in that tweet how significant is this victory for the u.s. president claire. hyla this is a major victory for president donald trump as you've seen from his reaction just there he can hardly believe it himself he also came out and said it was a moment of profound vindication for his policy over democrats in the media which he has criticized repeatedly and indeed this is a key pillar of his foreign policy has been too hard in the united states borders crackdown on immigration and he's very much going to claim this as a success in his campaign promises now it's also a big statement about presidential powers the challengers in this case had said that he had gone too far and overstepped his authority with this travel ban but justice roberts disagreed it said that the presidents have substantial power to regulate immigration and that trump was ok in doing what he's done with this travel ban that being said worth remembering that this is the third iteration of the ban the first two it came to notoriety e

and joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson who's in come back city following the g. seven summit so claire at the end of the day we did in fact see a signed joint statement from all the leaders what did they have in common at the end. hi my in the end it's not clear how much common ground they actually did have or whether this was just trudeau showing a united front to say that they actually had to come together on some issues rather than just expose the deep rift between the united states and its partners obviously also would be wanting to justify the six hundred million dollar price tag for canadian taxpayers on hosting this summit but it seems that the end of the day the united states and the other six countries taking part in this summit are still miles apart on what were some of the stickiest issues of throughout this meeting and that includes trade and climate change and the fact it was that it was even a question of whether they would issue a joint statement at the end of the g. seven tells you a lot about just how isolated the united states has become. and as

claire richardson there in washington and well let's get in the perspectives from south korea and china how are they dealing with this cancellation we're going to cross over to josh smith in seoul and felix lee in beijing let's start with you josh in seoul the north koreans say they are still willing to meet with trump any time they're not giving up are they. not yet this statement was encouraging i think for a lot of people in south korea who were fearful that perhaps the cancellation of this summit would lead to again talk of war as there have been threats between both sides said north korea's. openness to continue talks as well as some conciliatory remarks fire american officials do make it seem like there is a decent chance that both sides are talking to each other again soon fix donald trump says he pulled out of the talks because of hostility from north korea he previously hinted that china may have pressured north korea to take a tougher stance is china worried about the diplomatic fall happening on its border of the potential for western encroachment. well yes strom seems to hav

joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson in quebec city clear some tough talk there from the u.s. president how did that message go down with the other g seven leaders are they now going to think twice about retaliatory tears. well that's definitely donald trump doubling down on his world view that the u.s. is getting a bad end of the deal and that is predecessor president negotiated unfair trade agreements now we just heard trump essential he's suggesting that some of its closest allies and partners are robbing the united states he used the words that there is a piggy bank that everyone is robbing that would be the united states and look at these steel and aluminum tariffs that went into effect at the end of last month have been front and center throughout the g seven summits trading partners in this group to see it as unfair trading practices canada even calls it a legal and it seems clear that they are going to go ahead and impose retaliatory measures because they see that as the only way to ensure that the world continues to operate in a rule based international order

on george and i by our washington correspondent claire richardson and from brussels our correspondent. to both of you good evening clare let me start with you how has the commerce secretary from the u.s. defended the american decision to slap its allies and its biggest trading partners with these tariffs. the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross really tried to turn this on its head saying that european negotiators failed to convince washington not to extend i dig zemke chanson these tariffs either another temporary one or a more permanent solution now this comes after months of anxiety about what the united states was going to do here we saw personal lobbying efforts by french president and manual micron and german chancellor angela merkel who came to d.c. to try and convince trump and not to impose these tariffs on the european union obviously that has not worked out originally when trump said that this that these terrorists were going to take place he made the argument on a case of a national security he said that it was essential for the united states to have strong steel and alumi

and we have team coverage this morning let's bring in claire richardson who is standing by in washington max hoffman standing by in brussels and hans brandt has the latest from berlin and clare first of all like to begin with you and talk a little bit about the justification that the united states is using for these tariffs they've said that it's because of national security issues but with this being some of its closest allies how are they justifying that. good morning sara that's right the most recent thing we've heard from u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross is to try and try and turn this on this head on its head to say that the european union in fact failed to convince washington not to impose these tariffs during the most recent round of talks of course when the trump administration introduced these tariffs back in march they did so want to national security basis is that having a strong domestic aluminum and steel industry in the united states was essential not just for economic security but also for defense for things like building tanks and airplanes and so it seems that trump i

joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson she is in quebec city clear that some tough talk from the u.s. president how did that message go down with the other g seven leaders are they going to now think twice about those retaliatory tariffs. hi matt this is indeed trump doubling down on his view that the united states is getting the bad end of a deal from agreements that weren't really that were negotiated under his predecessors he really has this view that the u.s. has losing out he also called america the piggy bank that everyone is robbing but look at these steel and aluminum tariffs that went into effect at the end of last month have overshadowed this entire summit it's been a really sore point because key u.s. allies see it as unfair trading practices from the united states and a close ally that they thought they could count on canada even called them illegal and this has been an issue that has really taken center stage of throughout the talks now it seems clear that the other members of the g six that have said that they would impose retaliatory tariffs in response ar

run in the poll in november this year there is a record number of female contenders did it is clear richardson caught up with one that howland who is also a native american. she's a single mother who once lived off food stamps now dead holland looks set to go from the banks of the rio grande day in new mexico to the halls of the house of representatives hollande is on course to become the first native american woman to serve in the u.s. congress after this year's elections and she wants to help others like her do the same as far as i'm concerned if i want native women or women of color to run to be willing to help them get out there a record number of both women and native americans are running for office across the country holland supporters want her to fight against the long history of persecution of american indians and the racism they still face today so it's a real thing it's not just a made up story it's happening all over our country as a member of the laguna pueblo tribe hollande hopes to set an example for future generations and to fight for more representation in u.s. politics when i

are strict but people from the transgender community may be and with a greater chance claire richardson reports from the border. for the hundreds guatemalans and salvadorans waiting at the u.s. border the odds don't look good the vast majority of us asylum claims from central americans are denied for the transgender people taking part in the caravan the future could be somewhat brighter but after a grueling journey this twenty seven year old is still not sure what it holds in store. i'm a little bit tired from the trip. it was very long and we've been here waiting to see what happens to us. and she's one of several transgendered individuals spending time at this makeshift camp of mostly women and children. some twenty transgender people traveled with the caravan coming by foot by bus and by train all the way from near mexico's southern border they say they face violence and discrimination in their home countries and now they're waiting to ask for asylum in the united states they come from countries with some of the highest murder rates in the world where people are often killed or threa

has been asking for so four diplomats gone from germany sixty going from the united states a clear richardson what's washington saying well phil this is the toughest action the trump administration has taken against russia and a major turn from what we've seen up until this point trungpa been criticized of course for not being tough enough on russia and in fact just last week if you'll remember he called out america tend to congratulate him on his election victory despite widespread claims of fraud now it has announced this has not announced this expulsion himself but the white house released a statement today accusing russia of destabilizing activities around the world and they're saying that this move is meant to make it harder for russia to spy on americans it's of course important to remember that this is not the first time we've seen the u.s. sent home suspected russian spies obama in late two thousand and sixteen expelled thirty five russians in response to meddling in the u.s. elections but this is certainly the biggest expulsion we've seen since the mid eighty's when president reagan

the thing is we're still waiting for it to succeed having our get us more business task and claire richardson with the latest from washington thanks so much to both of you. while meantime leaders digested donald trump's latest moves at a summit in brussels there was relief at washington's announcement that europe would be exempt from steel and aluminum tariffs for now at least it's a coup for europe good news from the u.s. as the e.u. summit got underway few leaders had expected this but now they feel exonerated and see that european unity pays dividends if you have most of the we've made it clear in the commission that we don't want to trade war which wouldn't help anyone and we made it clear that we are ready and able to undertake adequate countermeasures of the if you can muscle in life and. so you know first of all the e.u. presented a united front. that's good and also a commitment to free trade and against protectionism. import takes in his words since the beginning of the month u.s. president trump threatened to levy a ten percent tariff on aluminum and steel however after intensive ne

national security has called the caravan a provocation and warned they could be denied entry it is clear richardson reports from the border. these are some of the faces that have invoked the great president donald trump the reason he's threatens mexico and called for thousands of troops to be sent to protect the border and stop short on their journeys they've set up makeshift camps into a corner mexico. that as you know we're sending many many national guardsman down to the border most of them are already there and that's having a big impact most are from honduras they say the united states must hear their asylum cases and they left their homes because they had reasons to fear for their safety but again not because they killed my father. or i mean that's us then what they because of death threats that's what forced me to lay for one of the men pulled out a gun pointed at me and told me if i didn't give him what he wanted he was going to kill me soon all of that battle came up with made them up and. they travelled together for over a month by fox cross and trained. they sought safety in numbers and

our correspondents claire richardson standing by in washington and in moscow our bureau chief good morning to both of you. if we could start with you russia is saying the alleged chemical attack is a fake and cannot be used as a reason for any kind of attack and it's also on the well russia has been constantly denying any chemical attack took place moscow has invited investigators from the organization for that prohibit of chemical weapons to probe the scene where that attack allegedly took place in syria over the last week and to moscow also had to send its own investigators who found it bolted leonor that ends for any use of chemical weapons since yesterday russian military police military police is acting on the ground in the syrian city of what we just seed seen it in the report where the alleged chemical attack took place russian ministry of defense insists the situation in duma remains stabilized for the last few five days allegedly if there are there to guarantee along all day however we see a clear attempt by the russians to downplay the situation as much as possible by the way eve

they reject i think having real precedent and rejecting these kinds of ads would be helpful so if you richardson trying to director of human rights watch thank you very much for talking to us on that. now when you grab your favorite sweet to the local shop child labor probably isn't on your mind but the participants in the full cocoa conference saying low cocoa prices encourage child labor in some parts of the well. and child labor in the chocolate industry that's what these german schoolchildren are demanding in berlin that's also the goal of german federal minister of food agriculture yulia cook know her ministry is hosting the fourth world cocoa conference in berlin in partnership with the international cocoa organization germany wants to introduce new production standards in the fight against child labor. but critics say that's not enough they claim cocoa producers in africa or latin america see too little of the profits from cocoa production and they argue that the price on the world market is just too low to provide them a sustainable living. through this on a fairly around six percent or

world cup the beautiful game game transcends borders and cultures and for more now we are joined by richardson who is standing by in washington and all of our with he is joining us from our source here in the studio and clare i'd like to begin with you because i mean we just heard there the head of u.s. soccer he's not the only one who is overjoyed in the united states. hi sara that's right soccer fans are absolutely delighted by this development and this is a sport that's really been growing in popularity in the united states over the past couple of decades certainly since the u.s. last hosted the world cup back in one thousand nine hundred four and although there's not really the same level of support for soccer as you see elsewhere in the world and the u.s. men's team didn't qualify for this year's world cup i think there is still the hope that this winning bid is going to rekindle interest in a sport that was just starting to take root in the united states. we have to say though i mean perhaps some jubilation there in north america but a sad day for the moroccans i mean these guys really h

for more let's bring in correspondent claire richardson who is standing by with the very latest from washington d.c. and claire you know when we left that feed he was actually just talking about tax cuts saying how they have benefited all americans i mean this really is pretty typical of trump it becomes sort of the latest hits sort of speech what are we to make of what he said so far. hi sarah he really was telling the crowd exactly what they wanted to hear saying that these were real patriots true americans for their fight to try and defend the right to bear arms so the message that we heard coming from was really his administration is on the gun owners sides we heard chants of usa we heard a highly nationalistic speech in which he spoke of his policy of putting america first and what's most surprising about this or perhaps not surprising but what stood out the most to me about this is how little really has changed in the last few months and in the last few years we've seen speak to the n.r.a. and its conventions for the past four years but there were some thinking that this time a

s claire richardson has that story. an increasingly common scene in the united states makeshift memorials for victims of a nasa shooting this time at santa fe high school in texas. there are prayers for the eight students and two teachers who lost their lives. but emitted a nationwide debate over how to stop such massacres this community thinks it's not about guns and most say stricter controls are off the table. i think right now what i just really want to focus on is it is this this city healing i don't have the quick answers for this i don't know that anybody does knowing our town probably not or they think are going all those are good the way they are. a lot of things that just need to be seen for the bigger picture than what it is and not these political reasonings that all these people keep bringing up about these guns in an area that r.j. doesn't have a minute to go on its own person those. no other developed country in the world comes close to the levels of gun violence in the united states but many in santa fe

more on the story now with sophie richardson the china director for human rights watch is joining us from washington hi sophie good to see you now one hundred seventy million cameras already in place more than four hundred fifty million on the way there are plans to equip all of these cameras with facial recognition technology how worrying is this i think it's extremely worrying it's important to start from the base the understanding that there are almost no actionable privacy rights in china to begin with and on top of that you have to add in that as your piece pointed out many people don't even know that they're actually in surveilled and even those who do know or object to it have almost no ability to take the case to court or write a petition to local authorities or to a company or challenge the government over these practices probably without running serious risks to themselves how many people do object to it because china does have a different relationship to privacy rights. well i would say the chinese government has a different relationship the privacy rights that other more

it over use claire richardson is in san diego california near the us mexico border she's been gauging reaction to trump's policy reversal. the majority of americans have never supported the idea of separating children from their parents when they cross the u.s. border so you can imagine that this reversal has been very welcome here indeed now the immigration rights organizations that i've been speaking to here in san diego say that it doesn't go far enough they want to see more comprehensive reform to the immigration system they want to see an end to the war on drugs that they say fuels instability and drives people up to the border and they say that they want to silence seekers and to be seen as people who are fleeing terrible violence not as criminals who need to be locked up they say that one a silver lining of all of this is that outside of latino communities in the united states perhaps it has raised public awareness of the plight of these people and they hope that that will translate into more comprehensive immigration reform. you know because claridge is in there in san diego c

the sturdiest actions yet by washington we're going to take you know that our correspondent claire richardson clare it's very hard to make sense these days of the u.s. policy towards russia i mean what are we seeing now have these sanctions been imposed because of the poisoning kings of the u.k. or because of the alleged russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election well brant top u.s. officials have said that these sanctions are not in response to any one particular issue but rather in response to why the u.s. sees as a pattern of bad behavior by russia they're upset about things like russia's support for syrian president bashar assad for its backing of separatist rebels in eastern ukraine for cyber hacking attacks of course for its alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen elections but i think it is fair to say that the issue that's garnered the strongest response from the white house under trump's administration has been this case of the poisoning of a russian spy on british soil and remember we saw the united states and mounts that it would expel diplomats as well as impose othe

you had an eye where we joined the w correspondent claire richardson welcome claire tokens for the president's a big themes. well trump's message here was that his administration stands strongly behind gun owners and against any sort of initiatives that they would see as infringing on their second amendment constitutional rights to own guns so he called these people real patriots it's a massive convention of about eighty thousand people and the reason why this was so closely watched now is because in many ways it was seen as a test of how much has really changed there's been a big national conversation in the united states since the massacre at a high school in parkland florida back in february we saw student led movements walk out protests with lots of celebrities supports and really there was a sense that perhaps this could be a turning point where we might see some tougher regulations on guns in the united states now and we heard during the trump speech that he is back in front of the n.r.a. his fourth year addressing the convention and it does not seem that he has changed his tune after wh

and german chancellor angela merkel who is in washington at the moment for a three hour meeting clay richardson is in washington claire what just donald trump one from germany. well you fundamentally see as a lawyer he feels very threatened by the german auto industry for one and i think that one of the biggest issues we're going to see and one of the thorniest things that one of the nuts until america is going to have to crack on this trip is of course to try and find a permanent exemption from the steel and aluminum tariffs that he put into place in march he granted a temporary exemption to some of the united states key allies like in mexico and in canada and indeed the european union but those are set to expire on monday and if europe cannot cannot get a permanent exemption from those they are saying that this could ultimately escalate into a full blown trade war so they're going to be coming to washington d.c. and trying to follow up on what message was earlier this week to try and find find an agreement to avoid this avoid this from happening. why is emanuel going to go to the united state

that far let's take this story out of washington or correspondingly richardson is on the story for worst there good evening to you claire so we've got the u.s. president saying he's going to pull in the military to secure the border the southern border with mexico what has been the reaction so far. nice to see a groundswell the reaction here has been to ask why this issue has gotten under donald trump's skin right now certainly has promised to build a border wall what he calls a big beautiful border wall on the frontier with mexico was one of his key campaign promises but he's been largely silent about the issue in the last couple of weeks that is of course until this weekend when he went on a flurry of tweets accusing these migrants that we saw in that last report of coming up to the u.s. border he said that they were coming to take advantage of the program dhaka which is of course nonsense because they would not be eligible for it and the question is why he feels so threatened by this migrant group as we heard in the report it's a protest that they have done for years now they are prot

correspondent claire richardson in washington where as of we just said merkel is back after a year but her schedule on this trip is quite different from the pomp and circumstances of merck rons visit isn't it. good morning yes marcos touch down in d.c. for a trip that's going to be all business and no pleasure and this is in fact a very short trip she's actually going to be in the united states for less than twenty four hours and only have a few presidents to a few hours to meet with president donald trump and discuss these big issues on trade and the iran nuclear deal now if you look at the optics of her trip it could not be more different than what we saw earlier this week from french president and money he of course had a lavish three day state visit with things like helicopter rides and fancy dinners and really was trying to have show a warm close relationship with president trump that is a far cry from what we've seen with markel the two have a rather frosty have rather frosty relations trump is that you have said that he was not looking forward to her visit and she's going to be

may have set off a firestorm in washington but what ordinary americans think claire richardson has been finding out what she found is that the country not true many people are concerned. donald trump is getting an easy right here in tennessee the uproar over his summit with vladimir putin hasn't reached this range cowhorse classic the writers getting ready to compete think the talks were nothing to worry about they're happy to see trump talking to putin and think you probably did a good job or at least tried his best i think that no matter who is in office somebody can always do a better job and they're always going to be criticized for whatever they do. i do feel that president term does have our best interest at heart. i think that is mr personality it could have been handled better i am impressed with the fact that he like most presidents in the past are human and make mistakes and he's willing to admit it and come back and attempt in his fashion to fix some. skepticism in trump heartland also runs deep of how the media is portraying the summit with putin and why politicians are bick

or at least a good story now the washington were clear richardson is standing by worse this evening hard clear how has this news of these free detainees how was it been received in the you with us. this is not a really positive reception and look at for trump and his supporters any sign of warming relationships between the united states and north korea is going to be seen as a victory for trump he believes that it's been his a strong arm tactics his strong pressure tactics that have brought north korea to the table that is secure the release of these prisoners and if you look at where we were even a couple months ago it really is a remarkable turn how far things have come where of course talking about the possibility of a potentially historic summit between trump and camp that could take place within the next month just a few months ago he was calling calling kim rocket man on twitter and threatening him with fire and fury so that said i should mention that the release of american prisoners from north korea is not in itself that's something new we've seen under past administrations we've

are everybody's trying to digest what this all means let's bring washington correspondent claire richardson and correspondent derek motus to help us make sense of all this clare want to start off with you if i may how is the commerce secretary the senate the american decision to slap its allies and biggest trading partners with these terrorists. well when the trump administration first announced these tariffs back in march they said that the tariffs were essential for national security reasons that having strong u.s. domestic production of steel and aluminum was important for national defense now of course key allies see them as unfair trade practices and trump really has a lot of political support in some of the states that are some of the biggest steel and aluminum manufacturers in the united states so he's perhaps looking to them with an eye of winning support in trying to prop up their industries. in the meantime and this can come at a worse time for the e.u. . there's never a good timing for something like this particularly if it comes from friends from allies from close partners as th

they're finally saying enough is enough they're ready to take action into their own hands aren't clear richardson reporting from the u.s. capitol thank you. you're watching the news we still have a lot more to tell you about including. after twenty two years in charge at english soccer club arsenal a coach arson and bigger is stepping down at the end of the season we ask our sports correspondent about the legacy of one of the game's great personalities. but first germany a lobbying for europe in washington and ben has that story for you thank you very much they left germany's vice chancellor scholtz says he's optimistic the european union will be granted a permanent exemption from the u.s. as metal tariffs schultz made the comments after meeting in washington with vice president mike pence he used temporary exemptions to tariffs on steel and other metals expires on may the first german chancellor angela merkel will travel to washington next week to personally make the case for an exemption we've been told yesterday's meeting between shots and white house economic adviser larry could load was dela

exporter it may mean hiking prices in europe and bracing for the worst are washington correspondent claire richardson went to lynchburg tennessee to get a taste of the problem. american whiskey in the firing line now that the european union has hit back against president donald trump with tariffs of its own companies like jack daniels are being forced to make sacrifices that could hurt their bottom line. i here and then for a tennessee home to jack daniels whiskey it's worth a night they said they plan to increase their prices some ten percent model for consumers and here you and they're worried that people are choosing what they think will forego the expense of american products and simply take the. tennessee strongly back to trump in the two thousand and sixteen elections that's likely the reason distilleries here are feeling the brunt of europe's response as brussels turns up the pressure on places the republican party needs to win in the upcoming midterm elections. now the few hundred residents of lynchburg have found themselves in the center of an international trade dispute. if the terrible sit

is trumps third national security adviser in fourteen months are north america correspondent claire richardson had this to say appears to make some major foreign policy decisions for example bolton has called for preemptive military strikes against north korea and for bombing iran having him whispering in the president's ear likely means the iran deal is as good as dead as it appears trump is increasingly surrounding himself with people who share his way of thinking h.r. mcmaster departure also comes as no surprise he's been rumored for months to be the next top trump official on his way out in an administration that's lately seen some major shake ups from china annually in retaliation he says for unfair trade practices china in turn has announced its own plans for tariffs on three billion dollars worth of imports from the u.s. none of those trade sanctions come into effect just yet though the white house has instituted a waiting period on implementation but they are the fulfillment of a long standing promise the first of many punishing china on trade it was one of president trump's most fiery

s claire richardson is in washington she asked french residents there what they want to come out of this meeting. washington d.c. turns two kinds of red white and blue when the president of france comes to town donald trump is hosting his first state visit pulling out all the stops for his french counterpart. their relationship has been called everything from a bromance to a marriage of convenience but no matter which way you look at it french president emmanuel micron and u.s. president donald trump seem like an unlikely pair one is a young globalist the other a seventy one year old with nationalist instincts so how did it to form such a close personal relationship. some experts say it comes down to their common backgrounds in business and as outsiders so it's paradoxical that they get along so well given how different they are on the surface but at the same time they. self-made political men you know that come from outside the establishment that were elected when nobody expected that and you know they really shared this experience but how did the french feel about having a president wh

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is trump's third national security adviser in fourteen months our north america correspondent claire richardson had this to say about the latest u.s. government shakeup. john bolton is a hard liner and a war hawk who's taking up the post of national security advisor just as trump prepares to make some major foreign policy decisions for example bolton has called for preemptive military strikes against north korea and for bombing iran having him whispering in the president's ear likely means the iran deal is as good as dead as it appears trump is increasingly surrounding himself with people who share his way of thinking h.r. mcmaster departure also comes as no surprise he's been rumored for months to be the next talk trump official on his way out in an administration that's lately seen some major shakeups. well some second big announcement has had global markets sliding as fears of a trade war grow he unveiled plans to high tariffs on up to sixty eight billion dollars in goods from china every year in retaliation he says for unfair trade practices china in turn has announced its own plans for tar

was a washington correspondent claire richardson is one of the protests in the u.s. capital clara what was the turnout like today. hailo we saw a couple hundred people here today which really pales in comparison to the kind of turnout that we've seen in the past from these national demonstrations remember this was the third nationwide effort to really draw attention to the issue of students demanding more gun control we saw the march for our lives protest in march and another national school walkout also earlier in march and those really drew much larger crowds than what we saw today now that being said it is an effort for people to walk out of their classrooms the people who made it out here to the u.s. capitol where just a small subsection however like i said it was not such a strong showing right so what does that mean does that mean that the movement is running out of steam. certainly the national attention seems to be starting to shift away from this issue but not necessarily joe i don't think it necessarily means that the movement has run out of steam the real

professor of political science at bard college in berlin and in washington our correspondent clear richardson is standing by clare let me start with you your impressions i mean how was this second meeting between trump and their. well as you say it was in some ways a lot warmer than expected and we saw him welcome her with kisses on the cheek it had been widely expected that this was going to be a very stiff meeting that it was going to be all business no pleasure for chancellor angela merkel and her flying visit to d.c. really stands in stark contrast to what we saw earlier this week from french president and. she's only here for twenty four hours after that press conference she'll be going to in the residence of the german ambassador and then back on a plane to berlin. before a dinner time and that really is a far cry from the kind of lavish pomp and circumstance that we saw earlier this week and so they're really trying to show that there is some kind of working relationship that still exists the two leaders were cordial we heard we heard her in the press conference to say things that were

to foretell the likes will detail the use claire richardson gauge the mood on the streets in the u.s. capital. luxury german cars are a common sight on the streets of washington d.c. and the idea of blocking their import isn't so popular. people want to buy german cars they should be able to buy drugs probably. want to see better but maybe maybe a little better i think i may view of american cars that they fall apart pretty quickly and german cars jounce they tend to be nicer than i can cars i think the engineering tends to be superior again impressions donald trump thinks there are too many of them in the u.s. even though german carmakers also run assembly operations that all together provide tens of thousands of jobs for american workers but the us president still sees the business relationship as an unfair one way street in twenty seventeen german automakers exported more than six hundred fifty thousand cars to north america but many also have huge factories in the united states that employ more than one hundred thousand people in fact they built more than eight hundred thousand ca

a washington correspondent claire richardson sent us her assessment of whether the french president's visit was a success french president and men who are micron came to washington d.c. on a charm offensive trying to woo donald trump in to c.n.n. to eye with france on a number of issues like trade climate change and involvement in syria but his most important mission of all have been to convince trump and not to back out of the iran nuclear deal russia china britain and germany agree with france that the landmark agreement is the best way to stop iran from developing a nuclear bomb but trump is called it the worst deal ever made on his trip to d.c. mccrone called on the u.s. president not to ditch the deal without getting a better alternative in place first yet at the end of his three day trip he hadn't secured any promises from trump and it's not yet clear how much success he's had in buttering him up ahead of america's visit the german chancellor is coming to washington d.c. on friday when she'll be trying her hand at saving the iran deal. claridge's and they're here in germany the

be independent and must interpret the law not make the law did abuse washington correspondent claire richardson has more on the announcement. donald trump made his announcement on primetime t.v. in what has been an extraordinary opportunity for this president to choose a second nominee to sit on the supreme court is going to have an enormous impact that will long outlast the trump administration potentially ensuring a conservative majority on the united states' top court for decades to come he's likely going to be the decisive vote on rulings that could under raval progressive's biggest gains on everything from gay rights to access to abortion to environmental protections and now the white house is going to be hoping for a quick confirmation hearing in the senate before midterm elections this november when republicans could potentially lose their slim majority but they're going to be facing a huge pushback from democrats who are still smarting over republicans refusal to hear former president barack obama's nominee to the supreme court america garlands that means we're likely to see a bitter fi

to talk more about this exciting news joining us from washington is claire richardson and with me on the set is e w's oliver moody clare i want to start off with you how has this news been received in the u.s. . highway well as you might imagine u.s. soccer fans are absolutely delighted by this news this is a sport that's really been growing in popularity over the past couple of decades especially since the u.s. hosted the world cup last time back in one thousand nine hundred four a lot of the excitement tends to come from immigrant communities here who are rooting for their home countries teams particularly among the latino population in the united states compared to the rest of the world it should be said that the u.s. is not as a soccer crazy as some other countries it's competing with other major sports here obviously like baseball in american football and basketball and of course this year the u.s. men's team didn't qualify so you're probably not seeing the same level of excitement here as you are where you are in berlin for example but overall i do think that there's hope that

claire richardson in washington and you can find more information on that story and others on our website at www dot com there in the day will be broadcasting merkel's visit to the white house and the subsequent press conference live after richest man in the world just got a little bit richer is that right guard that's right and that's this man of course jeff bezos the founder and biggest shareholder of online retailer amazon who has seen another eight billion dollars added to his personal net worth overnight because how do i put this his company is doing quite well shares in amazon have jumped by seven percent after the company announced first quarter profits more than doubled compared to last year and list say a rise in online shopping and increased demand for the company's cloud services drove the numbers up but it's not all plain sailing the results come as the amazon faces intensifying scrutiny from politicians and regulators who accuse it of having too much market power finance ministers of the eurozone are meeting in bog area today with greek debts high on the agenda again some cou

shared the news is left users around the world wondering whether they should close their accounts clear richardson reports. in washington d.c. spring is in the air well almost but with facebook making all the wrong headlines and what better season for some digital cleaning many americans have said they'll delete their accounts could this be a turning point for facebook. mark zuckerberg is testifying before congress for the first time to answer questions about a major data privacy scandal he's hoping to convince both facebook's users and the company's investors that he's taking the problem seriously but just how worried are people are you a facebook user. are you concerned about some of the allegations of data privacy breach and i really want to close my page you're going to you're going to delete your facebook absolutely because i just feels just privacy is just not there you know use facebook. why not the. person. instagram took over the top in that interim that you know instagram zone by facebook yeah but they're like very different things everybody knows they use it to get ads ads including one