About his contact with russian officials well take you to washington and see what this latest Development Means for donald trump also on the program. The countdown to next years world cup in russia begins in earnest after the draw in the moscow will find out how the favorites a fat. Im filled game welcome to the program well come to those stories very shortly will start so with some breaking news here in Germany Police have defused an explosive device and the town of potsdam near but lets go straight to the views chief Political Correspondent of melinda cry for more. Melinda cried out welcome bring us up to date what more can you tell us. Apparently this object that has now been defused was placed in front of an apothecary a pharmacy very close to the Christmas Market in the city of potts its very close to berlin and a pharmacy employee noticed it there some media are reporting that that employee then proceeded to open the package saw something resembling a can with some wires coming out of it and quickly alerted the police that however has not been confirmed by the police at any rate the police were then informed about this package they sent in special forces they cordoned off the nearby Christmas Market they evacuated that area of the city of potsdam and theyve even created an Emergency Shelter for people who live nearby the police are saying that they have now defused this object apparently with a controlled explosion and theyre calling it an unconventional explosive which basically is the equivalent of an i. E. D. An improvised explosive device were not hearing anything yet from the police about whether they have any idea who the perpetrators of this may have been and how theyre going about researching that fact but the details that i have just given you have been tweeted by the police over the course of about the last hour and a half and tell us about where this package was found. Well puts them is the former capital of the pression empire its where the pression kings and later the kaiser had their palaces its a beautiful city as i said very close to berlin and interesting for purposes of this particular event it does have five Christmas Markets the one that was near this pharmacy where the package was placed is apparently the biggest one its called the Christmas Market of shining blue lights but there are four other markets as well and as i said the market was shut down this afternoon and cordoned off this is absolutely the beginning of germanys Christmas Season and those kind of Christmas Markets particularly in a very picturesque city as much of potsdam is are very popular destinations for many people here and of course germany under a heightened state of alert at the moment because all the talk of the Christmas Market just last year absolutely that attack as many of our viewers will remember killed twelve people and wounded fifty six it was carried out here in berlin at one of the citys central Christmas Markets and deeply deeply alarmed people throughout the country now since then Christmas Markets all over the country have instituted new precautions they have much more many more security personnel on display theyre quite visible theyve put in concrete barriers because as you remember that particular attack was caused by a truck that drove right into the middle of the Christmas Market so those barriers would prevent such a truck attack but clearly in this case this package would have been hand carried and placed in front of the apothecary we also heard as the Christmas Markets were opening just this past week from the interior minister of germany who said look were aware of the risk the risk is real. Its there but we are taking a lot of precautions to make sure that the kind of mistakes that were made with the perpetrator of the berlin attack dont happen again much more careful security and intelligence cooperation between state and local authorities and clearly here we saw some very smooth their intensive police work to get this thing defused and just to be clear that this this these this explosive device was found. In a chemist close to the Christmas Market not actually on the Christmas Market itself so were talking about what hundreds of people affected what do we say well there are normally on a friday afternoon as the week is ending and people are looking forward to drinking some divine there could easily be one hundred or more people in such a Christmas Market there are no numbers out there yet from the police and just one small correction the device was not brought into the pharmacy we are seeing from the police that it was placed in front of the pharmacy and that an enterprising employee apparently noticed it and possibly may even have tried to open it but certainly did then alert the police so yes very close though this pharmacy to the Christmas Market that is at the moment of course being presumed to be the target but the police have not ruled out that in fact this might have been targeted at the pharmacy itself and as you say a Christmas Market is very much a german feature of this year big tourist draw and soft targets. Thats right soft targets as we saw last year in that attack on the berlin Christmas Market which now has been hardened soon after that attack occurred in berlin we saw a big concrete barriers going up around many Public Places they are very much in evidence here in berlin and in other cities also a Stronger Security presence and this market here will also be protected with such barriers which may have caused if indeed the market was the target here and as i say we dont have definite confirmation of that but if that were the case then then clearly they would be a perpetrator would have care and carried this package to the pharmacy but again no confirmation yet as to what the target was or who the perpetrator might be one chief Political Correspondent in the crate for now we fact you will come back to you later in the program. So as you heard from melinda crane that police in brandenburg confirmed a short while ago on twitter that an explosive. Improvised explosive device was found in potsdam lets take a look at some of the tweets the suspicions about the device to confirm the affected area in central potsdam must be evacuated please Pay Attention to a loudspeaker announcement that was one of the Tweets Police also tweeted a controlled deactivation of the object in question has been successful a local newspaper has also been sharing photos from the same including this showing people are gathered behind a cordon set up by police. But its not return to top story Donald Trumps former National Security advisor Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the f. B. I. And flynt left the courthouse a short while ago charges are part of the special counsels investigation into russian meddling in americas twenty sixteen election prosecutors say he lied to the f. B. I. About use of contacts with russian officials he is the most senior former member of the tribe to face charges. To washington that when we joined us from the coast no fun nominee welcome cost Michael Flynn says hes prepared to cooperate with investigators why well it seems the special prosecutor. Has not only enough evidence to charge Michael Flynn but also to convict him so flynn and his lawyers have apparently come to the conclusion its better to plead guilty and to cooperate with miller and to get a lighter sentence for that its also interesting that he was charged with only one count of lying to the f. B. I. The content of this column two statements he made about meetings with the Russian Ambassador in december after Donald Trumps election before he took office and then he was interviewed flynn in late january when he was already a National Security advisor about those meetings and. False statements but according to some reports weve seen seems to have much more on flynn and the fact that he brought only this charge to the courts today could mean that. Flynn has court has agreed to cooperate and that hes effectively now a witness for in this investigation tell us some more about the reaction from the white house were hearing a lawyer in the Trump Administration saying that nothing about general flynns plea implicates anyone else. That is true on the face of it thats absolutely true Michael Flynn himself in a written statement said today that he assumes full responsibility for his mistakes and rejected what he called false accusations that he committed treason but still that doesnt mean that this doesnt affect donald trump or the people around him jared cushion his son in law and advise and also get on the general Jeff Sessions have had problems. Remembering details of their meetings with russians in the past other people might also be implicated and lets not forget donald trump himself also has to deal with the fact that theres a question of whether he committed obstruction of justice when he first tried to get the then f. B. I. Director james called me off flynns back and later fired call me because he wasnt happy with the way the investigation is going so its quite clear that robert is not done yet here and that should still be some cause for glory for the white house and it just sort of going back on of the background to this day the impression that we get is that miller is sort of circling to get trump but thats not necessarily the case is this this is not necessarily about the president. No its not necessarily about the president himself especially when it comes to dealings with russia of course we dont know that especially if at some stage decides that he will actually look into the dealings of the trump business with russia we dont know much about the facts there yet so i cannot rule out that at some point on a trump might be in the focus off and doesnt vest a geisha but right now its mainly about the people around him and of course then once again the question of how the president lay to deal with that investigation and the question if he committed obstruction of justice when he tried to influence james called me and later fired him is one that still stands here. And the lie it self the very the general lied to the f. B. I. About his contacts with russia is this a lie that was that was told while he was in office before or during the miller investigation. This was a lie he told while he was on when he was already an office after trumps inauguration so around the twenty fourth of january he made those statements when interviewed by the f. B. I. But of course at that time there was no investigation that was still an f. B. I. Investigation led by james cole mean and then of course james comey was fired and thats triggered the installation of a special prosecutor. Who is now giving donald trump so many addicts because of our nominee and washington d. C. Thank you. Now the draw for world cup twenty Eighteen Group stage is taking place in moscow all thirty two participating teams now know who they will face next summer in russia the draw which happened inside the kremlin palace where they do its effect featuring music and dance before they got down to business hosts russia were drawn first into group a along with egypt would wipe their opponents in the opening match saudi arabia. So lets take a look at a couple of the groups drawn the defending champions germany have a tricky one theyre going to take on the mexico in their group fop or before facing sweden and former semifinalists of south korea one of the toughest groups was group b. Reigning champion reigning european champions portugal are due to line up against next door neighbors spain as well as morocco and top ranked asian side iran. You find much more to draw including all of the groups in full on our website d w dot com slash sports right now to get a spate from t w supporters here to who have tell us what welcome you like which of these groups is the toughest you know i think every world cup both the media and fans like to pick up a group of death to the group thats the toughest in the world cup but this year its hard to pick one out i think germany faced a tricky group i think is the best way to describe it they have mexico or a strong team and then they have swayed and who of course knocked out italy in the playoffs and south korea and south korea a former semi finest but not as strong as they once were thats a tricky one for germany then of course we have portugal and spain together always tough morocco perhaps not so scary but iran are a bit of a tricky one as well because theyre very organized on the colors kyotos and theyve done well in the asian qualifying but another pick for me would have to be argentina us and croatia and nigeria i think all those teams will tussle it out for the tops two spots so whos going to be happy about this rule i think england would probably be the happiest i think theyve got a pretty easy draw dare i say it they have belgium which is a tough one but also then they have to miss you in panama so england should be looking to top that group for sure and i think another one i think it strengthens will be a bit boyd by their group they have france which is a tough one but then peru and denmark they should be aiming for that second spot and russia will their fans be feeling or more confident after this i think they should i think russian fans are very realistic before the draw they knew that the chances of getting out of the group stages into the knockout rounds were tough but being drawn with saudi arabia and egypt in europe i think theyll be confident that they can sneak a second spot maybe even a top spot so good
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