A playbook sex abuse scandals involving priests and swaying the skeptics the social Democratic Party leader is on a mission to win over grassroots members the idea of a grand coalition with Angela Merkels conservatives and months of political uncertainty. Plus the music world mourns the loss of Dolores Oriordan the lead singer of the cranberries who has died suddenly at age forty six. Is reading your party worried about negative stuff its all. Her anguished voice pushed the irish band to icon status during the one nine hundred ninety s. We will talk about the life and the dark sides of her life and music. Welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. We begin with a horror story from california where police say that they have freed thirteen siblings who were allegedly imprisoned by their Parents Police say that they were alerted by in a may see that seventeen Year Old Girl who managed to escape when officers entered the home in the city of paris they found some of her sisters and brothers shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks the victims range in age from two years old to twenty nine the parents have been jailed on charges of torture and child endangerment one neighbor saw police leading the family out of the house after they were freed and she described the scene to local media have a listen they were all in pjs because it was early in the morning. They were very very pale skinned like almost like theyve never seen the sun but ive seen a couple older one city all and it was mostly girls and then kind of small framed kind of tiny almost looked a little mound nutrition and for more lets bring in Valentino Martinelli who is a freelance journalist based in los angeles following the story for us valentino thank you so much for joining us so we know what sort of care the children are receiving at the moment. Full first of all of the sheriff the part of man that made no further Information Available beyond the news release but schedule area News Conference for today at ten in the morning so thats where we will have a little bit more news that understanding of what happened inside their horror how the sirens go on certain the thirteen week make them or claim to be starving they were fat and meaty to local hospital Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services have been also assisting in the investigation investigators also have asked that anyone with information on the case contacts them and a lot of people you know turning to google in the meantime to try and gather some information about this family apparently there are pictures posted to social media back in two thousand and sixteen that appear to show a happy family celebrating their parents renewing their marriage vows do we have a sense of whats happened since then. Well the parents first of all were and able to immediately provide a logical reason why there were children who were with strain in that matter thats what the sheriff officials have said in the news release. There is no really understanding the neighbors rarely see the kids when they were seen the kids it was for some ran the moment when they were going in the car some of them didnt even know the kids were existing and yet the family. As mentawai that david had inter been and now lu is an interpreter and that have both been arrested and now they are in jail with a bail set at nine million each posted several picture as you mention of a happy family also take in trips to disneyland illustrate this do we know how long the family has been living in this particular house. Couple moved to california in two thousand and nine and previously in another house then to declare bankruptcy a move to this house in two thousand and eleven they previously also in California Public records also show that the couple all the house so and that this same address was listed as a school a private school name sounds some capsule based school a school for kids k. Twelve campus and david turpin was listed as principal. Valentino martinelli freelance journalist based in los angeles with the latest on this case and as you mentioned we are standing by waiting for a press conference a little bit later today hopefully there after we will have more details thank you valentino. And. Well pope francis has arrived in chile for what promises to be a difficult visit the pontiff received a warm welcome from tulane president Michelle Bachelet and thousands of supporters in the streets of santiago but francis has come under fire from two lanes outraged over a priest sex abuse scandal that controversy in the Catholic Churchs position on social issues have pushed many to lanes to abandon their faith. She lay in peace had to yank this protester down from an overhand road sign. Elsewhere a crowd of activists full gay and transgender rights also demonstrators. This is the popes twenty second overseas trip but its here on his native continent that hes met the most hostility yet. At just thirty six percent trust in the Catholic Church in chile is the lowest in lesson america. And its not a lot of us have been catholics we were part of the church however we feel we but let down by the roman curia in the sense that it is an abusive discriminate tree and intolerant church and. Much of the resentment stems from the socalled kind of abuse case for more than a decade local Church Leaders ignored complaints against the highly influential financial cut a deal a priest accused of molesting children it was only when the victims went public to the vatican investigate the affair and in two thousand and eleven was found guilty. While pope francis has made clear his zero tolerance for abuse his appointment of one of her demons proteges one barrels as the bishop of also known in southern chile has reopened old wounds. Lets get a quick check now of some other stories that about making news around the world at least nine construction workers have been killed when half of an unfinished bridge collapsed in central colombia the deck in a supporting tower tumbled nearly three hundred meters into a canyon the bridge was part of a major new highway due to open in march an investigation into the cause has begun. Libyas coast guard has rescued around four hundred migrants stranded in several locations off of its coast in the Mediterranean Sea they had placed distress calls after claiming to experience engine trouble libya is one of the key routes for middle eastern and african migrants trying to enter europe illegally. Palestinian leaders have voted to call for this is spent in a recognition of israel the Palestinian Central Council says that it will no longer hear two existing agreements with israel including the oslo peace accords the meeting came in response to u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of two saw him as israels capital. In germany social Democratic Party leader Martin Scholtz is looking to win over the partys grass roots to the idea of another grand coalition with chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives the rank and file must grant their approval to enter talks around forming a new government at a party summit on sunday but schultz faces a hard sell with skeptics saying that it betrays social Democratic Values so he has travelled to the partys heartland in an effort to win their support. Welcome to daughter historically a stand of the social democrats but many have lost the appetite for a grand coalition saying the partys losing sight of its aims. Of these on the path of social justice is over and i can see that its now more about careers and clinging on to seats. While this diner. As the daily denmarks in shorts is telling the exploratory talks is a success but its not easy to convince Party Members to support a new coalition especially here in north rhinewestphalia. Weve clarified many things there were lots of questions as our members really welcomed the discussion and i think there was a lot of reflection. And i think. That many still think the s. P. D. Is making too many concessions even after the talks the party seems split off as the issues of citizens insurance work contracts reform and raising the top income tax rate is all missing from the current blueprint these are key s. P. V. Issues so i dont know if members will be convinced. Yet. Many say its important to take on the responsibility of government but others say the conservative bloc will damage the s. P. D. In government its a right now we need to weigh up the options and thats a serious and difficult process the Partys National representatives will decide on sunday whether to open formal Coalition Talks north rhinewestphalia will contribute to more than a quarter of the vote. And for more we have joining us now in the studio chairwoman of the young socialist within the as p. T. Party in berlin welcome to you good morning good morning how do you feel about a repeat of the Broad Coalition i am totally against the repeat of the grand coalition also all the young socialists investors are democratic parties are totally against the we fear that the future of our party is at stake but not only that the. Germany can take four more years of grand coalition of a coalition that isnt progressive but just keeps the status quo is it fair to say that there is a disconnect right now between the partys leadership and the partys members and what does that mean for the head of your party martin. Thats what im feeling right now actually yes that theres a big disconnect and i really dont understand why the leaders of the social Democratic Party supports these results so much i understand that they have negotiated very hard was a c. D. U. But looking at those results there theres no social democratic handwriting and if my kids wants to connect himself and his faith in the party it was these results in south christian off coalition are not maybe in this case hes not the right one for is there for leading the party at the moment because we dont fear new elections and we also dont fear changing majorities in the polymer and i think im in a Minority Coalition can also be an option would be very good for a democracy and we need people who are up for that and we need people who really fight for the social Democratic Values ok so were talking here about the good of your party right just generally speaking i want to talk about the good of the country right now though because you know if we look at the International Context what leaders for example are to turn to the leader of france a manual. In the e. U. Commission brussels many other players in the world but they really want to stable German Government what would you say to them that we want is social europe we want a social germany we want strong workers rights for example we want a penny in politics in germany that is good for the people here because many people fear to be poor when theyre when theyre getting older also we want the end of the austerity politics and if we look at what is happening now is a grand coalition we can see that so this government is also not going to be good for our European Partners so i would call at our European Partners to trust us and also. To fight together for strong and socially europe and for Coalition Options and governments which support these ideas and i dont see that the c. D. U. Is doing any of that looking at their refugee politics looking at what theyre doing was it was tara to politics to greece for example and i think that we can support that and tech cant take that any longer and i thank you so much this morning for coming on the program to share your views on the closer the chair one of the chairwoman of the young socialist within the s. P. D. Party here in berlin we appreciate it. Youre watching news still to come on the program a voice that will linger on believe singer of the cranberries has died suddenly at the age of forty six and we will look back at her life and her kind. But in the meantime monica jones is here with us now and were heading to detroit exactly to the motor show sarah and a lot of people worried because twenty seventeen was a difficult year for car dealers in the u. S. With dwindling sales especially when handling of german brands the scandal still weight and Consumer Sentiment donna trump attack on german com makers in particular accusing them of unfair trading practices didnt help either but you wont find doom and gloom to the north American International auto show in detroit quite the contrary as the phenomena reports. The Automobile Industry is all about salesmanship some people want to buy the feeling of independence and getting away from it all of us want speed Technical Innovation or simply an affordable ride in detroit germanys comic has demonstrated optimism that they can cater to any perceivable need and are clearly back on the road to success. This is a huge market seventeen million cars were sold in two thousand and seventeen and we are quite proud that we could increase our market share in two thousand and seventeen the germans got some unexpected headwinds from washington President Donald Trump accused them of exporting too many cars to the u. S. And threatens to punish them with tariffs but a concerted Information Culture offensive seems to have had some success recently as the attacks from the white house abated i think people in washington have been. More and more that we are not only selling cars here but that we are also producing lots of cars in the United States one of the best examples for this is beyond. Company explicitly criticized by trump for being too successful the company has defended itself by pointing out that its biggest car plant worldwide is actually in the u. S. And that b. M. W. Is securing tens of thousands of american jobs not only in its own facilities but also at its suppliers internally we call the u. S. Our second home some problems of german automakers in the u. S. Were of their own doing the image of german engineering took a hit when ford spark and cheated on diesel emissions tests after it paid billions in fines and wholeheartedly apologized he was bio seem to be giving v. W. A Second Chance to fact bargain was one of the few Car Companies to report higher sales last year. So its a wonderful time to restore this brand to its old glory over a time the optimism is also high quality and innovation will prevail says one of the companys leading engineers if you look at the altar industry these days its always the germans who make the next big step forward an assessment confirmed by strong sales figures by professional service from one of americas leading auto fan magazines. Respect for german german engineering and german car manufacturing hasnt really do windle i think maybe the volkswagen brand took more of a hit then than the german Auto Industry in general in terms of peoples perception i mean people are still buying porsches people still buy and b. M. W. And Mercedes Benz is and they still think theyre great cars and with the economy booming unemployment low and Donald Trumps recent tax reform handing money to corporations and high end customers alike german comic us are expecting another year of growing profits in the u. S. Well if the euro and u. S. Dollar Exchange Rate plays ball because the euro is steadied its ready against the greenback trading at one u. S. Dollar. Fourteen today and thats after reaching a three year high on monday when it was going for one us dollar twenty two ninety seven now the euro has gained almost eighteen percent against the greenback since january twenty seven thousand analysts say that the European Central banks plans to end its Bond Buying Program are behind the currency strengths the euro is expected to remain strong in the near term so what does that mean and whats driving the currency lets find out and cross over to dad who is keeping an eye for us on the Financial Action in frankfurt hello daniel what exactly is driving the euro. Why theyre wanted to what i guess there are two main factors behind this very strong your that we are seeing at the moment on the one hand were having a very good economy here happening right now in the euro zone on the other hand and its really been giving investors quite a headache in the last time is that there is speculation that we are already seeing maybe a change of the Monetary Policy off the e. C. B. Happening this year remember that during the financial crisis since then we have Interest Rates here at a level of zero percent and also that the e. C. B. Is buying every mans billions of a Government Bond investor think that this could change because a paper was released from the latest e. C. B. Meeting and when you read this paper very carefully you can think that maybe already starting with fall this year this borne purchasing program off the e. C. Be a court