thanks for joining us tonight. never miss tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. president trump doubling down. this time in public, now calling on china to investigate his political opponent joe biden and his son. it all comes amid the escalating impeachment investigation looking into the president asking for the same thing in that phone call with ukraine s new president. and the text messages revealed here tonight. one diplomat saying it s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. the new images just in tonight. a u.s. military drill gone wrong. 87 paratroopers jumping at night. but then missing their landing spot. nearly two dozen badly injured. several rushed to the hospital. some dangling in trees, one for 12 hours. also breaking at this hour, the hard landing and then the sheriff s department flying overhead, then that helicopter going down, too. you could see the pilots, one appearing to try to help the other. the deadly plane crash in the northeast. the husband onboard, sending a final text message to his wife who was waiting for him back on the tarmac. the las vegas massacre, and tonight, the major settlement after the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history. up to $800 million for the settlement. in paris tonight, not far from notre dame cathedral, four police officers killed in a deadly attack. two health stories tonight. the number of vaping deaths rising. and the deadly eee scare with mosquitos. now a grandfather the latest victim. and robert de niro in a major legal feud with a former assistant. tonight, she has now released the audio. what de niro allegedly said to her. and we are following a developing headline in the west. news of an active shooter. several people shot. what we have now learned. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. and we begin tonight with president trump doubling down in the middle of the impeachment investigation, for asking ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden. tonight, the president now saying in front of the cameras that china should investigate joe biden, too. today, the president made that suggestion as the first witness was being interviewed in the inquiry. tonight, the president lashing out, and late today, what text messages just out now reveal. what a top diplomat said about about the president, ukraine and that move to hold hundreds of millions in u.s. military aid before then asking for a favor. abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off. reporter: today, president trump asked yet another foreign country to investigate his potential 2020 rival, joe biden. this time it was china. china should start an investigation into the bidens, because what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. reporter: he even suggested he might make a direct request to the president of china. have you asked president xi to investigate at all? i haven t, but it s certainly something we can start thinking about. reporter: it comes as the u.s. and china are embroiled in a trade war. president trump says there will be talks in washington next week. china is coming in next week. we re going to have a meeting with them, we ll see. i have a lot of options on china, but if they don t do what we want, we have tremendous power. reporter: joe biden s son, hunter, has had business dealings with china, but there s been no evidence of any wrongdoing. joe biden responded on twitter, saying, you cannot extort foreign governments to help you win re-election. it s an abuse of power. reporter: the biden campaign called the president s words today the equivalent of this from 2016 russia, if you re listening, i hope you re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. reporter: the president s words today are especially remarkable because he is suggesting a foreign government investigate his political rival at the very moment he is facing possible impeachment for doing just that, asking the president of ukraine to do us a favor and investigate a debunked conspiracy theory about stolen democratic emails and joe biden and his son. i find, once again, the president inviting another country to interfere in our presidential elections repugnant and a fundamental breach of his oath of office. so, let s get to jon karl, with us live from the white house tonight. and jon, the president insists his political requests of ukraine on the phone call and now china in public are totally appropriate. reporter: david, the president isn t even denying the central allegation against him. he s just insisting that asking a foreign government to investigate a political rival is entirely proper. that means that this is becoming less a question of what the president did than a debate over what is right and what is wrong. jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thanks. and as i mentioned there at the top tonight, there are new text messages now emerging this evening, as the first witness is interviewed in this investigation. kurt volker, the former special u.s. envoy to ukraine, answering questions behind closed doors today. he resigned just days after the whistle-blower complaint and the transcript of that call was released from the white house. tonight, what he reportedly revealed and the text messages between diplomats about all of this. abc s mary bruce on the hill. mr. ambassador, what are you going to tell them? reporter: tonight on capitol hill, the president s former envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, offering the first inside account of the president s efforts to press ukraine to investigate joe biden. volker handing over text messages that show state department officials debating whether trump was withholding nearly $400 million in military aid to pressure ukraine for his own political benefit. the top american diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, writes, i think it s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. the u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, replies, i believe you are incorrect about president trump s intentions. the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. but sondland then adding, i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. according to the whistle-blower complaint, volker had regular dealings with president trump s personal attorney, rudy giuliani, who has aggressively pushed ukrainian officials to investigate biden. i spoke to ambassador sondland four times, i spoke to volker eight times. they basically knew everything i was doing. reporter: the whistle-blower says volker spoke with giuliani in an attempt to, quote, contain the damage to u.s. national security. the washington post today reports volker told lawmakers he warned giuliani he was being fed untrustworthy information from ukrainian political figures about biden and his son. well, it s deeply concerning. the information and smears against vice president biden had no basis in fact. reporter: according to the post, volker says he also cautioned the ukrainians to steer clear of u.s. politics. but republicans are defending president trump. ambassador volker has been very impressive, and, as i said, has said nothing that nothing that coincides with what the democrats are saying with their whole impeachment narrative. mary bruce live up on the hill tonight. and mary, tomorrow, lawmakers will hear from the inspector general for the intelligence community, and he s the one that received the whistle-blower complaint. reporter: and david, lawmakers are going to press him on how and why he determined that the whistle-blower complaint was, quote, credible, and oft enrgcoernc and they will likely want to know who he spoke with inside the trump administration to make that conclusion. david? mary bruce, our thanks to you, as well. and we re going to turn next to that active shooter situation we have been following in vancouver, washington. several people were wounded in a shooting at a downtown apartment building. authorities then surrounding the shooter in that building. here s abc s marcy gli gonzalez. reporter: tonight, a gunman opening fire in the lobby of this washington state retirement community. shooting three people, killing one of them. they have three people down in the lobby. reporter: the gunman then barricading himself inside an apartment. some residents evacuating. others told to shelter in place as police surround the building and use a drone to get a look inside. we have been in verbal communication with him through crisis negotiators for some time now. reporter: after several tense hours, the suspect taken into custody. s.w.a.t. will do a sweep of the building, confirming that there are no residents inside, or any additional injured parties. i believe everyone will be able to come back to their residences. reporter: police believe the gunman lives in fwilding. tonight, they re still piecing together what led to this shooting. david? marci gonzalez tonight, thanks. next tonight, new images just in after that u.s. military training exercise gone wrong in camp shelby in mississippi. nightscope video now showing hundreds of paratroopers making a nighttime jump, scores of them, then missing their marks. many badly injured, rushed to the hospital. many dangling in trees for hours. here s abc s martha raddatz. reporter: it is one of the largest military parachute accidents in memory. a nighttime training jump in mississippi from a c-130 that left every one of the 87 paratroopers from that aircraft landing atop a grove of pine trees, instead of the intended drop zone. 23 were sent to the hospital with injuries. many left dangling from their chutes in the trees. one of the soldiers stuck for nearly 12 hours, all night, before he could be brought down. the weather was reportedly clear. the winds were calm. the investigation will kind of reveal exactly why so many jumpers ended up in the trees. reporter: jumping out of airplanes is inherently dangerous. i ve got multiple patients with spinal injuries, loss of sensation and movement. reporter: some of the army s elite golden knights collided last february, leaving sergeant first class richard young, who we spoke to just last week, critically injured. i shatter bpelvis, broke all but one rib on the left side, c-spine fracture, skull fracture. reporter: young still has a long way to go in his recovery. martha raddatz with us, as well, tonight. and martha, you said some of the paratroopers are still hospitalized? what do we know about their conditions? reporter: well, four soldiers remain in the hospital. one with a broken back. but the army says none of the injuries are life-threatening, david. that is good news. all right, martha, thank you. late today, we watched the aerials coming in after the hard landing in polk county, florida. a sheriff s helicopter then flying over that aircraft that went down, and then the sheriff s chopper going down, too. you could see the pilots both in need of help. and here s abc s steve osunsami now. reporter: these two pilots literally fell from the florida sky late this evening and are alive tonight to tell about it. this is the moment when the u.s. coast guard came to help and pulled them both from this muddy field in ft. meade, east of tampa. one of them was flying a polk county sheriff s office helicopter. the other was flying this, a much smaller aircraft, a gyroplane. both aircraft are badly damaged. authorities are describing what happened as two separate hard landings. the smaller aircraft crashed first, around 2:00 p.m. the location is near a rock mine and workers there called for help. we have a visual on the pilot and he looks appears to be fine. he s standing up and waving. reporter: witnesses say the sheriff s helicopter was above the scene an hour later, when it went down as well. hey, we ve got mine guys telling us that they have witnessed the chopper go down and it is crashed. reporter: one of them, as he was being rescued, was holding his leg, in a great deal of pain. federal authorities are investigating both hard landings tonight. it s an extremely rural and wet area, so, their work won t be easy. david? steve osunsami tonight. thank you, steve. meantime, the investigation into that deadly plane crash in the northeast at the second-busiest airport in new england. the world war ii bomber crashing into that warehouse right after takeoff, killing seven people. tonight, we learned, including a husband who texted his wife right beforehand. she was waiting for him back on the tarmac. abc s whit johnson in hartford, connecticut. reporter: tonight, an ntsb go team sifting through the smoldering wreckage at bradley international airport, revealing more about the fiery b-17 crash that claimed seven lives. we know that there was impact about 1,000 feet out from the threshold of the runway. reporter: investigators also recovering the same engine the pilot complained about when he radioed for help. what s the reason for coming back? got number four engine, we d like to return, blow it out. reporter: 13 people onboard, including air national guard command chief and volunteer firefighter james traficante, now being hailed as a hero. he popped the hatch and was able to extract some individuals. but when the tragedy hit, his training kicked in. reporter: among the seven dead, both pilots. a retired vernon police captain, gary mazzone. and 59-year-old rob riddell, his wife, debra, watching in horror from the tarmac. he knows i was there and i think i think at that point, that was where i needed to be. reporter: debra says her husband also reported engine trouble, sending her text messages from the air and a final warning. turbulence. turbulence, yeah. reporter: that s the last message he sent you. i sent him one more text message. i just wrote his name. i thought, if he s alive and he s okay, he will respond. he didn t. just awful. whit johnson again from bradley international airport tonight. and whit, investigators have now obtained surveillance video of this crash? reporter: and david, that surveillance video could prove to be critical evidence. already, it s given ntsb investigators a more accurate sense of the timeline. they say the b-17 bomber was only in the air for about eight minutes before that deadly crash. david? whit johnson again tonight. thank you, whit. overseas this evening, a stabbing rampage at the headquarters of the paris police, just steps away from notre dame cathedral. a long-time employee going from office to office, killing four people, including three officers, before he was fatally shot. the city s prosecutor tonight saying he believes terror was not the motive, but the investigation is still early. next tonight, a massive settlement for the worst mass shooting in modern american history. 58 people were killed, hundreds wounded in las vegas when stephen paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of mandalay bay resort two years ago, targeting the crowd at a country music festival. the hotel s owner now agreeing to pay up to $800 million to the families of those killed and to the survivors. death toll rising tonight in the nation s vaping crisis tonight. 19 deaths now in 16 states. connecticut, the latest added to the list. the cdc also reporting 1,080 confirmed and probable lung injury cases linked to vaping in 48 states and the u.s. virgin islands, up more than 200 from just a week ago. 37% of them in people under 21 and 78% involving thc. that s the active ingredient in marijuana. and in the race for 2020 tonight, a welcome note from bernie sanders camp. a day after we learned sanders had an emergency heart procedure, sanders campaign tonight saying he will be at the next debate, that s just 12 days away. his wife jane tonight reporting that sanders is up and about and cracking jokes. there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this thursday. the shooting outside a doctor s office. children inside. a stray bullet fired right into the waiting room. just missing a little boy there. families could be seen running for cover. also tonight, the doctor sentenced on more than 800 drug charges. patients coming from hundreds of miles away. and what they were coming for. and robert de niro in a major legal feud tonight with a former assistant, and this evening, she s just now released the audio. what de niro allegedly said to her. that s right after the break. but allstate actually helps you drive safely. with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast. .and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. giving you the power to actually lower your cost. unfortunately, it can t do anything about that. now that you know the truth. are you in good hands? 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don t do me that he was into them don t tell me that those he never showed. and the torture come off and i want to. reveal the sins of your highness. the rom s code starts october 11th on t w hard enough. forests are so much more than just a collection of trees they are the lungs of our planet they remove c o 2 from the atmosphere and produce the oxygen we breeze they also written biodiversity a vast range of plants and animals live in the forest habitats in fact 80 percent of the world s terrestrial species inhabit them since time immemorial they also have provided us with animals to hunt for to eat and wood to burn and build but now the world s forests are under massive pressure from logging agriculture and pollution that s our topic today on made the forest let s start in germany where foresters face problems ranging from erosion to drought to storms and flooding and insect pests around the country water tables are falling and the forestry business in some places is on the ropes changing conditions are proving a major challenge for many small companies who live off the forest. martin haselbach is a forester who tends to 140 hectares of woods in northeastern germany mostly conifers with some deciduous species conditions have been exceptionally dry for several years now and the trees are suffering dozens of pits have been dug to monitor soil quality and moisture levels. last year we had rainfall of just 300 liters per square metre that s the same as in the savannah woodlands of the serengeti with at zebra is rhinos and elephants in the forests and brandenburg now have to cope with the same conditions. the lack of water increases the risk of forest fires and weakens the trees that makes them easy prey for pests like pine bark beetles. on them crisscross the bizarreness hold for when a large number of beetles invade how we can stream it ll die it s been shown that that is closely linked to climate to higher temperatures and lower rainfall. trees attacked by the pests have to be felled. in 201870 percent more timber ended up on the market than in an average year over abundance was bad for business. often mark. the enormous amounts of spruce on the market meant prices 1st drop by 50 percent and then have began we ve now reached price levels that aren t even a quarter of what we would normally get. in the hearts mountains in central germany about a 5th of all trees are so damaged they ll probably die this region has been harder hit than many others in the country. treeless patches are growing larger and it would take decades for new plantings to fill the gaps. some trees still look healthy but apparently this can be deceptive foresters are alarmed. seeing could what you can t see is that many more trees are affected including ones that still have green leaves very 2 are doomed to die. the situation is truly catastrophic and we don t know how to rectify it manpower alone won t hold the dying. the only way to stop it is with the help of nature. of the forest that both gun let s see manages used to make a modest profit of between one and 300000 euros a year but last year it went deep into the red. here and there are huge piles of felled trunks all damaged by beetles nobody wants to buy them so they just remain here exposed to the elements going on and all the economic consequences are enormous innings from selling timber last year dropped to 50 percent and our losses look set to continue to grow as a thing for less than the whole without value. this sawmill in southern germany processes timber from local farthest south the area normally gets lots of rain but more and more of the wood arriving at the mill shows signs of damage due to lack of water. profits have fallen by 10 percent a year since 2017 other mills in the area report even greater declines. the old slow your disease tipping this is blue rot caused by fun guy carried by beetles and the wood is just as stable as unaffected or odd but doesn t look good so you can t use it everywhere prices for trunks and sawed playing so fallen by a quarter. monocultures like this spruce forest in the hearts mountains help the beetle spread very quickly more so than forests with a mix of deciduous and connect for us trees forests or votes come let s see in says that in order to root out the insects all the sick trees should be felled and have their bark peeled off but he doesn t have the capacity to do that or to remove them afterwards. the piles of rotting wood in the forests of the hearts are not only a sorry sight they re an urgent warning. a warning that all is not well with all forests and financial losses are not the only problem as we heard earlier forests also act as havens for biodiversity and store carbon long term that s why they are a resource that has to be managed kathleen let s look at the world s forests in overall terms for a moment is that the how much are they worth while here s a spoiler that priceless. for centuries our species has have a close relationship with the forest forests are more than a backdrop for fairytales they provide us with food fresh air and clean water and played key roles and biodiversity and climate their essential habitats that are now under threat. every single 2nd a wooded area the size of a football field is destroyed. and almost always we are the destroyers there are no monetary reasons why humans would want to protect wooded areas on the contrary when turned into role materials forests can bring in big profits. wood products are growing in popularity whether it s for paper furniture or chopsticks in some regions of the world it takes up to 7 trees a year per person to meet demand. many of these wood products come from illegal sources up to 17 percent of the global trade and timber is illegal in brazil that number jumps to 80 percent an estimated 19 percent of you timber imports come from illegal logging and that s not all humanity also destroys forests to create farmland for the production of other bomb materials like palm oil soybeans sugar cane or beef billions of dollars worth of those products are bought and sold every day and how many of the companies that depend on these raw materials are trying to participate in what s called the green economy which seeks to ease humanity s impact on nature only around 13 percent. if humanity needs more farmland or space for new cities the forest always has to give way. as our numbers grow the forests shrink. worldwide 40 percent of them have already been cut. with no thought for how much we owe them they ve given us life saving medicines paper corks chewing gum and one of humanity s favorites. well many countries have replanted therefore as with monoculture the whole concept of ecosystem management is in dire need of an overhaul my colleague ben physical and mental up with p.r. eavis who has spent his life researching forests and he thinks we re going about it all wrong. forests are needed in germany for cooling the landscape for filtering water and these ecosystem services have not been valued in the past and now we will need them ever more so under climate change. forest as do not trust nature anymore they argue now yes we have to do a more active management and we have time to change and we have to do something but why are they so sure that they have better knowledge on the system than the system itself. germany has 300 years of experience of managing its forests and getting a lot out of the resource wise i mean i would think they would say what it ecosystems are working at least since the last ice age for 5000 years and more so tens of thousands of years and the whole biological ecological evolution is looking that at millions of years so there is knowledge and trust me. d d d i m concerned and very it s about the approach of the cleaning area that has been impacted by when throw. switch now all over germany lead to disastrous forest diabetic and then of course you can worsen the situation by by management by. driving on soil spike cutting down everything and extracting the rest of biomass which is needed by the excess of to be fed the government is doing something and has reacted very quickly. to a problem that s urgent but we have to be careful that we do not run into action ism and just do something for for showing that we are doing something and the alternative would be looking at at the nature ecosystem and leave a little bit of the work to the system as we can see here nature is working on recovery all these trees here on this. clear cut area have come spontaneously and little bit of the new forest and what all the money that the government invested in you trees what happened to that yeah it s verse like we re standing here on an area of reforestation happened in again all the green trees you can observe on the plant it but if you look closer we would see that brown pines but these these ones here exactly are these have been planted in spring time and of course did not survive this hot and dry summer as far as the business goes it employs over a 1000000 people we re talking about 100000000 euros in in turn over a year it sounds like an extremely successful business model what where is it failing to certain degree we may see the system is not entirely sustainable this is one thing but then we also have very obvious social economic costs when something like this births or this is not paid by by the forest service or by the forest onus but by society d d d. what would you like to see the german government actually do we need more of these untouched and undisturbed systems for learning how far is reacting spontaneously how much more i would say at least double the number let s talk about 10 percent is that doable of course it s doable. but then again we have to talk about how much to use for what kind of purpose of course this shall not be compensated by then importing more timber from other countries where the harvesting is even less sustainable but would you like to see forest artist compensated for not cutting down the tree exactly exactly and i feel as a rich industrialized country we can t afford that. i wonder if people in the timber industry would agree to that as a building material wood has a lot going for it in the us it s been popular and houses for centuries here in central europe on the other hand houses are usually made from bricks and mortar but that s changing there are even the sky scrapers made from wood now we went to visit a timber tower project in germany. high rises and schools made of wood marking new departure and contemporary architecture. which is gaining popularity as a building material we need more of it in large scale constructional such as apartment buildings. here an exterior wall is being put together in a factory for modular prefab units units like this are then taken to a construction site and put together to create entire buildings in this case a school in berlin timber technology has been developing fast but it s better to cross laminated timber that is criss cross layers of solitary but glued together is really revolutionized construction because it s very sturdy and stable and that is a major advantage. for. the modular units are equipped with as much as possible in the way of pipes cables and interior surfacing in the factory. the aim is to reduce the amount of work to be done on the building site. that saves time and money. so building with timber can compete with standard steel and concrete construction. here they can complete 6 units a day. delivering a wooden module to the building site is easier than delivering the equivalent and concrete it s much lighter. the unit side and scrape together on site. berlin aims to build 21 schools of timber and the authorities make a point of using sustainable sources. the timber for this school is said to have been sourced in austria. but the austrian timber industry has faced criticism for importing illegally. and selling it as its own. in this case we re told that everything seems above board. if the contract specified that the larch and pine used here are from europe and from sustainable sources. that is new trees have been planted to replace the ones. we assumed that our partners fulfill their contractual obligations. over and heard. in temporary buildings acoustic inflation is a challenge. sound absorbing flooring poured on top of the structural layer will help. the jam is also mostly made of wood. many people assume that wood burns easily and that it s dangerous to build with. but the architect and the project manager say that s not the case. it is a widespread concern we all know that woodburn s and bus in fact fire safety can be assured because it takes quite a while for wood to burn down it s time enough to evacuate a building with a steel structure the heat alone will cause it to collapse much faster or fusion about some civil. what is gaining ground in a residential architecture is well. 6 or 7 stories are no longer so uncommon in berlin but in new building and hype and holds the record for now. you ve got it as we ve just built germany s 1st timber high rise that s 10 stories tall and a temper hybrid constructions we used almost 1500 cubic meters of wood which is as much carbon dioxide as 500 cars are made in a year new growth forests in germany replace that volume of void in just 6 minutes . concern for sustainability is one reason for the turn to temper this apartment block in hamburg was commissioned by a co-operative of $29.00 would be homeowners it too with the hybrid temper concrete construction of this is made of massive wood 20 centimeters thick it s a load bearing exterior wall that supports a wooden floor the. building is made up of load bearing timber modules studios. which move. even the balconies are made mainly as a way. to assured your ability to temper has to be protected from oyster and rain. was one. house built of wood is every bit as good and durable as a conventional one made of concrete and masonry but it s not. timber buildings are still rare but that s changing. to build them sustainably we need healthy forth to supply the wood. sustainability is the buzzword and the way we re living is not sustainable climate protesters take to the streets of veteran reporter all of krieger has decided he too can no longer just sit by and watch he want to see team activist get out tune back recently and came back with a strange glow in his eyes. i have to dig deeper. we need to plant 1000000000 hector s of trees. that s the size of the united states. and the beech trees live for hundreds of years we need them if we go in to save the climate . you need lots of shoes and socks. and i need 1000000 hectares of tree a huge area enough for us to capture all the carbon we ve put into the atmosphere. called these young people here it s their future that s at stake. when you re trying to. essentially a young time activist you can often might well if you show well the best so you re showing this might be some bad. on saturday to be honest i haven t done much nothing there must be doing something not one of us. just mature enough talking yes this is on that side time to get our hands dirty name. we need a lot more. if you ve got space in your garden stop digging. but here in germany forests are being put under pressure by ryans of factors but the most pressing one is drought for several consecutive years simply hasn t been enough rainfall across the country reforestation schemes aim to help bridge store and diversify their parched woodlands. planting expedition in the southern german state of the bay area we re at an altitude of 900 metres these volunteers according to help when forestry commission need to replace trees something that s happening more and more often with. partners that we ve worked with for years are suffering major losses so they re asking us if we can do more than the usual 2 or 3 weeks in one place for next year we already have requests coming from many parts of germany because they urgently need to plant new trees and don t have enough people to do it was. the very in state forest on the austrian border it s one of the most densely wooded parts of germany. it s a popular recreational area and a key source for the timber industry. it s mostly a monoculture of spruce with just a few deciduous trees here in there so local forest is looking to introduce new species. mixed forest can be very profitable firstly you actually get more wood from the same surface area of a mixed forest than a monoculture. and the other aspect is that we re planting a forest now with raw materials for the future. we want to provide a well sorted warehouse so that in 100 years they ll be spruce for the construction industry beach sycamore furniture. so not just one type of tree but a warehouse if you like featuring a range of different words. but what happens if one day that warehouse is empty heat and lack of rainfall that claimed 100000 hectares of forest in germany they now need to be replanted plenty of work for this nursery. normally we have an annual production volume of between 700001 point 5000000 plants that we grow ready for planting out. we are now double that we normally have 10 to 15 people planting the saplings working in 3 or 4 teams will also double those numbers an order to meet the high demand then the nursery is also growing different species in future mediterranean tree could be a key source of timber in germany as they more drought resistant. one tree which has a big future and is being grown here increasingly is the suite of chestnut from france and italy it s extremely drought resistant so that s likely to be a tree of the future and it provides a good yield. the new come in here include douglas turkish hazel. trees. walnut tree sweet chestnut princess tree top tree and shine redwood. native alpine silver fern is also a key part of the reforestation project in the bavarian forest along with the deciduous trees those planting the saplings are from a nonprofit organization funded by donations today there are 15 volunteers that work. we don t see ourselves primarily as a low cost forestry company we use our work as a way of encountering and interacting with the forest and bringing others into the 2 we re basically like a big educational facility. they re here to help build up the forest as a functioning carbon sink one of the best ways to slow climate change they ll spend a week here. and i study mechatronics so this is a nice change i love being outdoors and here i can do some good too. it definitely makes me think but i mainly see it as an inspiration to do something not just for myself but for the benefit of the whole of society. i believe it s really our generation that will have to decide the direction things will go so i see this as my responsibility to do something as part of that generation. the forest workers are ready with the lack of rainfall continuing to cause 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end of the fiscal year, we did and an analysis of what other countries were doing. and i can t remember if it was zero or near zero dollars from any european countries for lethal aid. you ve heard the president say we give them tanks and other countries give them pillows. that is right. as vocal at the europeans are about supporting ukraine, they are really, really stingy when it coming to lethal aid. they weren t helping ukraine and to this day are not. and the president did not like that. long answer, but i m still going. those were the driving factors. did he also mention to me that the corruption that related to the dnc server? absolutely. no question. but that is it. and that is why we held up the money. so the demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he ordered to withhold funding to ukraine? the look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation. and that is appropriate. to withhold the funding. which ultimately then flowed. by the way, there was a report that we were worried that the money wouldn t if we didn t pay out the money, it would be unlawful. that is one of those things that has a little shred of truth in it that makes it look a lot worse than it really is. we were concerned about at obm about an impoundment. and i just know i put half you folks to bed. but the budget control impoundment act of 1974 says if congress appropriates money, you have to spend it. and we knew that that money either had to go out the door by the end of september or we had to have a really good reason not do it. and that was the legality of the issue. let s be clear. you described a quid proceed quoe company. it is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happened as well. we do that all the time with foreign policy. we were holding up money at the same time for, what was it, the northern triangle countries. we were holding up aid to the northern triangle countries so that they would change their policies on immigration. by the way, and this speaks to an important story? this speaks to an important point. i heard this yesterday and i can never remember the gentleman. mckinney? i don t know. but he testified yesterday. and if you believe the news reports, because we ve not seen any transcripts of this, the only transcript i ve seen is sondland s testimony morning. what did mckinney said? he said that he was upset with the political influence in foreign policy. that was wochbts reasoone of re was upset. i have news for everybody. get over it, there is political influence in foreign policy. elections have consequences. foreign policy will change from the obama administration to the trump administration. and what you are seeing now i believe is a group of mostly career bureaucrats who are saying that i don t like president trump s politics, so i m going to participate in this witch hunt that they are undertaking on the hill. elections do have consequences and they should and your foreign policy will change. obama did it in one way, we re doing it in a different way and no problem with that. did that come into krlgs when that sorry, i don t know your name, but he is being very rude. go ahead and ask your question. just to clarify and follow up on that question, as to when you are saying politics is going to be involved, the question is not just about a political decisions about how you want to run the government. this is about investigating political opponents. are you saying- no, the dnc server that it is okay for the u.s. government to hold up aid and require a foreign government to investigate political opponents of the president? you are talking about looking forward to the next election. we re talking about the dnc is still involved in this next election, is that not correct? so wait a second. so hold on. let me is the dnc a political there is and on going investigation by our department of justice into the 2016 election. i can t remember the person s name. durham. okay? that is an ongoing investigation. right? so you are saying that the president of the united states, chief law enforcement person cannot ask somebody to cooperate with an ongoing public investigation into wrongdoing? that is just bizarre to me that you would think that you can t do that. and so you would say that it is fine to ask about the dnc but not about biden? so biden is now biden is running for the democratic nomination for 2020. so you are that is a hypothetical because that did not happen here. but i would ask you no, no, on the call, the president did ask about investigating the bidens. are you saying that the money that was heltd held up the money held up had nothing to do with the bidens. that was the point i made to you. and you are drawing the distinction that again, i was involved with the process by which the money was held up temporarily. okay? three issues for that. the corruption in the country, whether or not other countries were participating in support of the ukraine, and whether or not they were cooperating in an ongoing investigation with our department of justice. that is completely legitimate. yes, sir. regarding the secretary at the state department, the deputies for the european eurasia affairs reportedly testified that you asked him to step down from any issues regarding ukraine. is that true, do you who said that? george kent. i m sorry, i don t know who that is. is that somebody who testified this week? yes. i don t believe i ve ever talked to anybody named george kent in my life nor have i asked anybody to resign their position over this. and another thing, there have been reports that you have been conducting a review of the phone calling with volodymyr zelensky, the ukranian president. and the question is, what are you is that true, do you acknowledge that you have been conducting that review or was the call just perfect as the president said? again, no one here had any difficulty with the call. there is no difficulty with the call at all. i read it several times. by the way, who was not on the call, someone in my office was on the call, nobody raised any difficulty on the call at all. i understand no one at call offered any difficulty with it. but to your point about what we re doing inside. was this an attempt to uncover the whistleblower? no. here is what it is. look, if you are having the house do what they are going to do, doesn t it simply make sense for us to try to find out what happened? this is one of the questions that i don t understand from you folks that we get all the time, which is some of you have criticized us for having a war room. which we don t by the way. you don t have a war room when you haven t done anything wrong. clinton certainly had a war room. i think nick on dxon did, but t actually did something wrong. so you say you are not taking it seriously. yeah, we are. it is part of what we do 37 when you work for the trump administration, you are used to this kind of attention. we know how do this and we are preparing for it. yes, we re having lawyers look at it, yes, o rk, our pr people. if we didn t, we would be committing mal practice. but there is nothing extraordinary that we re doing. we ve been dealing with oversight from the democrats since they took office. in fact it is all we ve been dealing with because we certainly haven t been doing much legislating since they have been here. yes, ma am. in light of the depositions that we ve heard, do you believe that rudy giuliani s role as an outside adviser to the president is problematic? that is the president s call. steve scalise got asked this and he said you may not like the fact i understand from reading his opening statement that sondland didn t like giuliani was involved and great. you may not like the fact. that is great. it is not impeachable. the president can use whoever he wants to use. if he wants to fire me today, he can. the president gets to set foreign policy and he gets to choose who. as long as it doesn t violate any laws regarding confidential information or classified material, the president gets to use who he wants to. did the president direct you or anyone else to work with rudy giuliani on ukraine? yeah, when was it, there was a may meeting and i think thisw. sondland mentioned it and i m pretty sure rick perry mentioned it yesterday that in the may meeting in the oval office, that i was in, i think senator johnson was there as well as mr. volker was there, the president asked rick perry to work with mr. giuliani. and did you think that was appropriate when you were asked as well? i wasn t asked. you were not asked. that was my question. were you or anyone else asked. and the answer is that the president told rick perry who i think was sort of, you know the issue one of the reasons we were in there, we were talking about energy and ukraine. we were trying to get ukraine as an energy partner. and so the president said to mr. perry, talk to rudy. you haven t asked a question yet. yes. [ inaudible question ] shadow foreign policy, that is a team that you are using. what is a shadow foreign policy? the president operating outside the normal channels. who else is in the room? who is in the room when the president is having this conversation, okay? gordon sondland, ambassador to the eu, kurt volker who was our special designated envoy to the ukraine. i sat next to mike pompeo yesterday at the meeting with the congressional leaders and pd look, i understand i coordinated a coup against you by putting sondland and vom ke sondla sondland and volker in chanlg of ukraine policy and he said you know, they both work for me. there is no shadow policy here. the president is entitled to have whoever he wants to work. just to follow on that question, can you describe the role that you played in pressuring ukraine to investigate the bidens? and secondly, can you walk us through the meeting that president trump was dangling over volodymyr zelensky to happen right here at the white house, what were the pre-conditions of that meeting and was investigating what was your question, what did i do to ukraine? nothing. did you do anything to pressure u ukraine to investig the bidens? no. and the second question is about the meeting at the white house between the two presidents. you can walk us through the discussions for that meeting? what was on the table for a pre-condition and was the investigation of about a releba brought snup. no, i was never in a conversation that had the word barisma in it. or the by denies. that never happened with me in there. but to the larger pointdenies. that never happened with me in there. but to the larger point, the president didn t want to take the meeting. that was mis rick perry was pushing for that. he said i ll see you here at the white house. at the end, yes, but i think that was a courtesy that he was extending. and he has not been here yet. so he was not realistically entertaining a meeting with president zelensky. we get asked by foreign leaders all of the time to either come visit their country or are have them come visit here. and we try to be courteous and say yes. some we accommodate and some we do not. i don t remember a serious conversation setting up an actual meeting. there were no dates discussed. i saw that as one of the typical pleasant fridays that we have and it wasn t dangling a meeting or anything like that. is the president still going to welcome president erdogan on november 13th? i think that depends on the next couple days. it is still on the schedule and i understand that vice president pence s meeting is going much longer than expected today. i hope that they are not having a press conference right now. but i think it is one of those wait and see things. the president has been clear about what he wants to see out of president erdogan. he wants a ceasefire now. he wants prisoners protected. go down the long list of the things that the president has mentioned to president erdogan. and if we re able to get that, then i think that meeting will go forward. if not, the president will review the possibility. you just said that you were involved in the process in which the money being held up temporarily from the country, whether or not the country they were assisting with an ongoing investigation. how is that not an establishment of an exchange, of a ququid pro? those are the terms that you use. look at what gordon sondland said in his testimony, i think in his opening statement he said something along the lines of they were trying to get the deliverable. and the deliverable was a statement by the ukraine about how they were going to deal with corruption. okay? read his testimony. and what he says, and he s right, that is absolutely ordinary course of business. this is what you do. when you have someone come to the white house, you either arrange a visit for the president, you have a phone call with the president, a lot of times we use that as the opportunity to get them to make a statement of their policy or to announce something that they are going to do. one of the reasons that then you can sort of announce that on the phone call or at the meeting. this is the ordinary course of foreign policy. yes. is it appropriate for any president or this president to pressure a foreign country to investigate a political opponent? every time i get that question, that is one of those things about it is. but so is when did you stop beating your wife. it assumes that the president did that. we haven t done that. i said mr. trump or any president. i m going to talk about what this president did. the president s personal attorney rudy giuliani said he sees his work as the president s personal attorney as intertwined with the president s national agenda when it comit kit comes . do you see that enter defined, is his political interests as a political candidate is intertwined with the national interests. i don t know how to answer that question except that the mr. giuliani is his personal lawyer. is it appropriate for a personal attorney to be work being in ukraine on issues that are supposed to be national issues? mr. giuliani says there an attorney/client privilege issue. is that appropriate for his personal attorney to be working i don t know anything you inappropriate about that. the lady in the back be. yes, ma am. thank you. you say foreign policy is not like in the previous administration. how does the president feel about north korea s break off with the u.s.? if the question is responding to breaking off talks, is there news in the last couple days on that? yes rk, october 5th. sorry, i m just not briefed on that. i apologize. thank you, mr. mull ve mulva. there are public reports that you are objecting within the president s official family to the appointment of ken cuccinelli to head up the department of homeland security. is that so and if so, what is your objection to his possible appointment? i have not and i think ken will be good at the job be. yes, ma am. sorry. did i really ignore you the whole time you re in the front row? sorry. so if there was no quid pro quo on the call, if it was routine, if he didn t even want to do it and it is all on the up and up, why did it have to go into this other server? i m glad we got that. a good one to finish on. i m not going to answer your question the way you want me to, but i ll answer your question. so give me a second. i m not going to sit here and talk about how we handle classified information in this building. i got a couple questions about wi my private conversations with the president and i won t talk about that. there is only one reason people care, but they think there a coverup. some hope that there a coverup, oh, my goodness, there must have been something dunderhanded abot how they handled this document. because there must be a coverup. is nix on had a coverup with th tapes, clinton with the relationship with lewinsky. there must be a coverup. if we wanted to cover this up, would we have called the department of justice almost immediately and had them look at the transcript of the tape, which we did? if we wanted to cover this up, would we have released to the public? and by the way, i m glad now all this concern about how the document has been edited, because i heard adam schiff go on television yesterday or the day before and say we don t need to hear from the list because now we have the memorandum of communication. everyone wants to believe there is a coverup. you don t stuff to the publgived say here it is. so i won t explain about how we handle documents in the building. i m telling you that you can stop asking the questions because there is no coverup. and i can prove to you by our actions. look, i know we could do this all night. i m not taking anymore. nice to see everybody. thanks again. mick mulvaney speaking moments ago, he himself a central player in the impeachment inquiry. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland is testifying under subpoena to house investigators. it is a very, very busy day. and one of the things that we heard that has gotten a lot of noise, pick mulvaney officially announcing that the next g-7 summit will be held at president trump s national doral resort in miami, florida. he also addressed the unfolding ukraine story. there a lot to get to here. joining us now, kristen welker, she was in that heated room on capitol hill. and also garrett haake being abby livingston, and barrett burger. kristen, i go to you first. for you, what was the most noteworthy thing that you heard during the last 45 minutes of pick mull vein any in that briefing room where he hasn t been a while? right, over 200 days, steph. briefing room where he hasn t been a while? right, over 200 days, steph. i think the headline is that he all but acknowledged what appears to be some type of, if you want to use the term quid pro quo, for holding up military aid. he was asked directly why was the military aid held up. you heard him talk about corruption and then he said bluntly that the president wanted ukraine to cooperate in its investigations into corruption, be the dnc specifically. he was pressed on that point over and over again. now, he disputes the characterization of a quid pro quo, but he did acknowledge that look, there was a tit for tat there, that the president wanted ukraine s cooperation in exchange for that military aid. i think that is something that is going to get a lot of attention. there is no doubt about that. because that is the central question at the heart of this impeachment inquiry that is unfolding on capitol hill every day. a couple other points. i pressed mick mulvaney on whether the president directed him specifically to work with rudy giuliani or anyone else. he effectively said look, he did direct rick papery terry to wor rudy giuliani. and when i pressed whether that was appropriate, he said he didn t find to be inappropriate. you heard him get pressed on that phone call at the end of this briefing. why was it placed in that super secret server and he made the case we have nothing to hide because we released the contents of the call. so it was a fiery debate that began where you mulvaney announcing that they would hold the g-7 in doral, florida, essentially saying that he won t profit off of it so nothing even appropriate, but that undoubtedly will get a lot of scrutiny as well. and he said the president isn t going to profit off of that. did he offer any supporting data or information or path or evidence as to how that he would prove that to us? so we said will you release the paperwork to prove that and he said likely we won t but he did leave open the possibility that perhaps they would release some paperwork at the conclusion sf the summit. his argument is that people will be essentially staying there, the president won t be reaping any of the financial benefits. but then you heard eamon javers saying wait a minute, this is essentially a huge commercial for this property. and his push back on that was that the president s name recognition given that he is president can t get any bigger or bolder. but again, you heard him take a lot of questions about kind of the crux of what we ve been reporting on, which is that he is accusing the by denies of wrongdoing, of profiting of former vice president biden and how can he make the case given that he is hosting the g-7 summit at his property. that could become complicated moving forward but mick mulvaney argued that it would not be. it would be a big advertisement for the president s property assuming that people like staying there. it might not really work out for them. miami herald has reported that they previously had a bedbugs issue, the administration pushing back on that. i want to bring in to this conversation former congresswoman jean harman, now with the wood rorow wilson cent. mick mulvaney was talking about career diplomats who have resigned in the last week or so who thousand want to tenow want ukraine. mick mulvaney saying it is all political, they don t like the president and so this is how they are taking it out. do you see it that way? because others have said no, they don t like that the president s political a genda i trumping foreign policy. how do you see this? the old adage was that partisan politics stops at the water s edge and elected officials including me observed that. that has sadly disappeared on both sides. not just on the republican side of the aisle. but the other piece of that is that the foreign service which includes selfless patriots who serve for 30 years usually overlaps numerous presidents and so many people who come through the wilson center where we really celebrate foreign policy have served both presidents. and both sides. and it is tragic to me to see the hollowing out of the state department, the demonizing of long term and very valued civil servants and frankly position, and you know this, we ve talked about this before, the demonizing of the intelligence community where people put their lives on the line in undisclosed locations to try to get the circumstances right to help our policymakers make informed decisions. and we re at a point now sadly where this president and the next president from whatever party is not going to get good advice, is not going to have a process to turn to to get good advice, to think about not just the day of but the day after. the president has had access to all sorts of advice and he ran on the i and i alone president. and while he has many qualified advisers by his side, he is choosing not to use them. he is choosing to use rudy giuliani who has no might havpr we don t even know who is compensating him. so the state department may be gel getti getting hollowed out, but when it wasn t, he wasn t calling on them anyway. we seem to have a process free foreign policy and i don t think that serves our country well. i would hope that the good people who are working presently in the trump administration would be called on. you make a very good point, stephanie. and would lend their talent and experience to thinking about the hard problems. guess what? syria is a really hard problem. not just the decision that was made, but the day after and the day after that and the impact that will ricochet across the middle east. and i worry about israel security going forward. thank you so much, jane. i know we have limited time with you. thank you. pimick mulvaney basically sa yes, he is working with rudy giuliani, take it. the president gets do what he wants. is that how you saw it? i mean, this is i think the fascinating thing about this is that again the white house press secretary is 24not the on doing these hearings. we have acting chief of staff who is actually possible participant in this story. and so there is so much to glean from this from body language from every word uttered. but i think that it is i think that we are still just at the very beginning of this. and to go back to capitol hill where these state department and various government officials are coming into testify, they will come in and the moment they walk through those doors, they will release their opening statement to the press and we all get a look at what their thoughts are. but they would then testify for ten more hours and we have the situation where there is so much more information to be released and transcript and testimony in front of the public that i think that regardless of what was said at this press conference today, there is so much more to go on this. barrett, what a legal perspective, what did you hear? mick mulvaney is trying to change the narrative even away from hunter biden saying it is about the dnc server. there was a lot to unpack from this press conference. first thing that just screamed out at me because the potential emoluments clause violations, that we have them just announcing proudly they are not hiding from this, they are just putting it out there. i think that we re getting a constitutional law lesson here. we now know that there are two emoluments clauses, one that deals with getting gifts from a foreign government and one that deals with the president or others in elected office profiting from their public position. but they made the official decision to have the event at the dodoral. they clearly cleared it with the white house legal team. why is it allowed? i don t know that it is. i mean, right now question hawe lawsuits pending on similar emoluments clause violations and congress possible considering emoluments clause violations as an article impeachment. it seems like they are doubling down saying no only do we think this is okay, we think that this is a positive for the administration and positive for the country and making this announcement so publicly, it is really surprising given how much heat they have taken on these violations in the past. is it surprising or not? kristen welker, you cover this white house all day every day and sundays. is it surprising or have we seen straight out of the gate the president is in a hairy situation and instead of backing away from it and cleaning up, he tears it wide open and doubles down and says sure, i just did this, how you like me now. we have seen him double down in this same way over and over again. think about when he stood on the south lawn and called on not only ukraine to investigate the bidens, but also china to investigate the bay denies. a bidens. and you heard him get pressured on that question as well.idens. bidens. and you heard him get pressured on that question as well. and that is what we re seeing about the decision to hold the g-7 at doral. and let s be clear, there was so much for mick mulvaney to go through. whether ukraine, syria, pick your poison. they decide to announce the g-7 is at the doral. and do you know what it does? distracts us. they does this not seem to be what the president does over and over? set everyone s hair on fire saying this is outrageous, and we re busy calling the g-7 meeting outrageous and we re not talking about gordon sondland who at this very moment is testifying. i think that it is a really important point. no doubt that an announcement like this does serve as amick mh questions. and you can make the case that this is the first briefing that we ve had in over 200 days, it was with the acting chief of staff, not the press secretary. it is an incredible break with tradition here at the white house to not have daily press briefings. and so we crammed in a lot into this one briefing. it is worth noting though at the end of it, he did get a number of tough questions about the news of day, about key topics, but we sure do have more questions. so would welcome another briefing tomorrow and every day, you know, until election day. let s put it that way. we certainly appreciate mick mulvaney s time and being so candid, but guess what, we are not going to get distracted. so let s go to you, garrett haake and more about gordon sondland, ambassador to eu. mick mulvaney pressing again why it made since sonde land would be in the conversation regarding ukraine. we need remind our audience, ukraine is not part of the eu. tell us what is going on with sondland right now. reporter: i d like to get to that, but a quit button on mulvaney as it relates to impeachment. we shouldn t lose sight of this. the reason we are talking about impeachment in the first place is because of that phone call in which democrats say you have the president of the united states making a quid pro quo for military aid to ukraine versus on the other side of the trade deal information about the bidens. what mick mulvaney just said, we are absolutely holding up military aid for the ukranians, but not for that issue, for another set of issues. he essentially admitted that they are trading the military aid for something from ukraine just not that something. you already have the other piece of that puzzle, which is the president of the united states saying publicly that he wants information on the bidens. and mulvaney said not only did we do this in this case, but this is how we operate. he walks extraordinarily close to the edge of admitting straight out exactly what democrats are trying to investigate. i think pick mullpick mick m just basically printed himself a ticket to come down here and testify. sondland has been in this room a couple hours thousand. and his opening statement tries to pull sonde land out of the fire saying he was not as involved as folks would like to believe. but he does point the finger back at president trump saying that president trump s lawyer rudy giuliani was not freelancing here, that in fact it was the president of the united states who directed he gordon sondland, rick perry and others that if they wanted to work on ukraine issues, do it through rudy giuliani. in the big picture part of this, it just puts all the focus back on the president of the united states and the folks he had working for him doing what amounts to off the books diplomacy. and in this case rudy giuliani. it lines up with what we ve heard from other witnesses that the state department, the ambassadors, folks supposed to be doing this kind of foreign policy work were essentially told to sit on their hands or to coordinate with rudy giuliani and thereby with the president. and you mulvaney say that is fine, everything is above board. and that is something that he will be questioned about too. should he take up that opportunity to come testify. garrett, stay right there. we have breaking news in turkey right now, president trump tw t tweeting about it saying great news out of turkey, news conference shortly with vp and secretary pompeo. thank you erdogan. millions of lives will be saved. we don t know what will be said in this press conference, but we do know that vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo are speaking after talks took place with turkey s president erdogan, the u.s. delegation is pressing for turkey to call a ceasefire with syria. i want to bring kristen welker back. i know i m giving you zero time to report, but what do you know? reporter: well, i would stress the fact that that was vice president mike pence s big ask, for a ceasefire. we ve heard that from president trump over the past several days. mike pompeo. and that is clearly what their goal was. so i wouldn t be surprised if that is part of what we re about to hear and of course they will get a number of questions because they are likely going to hold a press availability as they come to the podiums there. but again, this was the big ask. president trump announcing the withdraw of troops from the border of syria and of course we have seen turkey move in and of course the incursion that has been caused as a result of that, the lives that have been lost, the reports of isis fighters that have been released from detention facilities. pld getting a rpresident trump getting a bipartisan rue beak fr rebuke from capitol hill yesterday saying this is not the right way to pull out of syria. so the trump administration is pressuring turkey with the threat of sanctions. so again, this would be very significant if there was in fact an announcement of a ceasefire. but i would caveat all of this with you can announce a ceasefire but once you are in a volatile region, it can be difficult to actually enforce it. so we ll have to see what the vice president and secretary of state have to say. what changed erdogan s mind? when we first heard reports that they were headed over, erdogan said nope, i don t plan to sit down with them. why did that change? kristen. oh, sorry, steph. yeah, i think that again light going back to the sanctions, i think that they were turning up the heat on turkey to essentially try to have them stop the blood shed, the killing that we ve all been witnessing. those images that we ve been witnessing over the past several days. and i think that that was part of the pressure that forced erdogan to actually sit down. remember, he is expected to visit the white house. mick mulvaney was asked about that, he was asked if that is still on the table and at this point in time, that plan does not seem to have been changed. so that is part of the pressure pib point. but it would be a significant announcement if there was in fact a ceasefire. abby, i know that we all have very limited information thus far. but from what the president is telling us, hundreds of lives will be saved. clearly he is hinting that they have agreed on a ceasefire. does that seem like that is what is actually, mike pence and mike pompeo hitting the sagtage. let s take you there. one week ago turkish forces crossed in to syria. earlier this week, president trump took decisive action to call on turkish forces to stand down, end the violence, to agree to negotiations. and today, i m proud to report thanks to the strong leadership of president donald trump and the strong relationship between president erdogan and turkey and the united states of america, that today the united states and turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in syria. turkish side will pause operation peace spring inned to allow for the withdrawal of ypg forces from the safe zone for 120 hours. all military operations under operation peace spring will be paused. and operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal. our administration has already been in contact with syrian defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe withdrawal from the nearly 20 mile wide safe zone area. south of the turkish bore with der in se der in syria. let me say this, also includes an agreement by turkey is to engage in no military action against the community of kobani, and in addition, the united states and turkey have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone working on an international basis to ensure that peace and security defines this border region of syria. in addition to the settlement today with the ceasefire, turkey and the united states mutually committed to the defeat isis activities in northeast syria. this will also include an agreement renewed today to coordinate efforts on detention facilities and internally displaced persons in formerly isis-controlled areas. also turkey and the united states agree on the priority of respecting vulnerable human life, human rights and particular particularly i spoke to president trump just a few moments ago. and i know the president is very grateful. for president erdogan s willingness to step forward and enact the ceasefire and to give an opportunity for a peaceful solution of this conflict that commenced one week ago. for my part, i m grateful for the president s leadership. i m grateful for the more than five hours of negotiations with president erdogan and his team that arrived at a solution that we believe will save lives. and let me the say i m very grateful for this team. to be able to have alongside the secretary of state mike pompeo. our national security adviser, robert o brien. ambassador jim jeffries and ambassador david satterfield. it was a great privilege. and each of the members of this team contributed equally to achieving this outcome. which is a great contribution to security in this region and it is a great contribution to the strong and enduring relationship between the united states of america and turkey. lastly, i want to express my appreciation to millions of americans who i know were carrying this moment in prayer. we heard from people all over the country whose hearts were heavy with the lot of life in this conflict over the last week, longed to see it brought to an end. and i believe their prayers, the strong leadership that president trump provided to this moment, and the cooperation with president erdogan and turkey has made this possible. and so again, let me say a week after turkish forces crossed in to syria, turkey and the united states of america have agreed to a ceasefire in syria. it will be a pause in military operations for 120 hours while the united states facilitates the withdrawal of ypg from the affected areas in the safe zone and once that is completed, turkey has agreed to a permanent ceasefire and the united states of america will work with turkey, will work with nations around the world, to ensure that peace and stability is the order of the day in this safe zone on the border between syria and turkey. with that, let me recognize secretary of state mike pompeo and thank you, mr. secretary, for your great work. thanks. i think the vice president said it. and while i just wanted to add this thought, there obviously remains a great deal of work do in the region. there is a lot of challenges that remain. but this effort tonight sets the conditions for the successful resolution of this particular piece which created a enormous risk of instability. and president erdogan s decision tonight to work alongside president trump to achieve this end will be one that i think will benefit turkey a great deal. thanks. and i know you want to take some questions. thank you. go right ahead. thank you very much. what do you how do you overcome how will you overcome the damage that has been caused over the past week? there has been a lot of animosity between u.s. and turkey, a lot of things have been said and a lot of threats of economic sanctions have been made. how will you repair the relationship going forward? thank you. well, first as you will see from the agreement, part of our understanding is that with the implementation of the ceasefire, the united states will not impose any further sanctions on turkey. and once a permanent ceasefire is in effect, the president has agreed to withdraw the economic sanctions that were imposed this last monday. make no mistake about it, president trump was very clear with our ally, turkey, about american opposition to turkish military forces entering syria. the president made that clear in his discussions and in his correspondence with president erdogan. and i believe that the candor and frankness that president trump applied to this and the strength of his relationship with president erdogan both contributed to the ability for this agreement to come about. and now we will work together to implement this agreement. as i said, our team is already working with ypg personnel in the safe zone for an orderly withdrawal outside the 20 mile mark and we ll go forward together to bring peace and security to this region. i m very confident of that. okay. gomga sinaip please. thank you. from t.i. ti world. there are reports from some international organizations on how ypg is treating ethnic and religious minorities in northern syria. and christian leaders in turkey are making calls to the country to ensure peace and security in the region. and i m wondering your thoughts on this. let me let the secretary also address that, but you can tell you that president erdogan and i spoke at great length about the importance of protecting religious minorities in the region. president erdogan also shared with me the perspective of many leaders in religious communities here in turkey who had grave concerns about violence and persecution taking place along the border. and so part of our agreement is to continue to work very closely to ensure that religious minorities can thrive and that religious pluralism is one of the characteristics of this safe zone for some time to come. mr. secretary. and we ve certainly heard from christian leaders aurn the world who expressed much of the same concern that just described. we think that this reduction in violence, this ceasefire, reduces the risk of that, so we think that this greatly contributes to protecting religious minorities throughout syria and throughout the broader middle east as well. this all obviously happens in the context of lots of religious challenges, lots of challenges of religious persecution in iraq and other places. but we think that is an important contribution in that regard. and we talked about at some length that to the extent there are abuses that are identified, we ll ask each leader certainly president erdogan and his team and others to investigate any allegations of abuse that have taken place. and let me maybe add an addendum to that. one of the things that i know that the president and the american people are most proud of is that investment of hundreds of millions of dollars to help rebuild a christian and other religious minorities in the after fact oig teter of ts. and we ll continue to flow those contributions. but is this a specific undertaking by turkey and the united states to ensure to protect religious minorities in the affected region. sean tandem. thank you, mr. vice president. you mentioned that the ypg fighters. can you explain that more? you said there is an agreement. where will they withdraw to, what do you see of their future and while there are concerns about their links to the ppk, many in washington say that they led part of the flight fight against isis. what do you see for the future of northern syria and do you see any future for the syrian kurds politically there? well, our commitment with turkey is that we will work with ypg members and we also know as syria defense forces to facilitate an orderly withdraw over the next 120 hours. and let me say that is literally already begun. and where they will be withdrawing from is the demarcation line roughly 20 miles south of the border. turkey s willingness to pause and to embrace a ceasefire of military operations to enable us to see to that orderly withdraw of ypg will we believe make it possible for that to owe did your. and i know that it is already under way as we speak. but look, turkey is at a great concern about their border. and while the united states of america did not approve of their military crossing into syria, we have always endorsed a safe zone. and it was a matter of discussion and negotiations and we believe that the kurdish population in syria with which we have a strong relationship will continue toendure. the united states will always be grateful for our partnership with sdf in defeating isis. but we recognize the importance and the value of a safe zone to create a buffer between syria proper and the kurdish population and the turkish border and we re going to be working very closely. so we think the agreement today first ends the violence, which is what president trump sent us here to do. i said it again and again to president erdogan, president trump sent us here to end the violence. and to achieve an immediate cease-fire. and thanks to the agreement that we negotiated today and the strong stand that president trump took in the proceeding days, we ve achieved that. we ve also achieved an opportunity by working with ypg to move out of the area, to create more peace and security and stability in that buffer zone. and we re going to be working very earnestly to accomplish that. we believe that can be accomplished during the 120-hour period. and after which there ll be a permanent cease-fire and then we ll continue to engage. again, not militarily. the president made it clear that we re not going to have military personnel on the ground, but the united states will continue to engage diplomatically, politically, and of course, in humanitarian aid and support to affect all of the people affected in this region. last question. thank you, mr. vice president. you mentioned that excuse me. you mentioned that the united states you mentioned the united states opposed turkey s incursion into northern syria. that erdogan had always wanted a sort of safe zone here. what concessions did you actually get out of president erdogan, number one. number two, have you gotten specific assurances from the ypg that they would comply with the terms of this agreement, because this is something that they have said that they would not do. and finally, with the kurds moving south and now with the u.s. sanctions in terms of them moving south, how would you address critics who would call this essentially a second abandonment of the kurds? well, i think you ll be able to see from the agreement itself what concessions were made. president trump, in his telephone call with president erdogan earlier this week, and in the directive that he gave us to deliver, was very clear that he wanted a cease-fire. he wanted to stop the violence. turkey s engaged in an active military operation. i can tell you that as our discussions began over the course of the five-hour period of time, we reached a place of agreement about how a cease-fire could benefit turkey, achieve president trump s objectives, and also contribute to a peaceful resolution of the safe zone. and i believe that we ve accomplished that. with regard to the ypg, syrian defense forces, we have been in contact today and we have received repeated assurances from them that they ll be moving out. that they greatly welcome the opportunity for a cease-fire, to make a safe and orderly withdrawal from those areas in the safe zone, where they still have a presence. and we re very confident that that s already taking place and we re going to be using all the leverage that we have, of having fought alongside syrian defense forces in the battle against isis to facilitate their safe withdrawal. but we think we think this is an outcome that will greatly serve the interests of of the kurdish population in syria, greatly serve the interest of turkey, and it will create the kind of long-term buffer zone that will ensure peace and stability in the region. mr. vice president, just want to follow up on that question. what specific concessions did turkey receive? specifically, i want to ask you if they brought the issue of the bank, hawk bank, rather. not in the context of these negotiations. i think when we had concluded the negotiations, the topic was raised. and we informed them that that was a matter for the southern district of new york and the justice department. but let me say the concessions that the united states made have to do with the fact that the president had made it clear that if there had not been a round oe sanctions against turkey. and you ll see in the agreement that on the basis of the pause of 120 hours, a cease-fire over the next five days, that we will not be implementing additional sanctions during that period of time. once we have a permanent cease-fire, following orderly withdrawal of all ypg forces, the united states also agreed to withdrawal the sanctions that were imposed on several cabinet officials and several agencies earlier this week. so just a follow up? to be clear, though, to nail this down, it was simply the sanctions that would be removed. nothing else was offered or given to the turks. yes, right. thank you, guys. go ahead. go ahead. thank you, mr. vice president. while you are here negotiating with the turks for several hours, both of you can i finish real quick? using the sanctions as a blackmail to your nato ally for the sake of the pkk organization. this is a question the united states of america did not support turkey s military action in syria. president trump made that very clear to his friend, president erdogan. and the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week and the president made it clear yesterday and we made it clear again today that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today s cea cease-fire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it s a credit to the strong relationship between the united states and turkey. it s also a credit to the strong relationship between our two leaders. where there are differences between friends, it s important that friends let their feelings be known. president trump did that in this case. but it facilitated us being able to reach an agreement that is now resulting in a cease-fire. and we believe will set the stage for creating a peaceful and stable safe zone and the united states is committed to achieving that for all the people of this region. all right. mr. vice president. mr. vice president! can i finish my question that i started, please? that was a lot. joining us now, nbc s richard engel. he is live in northern syria. nbc s peter alexander at the white house. and in a moment, nbc s senior international correspondent, keir simmons, who is in turkey. and we are back with abby livingston of the texas tribune. peter alexander, to you first. i know you re absorbing this information, just as we are. a five-day cease-fire. do we know what this means for the u.s. troops? and is anyone saying anything yet about the 218 civilian lives already lost. for what? reporter: yeah, stephanie, you make a good point right there. and as we heard from the vice president just moments ago, he said, a lot of this will be made clear when you see the agreement. but i think critics will view this cease-fire right now, this agreement that mike pence said was based on the strong relationship between president trump and president erdogan of turkey. and say, in effect, the u.s., the president, with his abrupt withdrawal of u.s. troops from that region, set a fire, now is returning there to try to put the fire out. but the bottom line is that vacuum has been filled with death and with the recent infiltration, in effect, of russian troops there. this is a complicated, challenging situation that a cease-fire doesn t simply erase. will the kurds abide by it? that s one question that needs to be resolved. what happens to the limited number of american troops? the president said he wanted to bring those troops home. 1,000 u.s. troops in that region. what specifically will happen to them? what role will they play in ensuring this withdrawal? it is to be a cease-fire to last 120 hours. in effect, to move that mainly
but sop of the table is packed like sardines with no wiggle room at all in this league can t get any more competitive than that welcome to the show that bears the same name right here on p w match state is nearly eaten highlights plus expert analysis is on the menu here s what we ve got cooking. the royal blues of shock at the chance to reign supreme in the standings becoming number one required getting 3 points on their road test hoffenheim. and is something rotten in the state of me store winger jay vincent shell was pitched against blubaugh for reporting late after the international break to severe or the right remedy. chris harrington joining me for sunday s shindig is right said we have ended chris cambridge welcome back to the show and thanks for having me chris all right and we have our very own wonderboy getaway tom you ready to get down absolutely ok now before we get to you too let s hit in today s action it often hot. to lead or not to leave the standings that was the question shaka had to ask themselves prior to kicking off again hoffenheim aside coming off an impressive win over the defending champions shelters american coach david wagner has been making shocker great again this season could it be showcased time to shine and often ha let s find out. hoffenheim welcome shall kids of the south west looking for back to back wins off the last match they shot victory over by and it would have to be a nother upset with devin wagner s side needing just 3 points to go top off the match day 8 and shall quint close after just 3 minutes daniel caligiuri clipping the outside of the post with a sumptuous free kick close but not close enough. as they did against by and it was hoffenheim who struck 1st though alexander newbill could only parry from the last baby on break a march to the rest one nil to the hosts above the croatians 1st goal of the season arriving in the 72nd minute. and they put the gang to bed in the 85th minute babeu racing clear of the shellcode offense. before applying the finishing touch to wrap things up. nightmare defending from shall go on cloud 9. to nail the final score david wagner s side holds it as the hoffenheim revival continues. not our day solved his own words via twitter said it best following their match with a table lead slip through their fingers in since i m i ll start with you know seeing that performance against struggling hoffenheim are we getting ahead of ourselves considering shellac a potential title contender well you know that s number one in the shock as a club had so it s always something you know it s always a question that we re going to be all skiing when we re talking about shaka think obviously with just 8 games played that s not even a core of the season of course we ve you know getting slightly ahead of ourselves talking about the top 2 at the end what s being great for shock of the season is that since david wagner has come in as i was saying the other day each player has just found a new bit of energy they ve really been trying to prove themselves now obviously this loss against hoffenheim is a bit of a setback but let s not forget hoffenheim beat by munich away from home last week so i think just like with a pinch of so and so he s match as it comes right now over to you now west of mckinney injured not on the pitch you know he bawled out during the international break statistically shot the lead in every category from goals did you think this encounter would have ended differently well i think you could ve also me before this match who i thought was going to win a totally would have said but having said that i think the bundesliga the season has been a bit like a slow bicycle race it s almost like the whole top group of clubs this really doesn t want to get ahead of the others is really old now of course you saw them lose. but it s worth remembering as tom just said that this is the same hoffenheim same the. last week as well so i m not complaining i think it s really fantastic actually that none of these clubs are good and head of the others and i think if things continue like this we re in for a really exciting season right now sticking to this theme and how competitive it is right now out of all of the major domestic leagues in europe the bundesliga is the most competitive right now only 2 points separate places once a 9 after 8 match days look at the table check it out. down till. ever couzin every match day we can see a lot of changes so. why do we see it so tied up it s been years as above is there has been this competitive is this a fact of not having super teams this is yeah i think that s probably one way of looking at it like ed said it s like every team you know is keeping themselves fairly close to the top without really putting their heads above the parapet and really claiming the top spot now you mention of course it s been years since the total has been since the table has been this closely contested at the top i think the last time it was this close off the 7 or 8 match days was 2011 and that was one of the years the bar munich didn t manage to win the tide so so yeah there were a lot of teams in it at the moment but again like i said it stays out of it for there s a long way to go in the scene. here because 2 of teams in the top have shelter in freiburg they don t have the international pitch to worry about do you think that s helping out their situation right now well i think that s probably part of it obviously if you re playing fewer games per month and you ve got a slight advantage over the teams i could be more fatigued from playing in europe but so so with remember we just saw the table there the top 2 clubs are actually blood bath and wolfsburg and they all playing in europe so it s hard to tell just how much of a difference these you know this is actually making what i would say is this is more of a case in team seems like freiburg and shall be glad but she doing better i think is actually more because a lot of the big teams haven t really got their acts together yet you know some of them start the season quite well at leipzig and a faded away and don t have to hit miss and blind certainly don t look like dominant buying that we ve seen before and i think if these teams can start to click we might see a little bit more normality return to the to the champions league sports at least in the bundesliga i mean so if you guys had a had a call that right now who do you see competing to dethrone by or through the 8 match days we ve seen right now who would you say well through the 8 much days i mean the table takes it straight based on how well everybody s been for performing i would really like to hold fire them into wealth so much they re not. when dortmund face strikers that s going to be a massive in a very telling clash and a few weeks off about the woman to play against by munich so in the next coming weeks i think we really see the talks who raced start to take shape a little bit more but so far you know there are a lot of contenders. you know foremost among them ok down to sit side it will get back to you soon speaking about the top half and actually let s focus on the bottom half of the table let s take a look at the early match on sunday where cologne made light work of possible. seem on 0 punched want to lose ball palettes little loose ball to get cologne an early lead. after the break luis schwab hated it s a double the home side tally getting right past the bookkeepers fingertips and there is still time for a 3rd sebastian born now wrapped up the 3 points for the billy goats the 3 male triumph over part of born is their 1st home victory this season naturally possible and still looking for their 1st win of the sims. movie though and there is a school of thought that says when you have a 19 year old superstar worth $100.00 plus 1000000 euros you handle with care nobody told dortmund jayden sam show was suspended for the game against a lot of bob because he was late returning from international duty now i ll start with you on this one do you think that s too harsh is management trying to send out a message or do you think he deserved the punishment well i think he probably did deserve the punishment you know it doesn t matter how young and brilliant and fantastic and valuable you all you have to abide by the club s rules and there s no reason to come out yes to why he would sunlight from the international break but what i would say is don t have probably taken a halt but probably fed law and now you know it s wrong to give preferential treatment to some players and not others and if he was late and he didn t have a proper excuse then he should be punished right you know it s hard to say i did interview james hansen before he scored his 1st point is that a goal very humble you know back then very quiet now obviously he s played himself on all of the major radars across europe. what about you do you think this sends a signal out to english clubs you think they sense there s blood in the water because there have been a superstar s sometimes butt heads as yet who is there that is true going back to them but it s about a young of course they ve been recent examples of this i think that comparison you know might be a bit too far at the moment because sanchez had one suspension he came back a little bit late from international duty and actually i think the club of 100 it really maturity they ve been fairly discreet in the on screen too many questions about exactly what went on that riff refraining from criticizing sancerre in public which i think is very fair to the player as well and you know this is a school of thought was a gee you take care of your assets you make sure that your best players are happy. there s another counterpoint to that which is no player is bigger than the club and you know at 19 years old came out and said that sanchez still has a few things to learn. we re going to see him back in the scored for the champions league clash against into in milan on wednesday so yeah i think they ve put the issue to bed quite successfully but we know he s been linked to manchester united so what s your prediction when does he leave is there any possibility he won t last a season or do you think that he ll get closer to fulfilling his contract extension while be stunned if dolan sold him before the summer i think he probably will leave over the next few transfer windows i don t think he d be going in general but it will be fascinating to see where he goes and also it s worth remembering the legacy that he ll have left behind for these other young players you know these fantastic players coming from the premier league go to the been his league making 90 self hasn t worked out for everyone like it is has jane said show that very few have tried and actually i think you know a proportion of the ones that have gone i mean there s a case in point look what you can do to your career if you give it a crack if you concur with yeah absolutely i mean it s been a conversation they ve been having around sunshine ever since he really came into the bin this league and started making waves very bravely turned around to pep guardiola man city and said play me pep guardiola over the said you are conquering see that and so on so just done his own thing and left and turn himself into a superstar you know he was on international duty let s not forget just 19 he made 2 appearances for england in the past couple of days so yeah i mean it s been a real fight i mean really who knows who s in his ear you know during these breaks as well now moving to the other of the age spectrum byron munich thomas started on the bench again what would save his mind was the one of playing a 30 year old while they re rebuilding we ve seen some some clashes in the past you know sometimes his wife has actually been in his defense you know. what are your thoughts you know on the miller situ. well i think a lot of people expect in miller to get really frustrated and leave at some point soon or or you know or for him to at least think there s no points thing upon anymore well i would say is you know he had a poor couple of seasons fair enough but this is a man is called 110 bonus league goals for by munich he s only 30 years old that imad sits right now especially because they want to bring these young talents back for you need some older wiser experience heads have been there done that one champions league and and leagues and i think i think as a way back into the 1st suspect being thomas minus case he probably is betting that he s got more life in him the point of actually does he s a real talisman for the club is you know very close with rooney go hernias i think he thinks that he s going to outlast the patch great well there you have it that s 4th up for us thanks to our guests be sure to tune in again on match day not. kill that volume or that s hard and in the end it s for me you 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they re there for power and listen bishan of the middle east into a crisis. princes of the gulf starts nov 27th on. the dawn street. the pinnacle of german. can buy arms in serene coach make a case for taking the full time job his opponents hell bent on winning. the only question is how. sure. are a far cry from the top. for the 1st time in 9 years neither in 1st place for the clash. with. the. top of the table but do they belong or should it be these. one for. competition. just play a game by game you know don t don t make big goals a better tasia the league is finally exciting again and kickoff is on the hunt for the truth cream of the crop welcome to march the n.f.l. . got back have been the talk team for weeks than the celebrations had he continued after this weekend s match against braman the current success is contra not memories from the club s golden era back in the 1970 s. the phones were the rebellious punk rockers of the bundesliga better jewels with then arch rivals and polar opposite spy and munich and ratchet the league club at one titles and inspired the masses with deaf ears attack. today glovebox new attacking hero is marcus to her and their best marksmen gave braman an early wake up call in the very 1st minute. but he wasn t the one who stole the show this time now that was patrick haven t come back number 7 really starts but he had another benchwarmer showed what makes pravda a true contender coach marco rosa can count on all his players to deliver the similarities to everyone in the squad as an older than a toothbrush and sometimes players do so is based within the team because the lads always want to be on the pitch. everyone is playing that part. to buy that means of any help to prove his point in the 28th minute here jerry and defend open the scoring in just his 3rd league appearance the season one nil. and just one minute later it was patrick cummins time to shine to no luck. he s been at the club since 2008 but still isn t a core player. he s only started 3 of his 8 matches this season but that doesn t stop him from finding the net. braman were holding their own generating just as many shots on goal as clock but. still only one of the team have conceded fewer goals than the falls. outstanding display kept the host in front. even blocked a penalty. simply stopped over when you re in the top you really try to stay on the top so game by game we know we want to be one to show a performance like this but we know that it will be hard and we have to invest a lot of how us a lot of energy. comparisons to the glory days don t seem to face that back at the moment patrick hammond 2nd moment of brilliance came just before the hour mark he netted his 2nd race of the season. maybe it had something to do with becoming a fumble 2 days before. the recent the rosia maybe the new seems to be working miracles for the whole team. heavy of a small smoke in the garden and no team it s a good thing so. we try to do it to do more. than half to do it to take more points as we. can have got a while on the way to that victory doesn t want on things are going well at the moment and everyone is enjoying being top of the fans are happy and there s a special atmosphere in the stadium. the receive hot atmosphere wasn t even dampened when leonardo didn t court made it 31 in stoppage time. i and that s how it endures pressure can deliver a victory for the whole forwards family test 2nd straight win. and now for a team that s got even move successive victories under their belt. with a last minute victory over cologne hoffenheim extended their winning streak to fall you ve been this league of matches in a row on friday what makes them so successful at the moment we have a great atmosphere in the locker room and there you know we were playing really good. it s it s it s a great atmosphere of course winning makes for a great atmosphere but often find really one of the league s best they don t have a particularly star studded squad this offseason they sold off their biggest names and brought in less prestigious players like struggling sebastian rudy and. from relegated hanover. coach i for a choice who s got a knack for tactical adjustments has the flexibility in personnel as. in the 1st top colognes aggressive pressing force often high on to the back foot. on the visit to striated few chances themselves sebastian rudy who returned to hoffenheim after unsuccessful stints at bio cheika their best attempts before the break. half an hour in john court about drilled a low ball past all of about a man to take the lead for could. come from high and hard to top team but remained pitched i think the 1st of it not very good also not really bad but we could have better recently they ve proven they can t better this season they ve already defeated top teams like child care i m so at halftime show adjusted his formation and brought in soggy said on the on a 3rd strike he s by unbeaten. the armenian schooled both winning goals against by and on match day 7. and just 3 minutes after the restart he scored he s out of this he s. afterwards though hoffenheim failed to plan ahead choices men are defensively solid but past their minutes of no goal time he shows they have room to improve on the scoring front. it looked like it would end in a true war as the match went into stoppage time but hoffenheim proved they have the mindset to fight today. in the 98 minute video assistant awarded hoffenheim a penalty. and you can look at the i kept a cool head to give his side 3. guys to play to really get played to control the game and to win and make them become plymouths and there is not the 1st time that we would in the end so it s also quality of the team perhaps it was a piece of luck but the insurance composure working. to just believe i think in what we do. to show a lot of courage they were very hot and the club is very a call and they stayed calm in the beginning when the winds were not there and we don t change now keep going and and if we keep going everybody is doing its job then you can be successful and that s what we re doing for clothing he was desperate for points and it was a picture of a coach passing by a lot so i got the boot the following day assistant coaches and great power like and months which means we ll take charge in the meantime hoffenheim may not look at top team per se but they have the mindset necessary to deliver wins and are quietly building momentum now let s look at a place like this. to move and i was once again man of the match against tatar and that s following up last week showing when he notched 3 goals and to use this spell like tick one kicked off yet for a 5 chances how much. that makes it easier for strikers just school than it was money. on the 1st anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall and villains had a plan for topping like to build their own mall in the back and bring a forward with speed. that would that slow down not man in color but. it seems so early on the 1st goal of the match came from villains local boy maximally and little step one now patty. patty davis leipzig were already behind after 31 minutes the last time i trailed against private 2 weeks back they couldn t turn it around and last. but against hazard they seemed unfazed and just 7 minutes later they were awarded a penalty for this handball. who asked to take it but. he not tennis tempo 11 games thomas you like. leipzig don t just have the fat best defense after both spoke and lap after they got the best attack in the league. scoring goals is just too easy for like tick muscle sabots have made it she won. that stormed back in front before the break it s enough to make any coach swoon. so it was very beautiful if we score goals and it s more beautiful for. the people in the stance of score goals and we will score 2020 goals a last 4 games so i think we all could be happy. and that brings us back to the team advantage but he s in final minutes herself he s setting up his teammates he has 5 assists in his previous 2 matches and grabs and not against has a feeling kevin compass on the 31. with only 6 minutes on the clock again has done. even if the goal scoring wasn t like ticks. of that deadly persuasion on the counter and has a simply have no response. come of lima sort out vanna and the box in stoppage time and before he knew it the school stood for one. after last week s hattrick than a bag to brace the strike is hot form seems infectious and the whole team s brimming with confidence. it s easier to score goals we have to confidence and you can see that of all the players of those medals course we have a lot of players who can score goals of the ball. with things long out of reach like sig did give up another goal for my form a strike a davis out that it ended for a change. an easy win and once they go on a straight. they ve won their last 4 in competitions climbing ever closer to the top of the table thanks to him. and we ve got plenty more top team hopefuls in the compact. half. according to the table freiburg are also a top team 5th place to start the weekend they welcome to frankfurt another side in the top fat and thanks to a 77th minute news pietersen goal there remain in the top team conversation it was pietersen the 6th goal of the season but the most exciting and confounding scene occurred off the ball in stoppage time frankfurt started out how much control and knocked down for the coach chris james trashed the ref gave him a strict read despite the final minute factors private took the 3 points and climbed to 50. they were cruising mambos boardwalk way up top early in the season now they fall into the middle. the pack both sides have their eyes on moving back up the ladder. to opening salvo came from leverkusen after 25 minutes carrying better off the 2nd of the season gave labor person a well and late. fall spoke battle for every ball but couldn t find the net and labor queues and finish things off in the last minute how lenient put the game away securing 3 coveted points for the away sight both both taste defeat for the 2nd time in many while laver couzin enjoyed victory after 4 straight win this match days. you coach david back now has back in the top half after a miserable shift last season and that s exactly where they want to stay which would mean topping doesn t often have time. but ruben henning s had other plans still able to his truck fast danny a county jury gave him the one known lead after f.n.c. 3 minutes. but a penalty so henning s approached the spot. and equalise. all square one more on. the shelf the one ready to settle they want to move up close and come back rows about the rest to put sucker ahead again 5 minutes later. but in vantage was short lived henning s remains of the one in shock aside levelling things at 22 with 17 minutes left to play. plenty of time to shuffle to once again wrestle a way in front squats had made it 32 surely sealing wins. maybe it wouldn t if it wasn t for hennig s his 1st ever been in this league a hat trick levelled the affair in the last moments of the match. i was it s been a phenomenal day i m really pleased we ve taken a point out of course the 3 goals were really special for me so fans can switch. canning s singlehandedly secured dissolute of a key point in their fight against relegation. despite a strong showing shaka had to settle for the draw. this would be sunday s france s final match up minds after over 2 years at the helm last week his team were picked apart a nail by light stage and this week s home match against newly promoted when you re on would be better than your brezinski started things off with an own goal and then sebastian anderson made it to no in the 1st half. and 3 know in the 2nd. winds have already conceded 30 goals shots still try to pump history not just before full time kareem on the seawall brought mights back to the gate and. then brzezinski make things interesting in the dying moments but the 2 goals were too little too late it ended 32. celebrated their 1st ever away win in the bundesliga while might select goes fast after their 8 for league last the season for now assistant coach john moe it s lishka will take over. from other things even bleaker and cut a boon than i might play into the match day in last place with 4 points and 25 goals against the relegation battle with alex was a must win 7 minutes and then captain. couldn t convert a penalty letting the potential lead slip by. problems finishing and couldn t exploit weaknesses. from philip marques finally put out by the head part of arms 26. against jeff and got side battle for the saving point but simply couldn t find the net. and cut a bone and used the 9th loss of the season with no end to the suffering inside. ok enough time for the tough match. in munich. classic. last season s champs against the runners up. a clash of titans no other bullets leave the jewel has the same risk as. things were even hotter this time around. chock full of confidence after their midweek $32.00 comeback win over into milan. in disarray last week s 51 loss to frank for nico kovacs fired and interim coach hines a flick thrown into the deep end with an uninspiring to no champions league win over olympiakos. left technical wizards giago and coaching yo out of the lineup instead he chose to build around thomas millar personified. sutton hit up and since i ve been here i m constantly fascinated by how talented the squad is we just have to show it on the pitch again since he s on my side which is just what 4th placed by and dates from the start they ve been focusing on patching up the defense that was so leaky on the coach but by and shaun most up front. they put on the pressure with a dizzy passing. exposed and out of sorts dortmund could not keep up. which is how by and took the lead after. 70 thanks to the high court reliable but given dusty. he stored it every week back as the season and again did it with eve s against his former club. patsy flake has by and playing with freedom and self assurance. from average by and fans to the club s top brass this high level clash was at a lightening experience. on the flick spree descents it had been a long time since the munich crowd witnessed such a vicious attack. by an responded to carve out his firing with an incredible performance dortmund looked out to sea and had no excuses. can cause one vanished on sunday werent there no presence not enough concentration . we constantly lost the ball for no reason to need to finish and. this was one of those moments it was as though dortmund were allergic to tackles just as brian had been in their humbling defeat to frankfurt. the 2nd place visitors simply did no defensive work and were absolutely crushed. by the surge cannot be doubled by and sleet just after the break i saw must move with the assist hands the flick has transformed him from problem child to hero in less than 0. but what was wrong with. how they take and no heat of their sporting director strong pre-game words. in this manner we ve got to play men s football got to be men on the pitch that s what will matter that s what will decide things. have looked like school in their past outings here they were pummeled 5 nil last time and have given up 21 to go in their last 5 seasons in a meeting. and this time around was no different. wondering why we haven t showed any don t win chances there weren t any the 1st hour was all by i m never dusky had a few days by the poem 83 new 76 minutes and. it was his 18th go against his former club. this chalk match was far too sided to call a classic. in the end it was a bitter demonstration of byron s power. but one player did have a moment in the spotlight but for the wrong reason so much trouble was back in his old stomping grounds rounded out. school ring within a. 4 nail with 10 minutes still left to play. when it was all over one side was disillusioned. the other jew. so what does this tell us when even a talk team is not a concession it s a clear sign for us that we re not a top group at the moment we can be on our best is but a true top team is strong on bad days and we re incapable of that especially away and also it s. not so far beyond their probably still hearts here a commanding victory only reaffirms their big decision count kovacs and put this man in charge pansy flick is putting in a strong application for the full time position job well done in this case but i m not going to head home and have a nice glass of red wine asked. if it be so if we re going to keep working with handy flick until further notice he said before the match that these 2 games were the 1st finishing line and he s crossed that tremendously now we re just going to calmly keep at it. but and pick up their 47th win in a 100 in one league matches against all odds but more importantly they ve announced their return to the league they re back in the race. for the result sprains. here they are matched 11 in a nutshell. one coaches in cleanin minds were let go by the 3rd and 5 that was no doubt there was only one draw. and in a match of matches the talk you ll find dominated. the pack a time for the table. remain perched on the books to get thrown for another week and maybe even widen the gap by an hour in qatar i believe lights and freiburg on points it s awful talk up top they could all look very different next week. most folks lead down into the lower half of the table it s really time time there as well minds cologne and part of all one are propping up a league thank you goalies a player like this guy. part time karate kid part time but arena robot never dog ski is in the form of his life and on his way to becoming the best striker in the world. just want. to go but london skiing amazing 16 goals in 11 games no player has ever scored so many not even germany legend get his in any form the thing no one has seen before a living legend chasing go on record after the next. when he hit home his 15th goal of the season against dortmund 11 dosti drew level with a motos record 51 years ago also scored 15 by match day 11. but never dusty went on to smash the record in the 76 minute. historic. can he break miller s 40 goal all time record this season. and stick with us i know how we think so too more to come off to the international break on kick off to secret ski. the. syrian born american visits a local bar in berlin. he lives just opposite with jane who was a member of the hitler youth as a child. some residents are suspicious of refugees in the neighborhood. but i m there is curious about the bars regulars across the road worlds apart. close up in 30 minutes on d w. they are aiming high. the daughters of the character are on. their hope to become the mountain guides. their dream a better future for their family. their past a rocky and dangerous one. where giving up is not an option. even $75.00. w. . literature invites us to see people in particular. to see how 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