A reported feat of sixty four Million Euros. Meanwhile donald trump slashes aid to palestinians but who will pick up the slack the e. U. Debates extra funding to fill the gap to help stop thousands of refugees from going under. And never forget german lawmakers hold a special session to honor victims of the holocaust and that survivor has strong words for those who still deny this dark chapter in german history. Im simply so much good to have you with us President Donald Trump has called on the country to unite behind him to create a new american moment during his first state of the Union Address trump also challenged lawmakers to support his plans for renewing the countrys aging infrastructure and to overcome the impasse on Immigration Reform here are some of the highlights. Then. Not surprisingly they gave the president a heros welcome the big question ahead of Donald Trumps first state of the Union Address with the leader of the free world adopt a more president ial term on twitter trump or teleprompter trump a lot of change he said over the last year but one refrain from his Election Campaign remained constant. A new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land each day since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a Righteous Mission to make America Great again for all americans the of there was praise for his own administrations achievements two point four million new jobs rising wages after years of stagnation more red tape cut them by any other administration unemployment claims at a forty five year low stock market smashing one record after another this in fact is our new american moment there has never been a better time to start living the American Dream and together we can achieve absolutely anything to it wasnt all upbeat a magical moment for the world to give up Nuclear Weapons had not yet arrived and the u. S. Would exert maximum pressure in the face of north Koreas Nuclear provocation in one surprise trump announced the kohen tandem obey Detention Center would stay open he clocked in at one hour and twenty minutes one of the longest state of Union Addresses in recent years as long as we have confidence in our values faith in our citizens and trust in our god we will never fail. Our families will thrive. Our people will prosper and our nation will forever be safe and strong and proud and mighty and tree thank you and god bless america. It was another landmark on dummy trumps extraordinary white house journey. There was swift reaction to the state of the union speech independent senator Bernie Sanders said it was hypocritical for a divisive president like donald trump to make an appeal for unity the American People do not want a president who is compulsively dishonest who is a bully who actively represents the interests of the billionaire class who is empire science and it was trying to the by us all based on the color of our skin our nation of origin our religion our gender or our Sexual Orientation lets get some analysis on the state of the union now with renee hobbs a professor at the Harrington School of communication and media at the university of rhode island she is currently a guest at the d. W. Academy in upon miss hobbs thank you very much for joining us on our Program First what is said i hear it thanks for joining us what stood out to you in trump speech well to me it looked like donald trump was pretending to be a statesman and the contrast between his identity as a giving his scripted performance and his tweets they gap was overwhelming right this was in a park a president that i recognized based on the last year of his presidency. Now in this first year its been a very divisive one but in think speeches like this miss hobbs we have heard donald trump make a point of delivering a message about unity lets listen to one clip from his speech all of us together as one team one people and one American Family can do anything we all share the same hall the same heart the same destiny and the same Great American flag. Ok so donald trump there saying we are one to team and this was part of what the white house said was a bipartisan appeal do you think it was convinced that convincing i dont think it was convincing and i think the language he used about immigration was especially. Tone deaf to the true American Values we are a nation of immigrants right and his depiction of immigrants as gang gang members and criminals doesnt resonate with the American People because. Eighty five percent of americans support daca and we want to make sure that as a nation of immigrants we are sensitive to their role in our lives and i didnt get a sense that his four pillars of moving forward on immigration is going to do any have any any meaningful bipartisan support but he is speaking for some of the American People those indeed who still support him. Perhaps i think if you dont watch the news and if you arent participating in media culture fist the only time youve ever seen donald trump grabs you by the idea that hes a statesman but most of us are processing last nights speech in relation to how weve experienced him over the last year right and thats of course this this was quite a performance but it looked like a scripted performance it looked like he was giving a republican. Speech and it didnt look at all like the president we know so was the state of the union speech different from others weve seen in the past. Well it had many of the familiar trademarks of a state of the union speech where he trot out various representative people the one that was most grating to me was the. The issue of the Opioid Epidemic you know last year sixty thousand people died of accidental Drug Overdose and his choice Spokes Person seem particularly tone deaf deaf to the many of us who have lost family and relatives in the Opioid Epidemic instead of choosing up the parents a mother or father of a victim and instead chose to turn it into an adoption story. All right over in a hobbs a professor at the Harrington School of communication and media at the university of rhode island thank you very much for joining us on a program my pleasure. Now to some other stories making news around the world britains Prime Minister theresa may has met with senior officials in china and shes there for a three day visit mays office said shes traveling with the largest business delegation britain has ever taken overseas china is key to british hopes of forging new trade deals around the world effort leaves the e. U. The office of australian Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull is called an urgent investigation after hundreds of top secret government documents were sold in a secondhand store the files were found locked inside filing cabinets that were sold as x. Government furniture. Near record rainfall and high winds have lashed australias north west a tropical low is brought flooding to the area around the town of brew but forecasters say the worst of the storm is now over. It has been more than two years since a suicide bombing in the heart of istanbul killed twelve German Tourists now a Turkish Court has sentenced three syrian nationals to life sentences for their part in the attack will go to our correspondent yulia han for more but first a look back at the devastating attack of general two thousand and sixteen. A selfie in front of the will thing fia. In memory shots next to the blue mosque the sultan ahmed district is a must see for every tourist coming to istanbul each day visitors from all around the world are crowding here and it was no different on the twelfth of january twenty sixth time. City guy teachin cousin bobo will never forget that day she was then when a suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of German Tourists here in the room called them and i just stood there and couldnt move his vision a little but the little boy learned about go to me that a lot of people started to run. Police and im guillen says came on the for a minute i thought what should i do this in the. Injured were taken to the hospital and i didnt know which nationality they were so i went to the hospital as well as i thought i might be able to help about. Twelve germans were killed that generally morning the bomber died as well on the same day the turkish government set the Islamic State group was behind the attack this is where the suicide bomber carried out his deadly attack two years ago in the historic hearts of istanbul right at the center of turkeys World Heritage site very close to the famous blue mosque the fact that a terrorist was able to strike here shocked many and changed this city. The most visible change police and all of the calls are now everywhere the number of Security Forces around major touristic sites has increased drastically. Security analyst asked me a ton says the sultan at an attack was like a wake up call for turkish authorities. At the farm different to the priorities were not set properly. This was the trip that was long agenda and. Turkish Security Forces were not. Prioritizing it it has been a wake up call definitely the Security Forces are now. A better prioritizing be collecting better intelligence same thing much more rigorous own judge the stakes for interests tourism numbers have declined dramatically after the attack the year twenty sixteen has been a catastrophe for istanbuls economy but now tourists are returning. From living we came to istanbul i was a little worried but there are police around so i feel safe we should worry about something that happened two years ago with a crazy guy so go where you want to go do what you want to do and dont be frightened for this mission if i didnt feel safe here i wouldnt come here in. The city gaieties in custom google is showing round a group of chinese visitors to insult announcement today. That a lot she hopes she will never have to victimise an attack again and wants to show tourists her city helped them find the best spots for the beautiful memories shot. That report from our turkey correspondent yulia han and she joins us from istanbul for more on the story hi yulia we heard that a Turkish Court has sentenced three people to life in jail over this attack in two thousand and sixteen but a number of others were acquitted what was the courts the reasoning for its ruling today. Well first of all this is probably an important day for the victims families since they have been waiting for word ached for more than two years now today three syrian nationals were sentenced to a lifetime in prison for having helped the suicide bomber carry out his deadly attack for example logistically getting him and the bomb from syria to the turkish southeast and then all the way to istanbul but yes as you rightly mentioned there were when you. Go home and most of them were acquitted today due to a lack of evidence thats what we hear from the court others were not even detained in the first place one major suspect for example was reportedly able to escape to iraq and the turkish government while the turkish government was very quick back down to blame this attack on the socalled Islamic State group the group itself has never officially claimed this attack so there are many open questions and i am afraid they will remain open questions even after today one of those questions really is what was to blame was a poor security. Well thats what some experts here say i mean this was an attack in a series of attacks here in turkey since mitt twenty fifteen but this one really hit the touristic heart of istanbul and it killed many foreigners. Well since the war in syria started in twenty eleven and the Islamic State group was growing more powerful many have accused the turkish government off turning a blind eye to this specific terrorism threats not controlling the borders enough some even say the government actively supported Islamist Isis affiliated groups inside syria of course denies such claims but yes many experts here say this this threat was not speaking taken seriously enough and youll hear just briefly if you can we saw in your report you know images of more police but how how security in istanbul changed since then. Yes well now you see much more Police Military around major touristic sites in malls in the metro because that attack really was a blast to not only the Tourism Industry here but many locals were also shocked and terrified off towards but of course the fact that you would see more security around doesnt necessarily mean that the threat level has changed or the threat is not there anymore w. s yulia reporting from istanbul you are going to talk to you. You Foreign Ministers are holding talks today on whether to provide emergency funding to Palestinian Refugees this comes after u. S. President trump drastically cut Financial Aid to them now some five Million People are urgently in need of support and the u. N. Agency responsible for them says it is running out of money lets take a closer look at what the agency for Palestinian Refugees is doing the United Nations relief and works agency has provided essential aid for Palestinian Refugees and their descendants first seven decades many of them were displaced during the arab israeli war in one thousand nine hundred forty eight and the six day war in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven today more than five million palestinians are registered in camps in jordan syria lebanon the occupied west bank and the gaza strip donations from u. N. Member states make up nearly all of the agencys budget of over one billion dollars the United States gave three hundred sixty four million u. S. Dollars in two thousand and seventeen four hundred forty one Million Dollars came from the e. U. And its member states. Earlier this month the u. S. Froze some sixty five Million Dollars of its aid for the Un Refugee Agency during the World Economic forum in davos President Trump threatened to cut off u. S. Aid to the palestinians altogether unless they resume peace talks with israel the cut in funds could hit the most vulnerable palestinians across the region the un r w a provides them with basic Care EducationHealth Social services and Food Distribution emergency aid also supports Palestinian Refugees in war torn syria and in gaza the cut comes at a critical time for the organization and its now urgently looking for a way to make up the shortfall. To sustain it by force and brussels covering the e. U. Foreign ministers talks hikari any outcome so far on this financial crisis a Foreign Policy chief federico more greenies will be made right at the beginning of this extraordinary session an announcement that raised a couple of eyebrows lets hear what she had to say and im glad today to announce that we have just adopted a new package of forty two point five Million Euros including activities in East Jerusalem and support to the building of a democratic and accountable palestinian state. Now this upfront announcement of an aid package gives you a feeling for how important the u. Takes this financial crisis but i checked with the un agency and they make clear to me that this is not money going into their budget instead what they have received so far is promises that they will receive early payments of the usual money they will receive anyways and for instance germany and norway have paid their annual contributions in advance right so have there been any common e. U. Reactions on washingtons decision to withhold aid. Federico. Was not tight lipped today regarding the u. S. She urged the United States to not to go it alone to seek a multilateral approach otherwise this could end up in failure and clearly this is like a mantra for the e. U. Use its key objective is to reach a two state solution jerusalem being the capital off both palestine and israel and to achieve that it is key frederica maurine made clear that this u. N. Agency receives money that helps the people on the ground and if that help is reduced clearly that is counterproductive from the european perspective we saw in our report that the amount that the u. S. Contributes is a big chunk of money what happens if that is not replaced its a recipe for catastrophe