Into the crowded square at brightside plots twelve people were killed dozens others injured our correspondent who was on the scene last year is there again tonight will ask has enough been done to help those whose lives were destroyed by that attack also on the show republicans in the u. S. House of representatives passed dogwood trumps tax reform bill the first rewrite of u. S. Tax laws in three decades is now set for a Senate Showdown and yemens hoochie rebels fire a ballistic rocket at saudi arabia saudi forces say they intercepted it but is this a sign that the carnage in yemen is spreading well ask an expert for his and now. Im off its good to have you with the sea here in the german capital tonight people have been remembering the lives lost in a night of terror one year ago a rejected Asylum Seeker from tunisia drove a truck into a berlin Christmas Market killing twelve people tonight the country and the world cast their eyes again on the scene of that attack where a series of memorial events has been unfolding. The bell tolls twelve times for the twelve victims of the terror attack one year ago. The names of the victims and the gash on the ground to mark the place where an islamist attacker rammed a truck into a Christmas Market in the heart of. Three hundred people gathered here today in the afternoon to mark the anniversary among them relatives of the victims people injured in the attack and First Responders all of them still feeling the shock of what happened here a year ago. At the attacker to a loved ones from our lives bitterly miss his actions affected everybody and they struck at the core of humanity and freedom and which is the foundation of life lived and he said. It. Was of the sleeves and i had just chancellor merkel that the first candle at the memorial in recent weeks some of the injured and the brief had accused turn in open letter often difference and big lect it took me a year to officially invite the relatives to the chancellery today she acknowledged that mistakes have been made and promised to provide Material Support for victims and their relatives. It was a very open and on the part of those affected brutally frank conversation that showed up the flaws in our government like. Thank you. Thank god. But i type lots the scene of the attack was completely cold and golf snipers were positioned on the top of the nearby buildings the annual Christmas Market was temporarily closed and access to the public tonight many passes by stopped on the outs goods to watch the ceremony. Here at the Christmas Market exactly a week before the attack so its very moving. Im very sad the whole world should be sad. Theres more fear youre afraid when you go to a Christmas Market only places where people are. After the ceremony the memorial was open to the public many berlin is poured flowers and candles to express their grief the Christmas Markets will open again wednesday things will go back to normal one year after the terrorist. Formal appears to be a relative word to you want to go now to our correspondents all over salad he was one of the first reporters on the scene a year ago and tonight he joins us again from that Christmas Market in bright side plods good evening to you all over it has been a day full of emotions for everybody involved particularly the people there at the Christmas Market the site of that attack talk to me a little bit about what its been like for you being back one year later. It was quite an uncomfortable feeling really an uncomfortable silence that weve witnessed here during the whole day weve just heard in the report about the area being cordoned off and that reminded me very much to how it was like a year ago when i arrived here when the whole area was cordoned off when this whole neighborhood here that is usually one of the most busy shopping districts of berlin crowded with people at this time of the year theyre doing their Christmas Shopping when this area was completely cordoned off and it felt like being in a ghost town here during the whole day that situation of course changed later tonight when people came to commemorate im standing right in front of the place where people just a little while ago put down flowers and candles to commemorate the victims but the moment that struck me the most was not being here the day after the attack but coming here when this Christmas Market reopened to the public when i accidentally mets. Surviving vendor here the only victim of the vendors here. And his stall got drawn down by the truck and that the way he talked about it and explain to me the suffering he was going through gave me a very clear impression of how difficult this might be for many people that have lost friends and family here all that are the victims themselves i mean its an interesting point the vendor there and how he has suffered in the last twelve months is similar to what the relatives of the people what they have said theyve suffered and theyve criticized the german chancellor saying that she has been callous and that she has been reluctant to basically say i feel your pain is today the commemorative ceremonies we saw today was that a chance to turn the page for everyone. Well the speech that angloamerican delivered here on the sidelines of the ceremony here was that was an appearance really that i have never seen before that way it was a very somber speech full of humility and a very emotional appearance that shes made and shes usually known for not being very emotional and we also know that it took her a year to invite the victims into the chancery to speak to them that happened yesterday that they spoke about three hours we dont know anything about the content of these talks other than she wants to reinvite these people the what she said to days that this is a day of grief but then also a day to look for ward and to to see what the government can change in order to take the wishes and feelings off the victims families better into consideration and this is basically the outcome of this today and it is now on the victims to accept this apology that came across very credible in a way that is not very typical farm in america and you know all of the people around the world may be asking tonight why did it take the chancellor a year to send her condolences to the relatives of the victims i mean do you have any idea i know people around the world are asking why did it take some long. Well the government focused on a lot of things after this attack so there was a big debate a legal issues and how to make you know how to deal with the with the many of migrants that came into the country what kind of legal measures have to be taken how law has to be changed in order to prevent such attacks from happening and there is some tougher laws in place but what they apparently forgot is to think about how to deal with that with the victims families either and this is exactly the criticism they put forward and thats why it took them so long probably when the government also said that this was the first time such a terror attack happened and that they simply were not prepared. Our correspondents all over salad on the story for us tonight returning a year later where that terror attack took place all over thank you heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world ugandas parliament has abruptly adjourned a debate on extending president Yoweri Museveni decades in power now thats after soldiers stormed the building and scuffled with police it was unclear what triggered the confrontation but it follows a similar incident back in september south africas Oscar Pistorius will appeal after judges increased his jail term for murdering his girlfriend the last month prosecutors successfully argued the the olympians six year sentence for fatally shooting. Was too lenient and they had increased to thirteen and a half years now the countrys Constitutional Court will make a final ruling. Thailands ruling junta says it will use a special order to allow Political Parties to prepare for elections the Prime Minister made the announcement on tuesday a ban on political activity has been in place in the country since a two thousand and fourteen coupe ousted the civilian government. Our time to talk taxes funny is here to do that exactly brian thank you so much indeed u. S. President donald trump is poised for his first major legislative success after eleven months in office the house of representatives has just passed the most sweeping weve ride of the nations tax laws in more than three decades to mostly Party Line Vote was two hundred twenty seven four and two hundred three against the legislation to provide steep tax cuts for businesses out of the wealthy and more modest cuts for middle class and low income families the critics say the reform will trigger a ballooning deficit the bill now goes to set up for an expected vote and she said even a or early wednesday. Lets bring in our correspondents in washington carson phenomenon school to sending in new york to both of you im going to start with you cost him first as is just good trops tax reform made it through the house what about the senate any doubts that it will be approved there as well. Not really everybody expects that the senate will also approve the bill even though the majority there is very tight but there is no doubt here what is the u. S. Economy really expecting to get out of this i mean we have heard a lot of positive news when it comes to investors what are you hearing who would benefit. Well the republicans say this means that money will go back to middle class families and companies who will invest the money which in turn will then create more jobs and raise wages the democrats of course say no this is just a handout for the rich and basically this trickle down effect the republicans are hoping for will never materialize for me there are three main points here first of all yes there have been a few improvements for the middle class in this final version of the bill but most of the tax cuts still go to corporations and to very wealthy americans secondly this plan blows a big hole into the federal budget and kind of mean twist the republicans have now already announced that they will look into cutting welfare programs next year to address the budget deficit so basically tax cuts for some people and then less money for way for projects and the third point is that there is a provision in this bill which addresses the socalled individual mandate a central pillar of Barack ObamasHealth Care Reform if that mandate is gone if people are no longer requested to have Health Insurance many young people and Healthy People will not have Health Insurance premiums will go up for many others and millions of americans might no longer be able to afford Health Insurance in school to lets bring in just it from cost and Many Companies many investors that the ritual is going to benefit so whats the atmosphere there behind in wall street. Well wall street in anticipation of this bill has been on a sugar high for weeks if not for months just yesterday the Dow Jones Industrial average and finished the day on the seventy years high of this year so this has never happened before in wall streets in history that the dow jones within one year would send seventy. Records today the market is really good mood even if stocks are falling a little bit but really we had been on quite a run in the past couple of months carson back to you what about the trump folders here after all donald trump has promised a lot for the middle class val what are you hearing ill be disappointed. You know interestingly many of them not they seem to believe President Trump and the republicans in congress that this plan will ultimately benefit them by providing more jobs and higher wages its quite interesting although most opinion polls show that this plan is very unpopular in the general population almost seventy percent of republicans believe that this will benefit the middle class while at the same time ninety five percent of democrats think it does not so once again we see how divided this country is and the way people see the world depends on whom they believe and where they get their news from and this tax reform may lead to further division costing phenomena washington d. C. And score to new york thank you both. And on a different story actually staying the story European Companies are closely watching the developments in washington a lot of them trade with the u. S. Or have subsidiaries or factory stare and other countries may follow suit corporate taxes to attract business as well. Trade between the European Union and the us is booming but will it continue to do so much of Donald Trumps tax reform package remains unclear for example it includes a twenty percent excise tax on companies purchases from foreign subsidiaries that seem to discouraging american firms from producing abroad but it could also hurt german carmakers with factories in the u. S. That import their components from germany. I need to know theres another threat of higher duty on imports. That frightens us because theyre unpredictable and dont comply with w t o rules. So nobody knows what effect they will have. There are now concerns trumps reform could trigger a global race to lower corporate taxes the e. U. Average is around twenty two percent slightly higher than in the us after his legislation takes effect in many countries rates are much higher including germany where its around thirty percent that could lead to german investment being diverted to the us. I know. One thing trump is certainly successful stimulating the american economy. And if you push through massive tax cuts in the us that will lead to German Companies investing. In this. As a result their profits and jobs could shift to the u. S. As well America First trumps favorite slogan might get a boost from a tax reform package. Donald trump extend the music to trumps ears the u. S. Trade deficit fell by nineteen percent in the Third Quarter to just over one hundred billion dollars its just smallest imbalance in the past few years a smaller deficit in goods traded and a bigger story plus the services and income from overseas investments helped shrink the current account President Trump has promised to reduce the trade deficit by attacking unfair trade practices now many doubt that strategy arguing it would spark trade wars. Thats your Business Update for now brant the news right thank you very much fun to be want to turn to saudi arabia now the kingdom says that it has intercepted a ballistic rocket which was fired by yemens rebel group towards riad the rebels say they were targeting the royal palace in the saudi capital this is the second time in two months that a rebel rocket has managed to reach as far as riyadh so whats going on here to talk about the situation in yemen and saudi arabia im joined now by transfield its good to have you back on the show you are a middle east expert at the for university in berlin with us talk about this latest missile fire by the who the rebels i mean how much has it escalated the situation in the region this one missile being fired yeah i dont think this one missile is causing the escalation its its much more the timing and the message that its sending to saudi arabia and to the u. S. And what the u. S. And saudi arabia are making out of it whats the what is the message that its sending to them of course two days ago they you and the American Ambassador to the u. N. Presented evidence that the missiles that are being fired by the who think to saudi arabia are it raining and running of course and they using this to escalate to their rhetoric towards iran so this one missile is to be understood in this context where saudi arabia and also the u. S. Are putting pressure on iran. So this also its really important to understand that when you follow Mainstream Media you might get the impression that they have been what two or three missiles fired towards saudi arabia but if you believe what the who with the stuff and reporting them then they have been sending. Very frequently across the border but saudi arabia seems to view seems to choose which missiles it reports on. And which once it doesnt i think that is part of the narrative here that what were hearing in terms of rebel rockets is only part of the story did there have actually been more that have been fired. It appears that. There have been more missiles fired i mean its hard to verify right absolutely but you know if the who is are reporting this missile fire this most of them of course it makes sense that they would have fired him or missiles and saudi arabia of course when it doesnt make sense for them to shed light on that missile because it might look them might make them look weak in the conflicts then the cover it up but in this case its of course i think for the pressure that they can put on iran because the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Has opened this evidence and theyre clearly creating this case that iran is behind the who thius and of course that is only partially true i mean what we have is yemen is part of this proxy war between saudi arabia and iran and judging by what were what were seeing what were reporting today the hopes of any type of reduction in hostilities and an improvement for the civilians there that hope is dash does that i mean do you see any change any time soon right now i dont see a political solution being possible i think so to review are going to push back towards against the fees and once they feel that theyre in a stronger position they might be ready to talk with with you again have to see when that