media saying germany is not reliable. germany is completely reliable. completely, totally, thoroughly reliable. i have no doubt about germany at all. chancellor scholz: we are united, and the trans-atlantic partnership between germany and the u.s. is one of the permanent pillars of german policy and it will be relevant in the future as well. just as relevant. and this will be one of our top priorities, always. on behalf of nato, we are the country in continental europe that is doing -- making the largest contribution, financial means and also military power, and we are the country that contributes a great share. we are -- it's not who pays the biggest part of the financial support to ukraine. since 2014, about $2 billion u.s. dollars, bilateral support, and an additional $3.8 billion that has made available, so substantial financial means to stabilize the ukrainians' economy, and we're willing to continue with that contribution. so this is the unbreakable friendship with our two countries. with regard to the difficult situation at the ukrainian border d

here in germany? well, the world's dialogue was the amount of german 4 in politics for many weeks before the russian invasion. it was like repeatedly mentioned in the stock session log dialog dialog with ross. and now we see you at 7 am on the grounds and all right, missouri announced yesterday in the german for lemons, a long term measures financing and military spending and delivering reference to the grain. but when you look on the ground floor typing right now and key for the key. and so what you're saying about 10 is don't necessarily going to be very impressed by this development of this point to time. once again, processes itself to a p, r. it was with the since 2014, and since then my vanity, but it's and then you're creating the whole rhetoric of the russian government hold authority called the russian state made it was a war rhetoric for many years right now. so it's not nothing to impress them and once again they have very clear military goal, something on concert in key of especially. and

i have no doubt about germany. b sent ink from wilma did find miss blair console united submission and the trans atlantic partnership between germany and the u. s. is a, one of the permanent pillars of german policy and it will be relevant in the future as well just as relevant. and this will be one of our top priorities always on behalf of ne, to we are the country in continental europe that is doing and making the largest contribution, financial means and also military power. and we are the country and z as in austin . that meeting contributes a great share. we're not fully don't fully agree with the growth who pays the biggest part of a financial support to ukraine. as o. addison since 2014, about $2000000000.00 us dollars on july reg, bilateral support and within the u. an additional 3800000000 that is made available . so substantial financial means is to stabilize the ukrainian economy and we're willing to continue with that as a sort of contribution. so this is, was the very strong and unbreakable friendship

putin has a big lever over germany right now. >> sandra: if russia cuts off germany, they have to get a source somewhere else. i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum at fox news headquarters in new york. breaking right now on "the story," we're about to hear from president biden, the pentagon and the state department this hour on the big question of where we are. where do we stand with regard to europe, russia, ukraine, the president right now is in an extremely important meeting with the new german chancellor, olaf scholz that replaced angela merkel in december. so far germany has declined to send lethal aid to ukraine. they rely heavily on russia for most of their energy supply. so how strong an ally is germany in all of this? that is the big question that needs to be answered. we expect some tough back and forth here at the white house. that will get started in minutes. president biden has been meeting with him the last hour or so. so we'll take you there live. my guest on

what's changed in germany's position? the key word is targeted because for now, germany had also been very reluctant to support other countries in banning russia from the swift financial system because it believed that by doing so, there would be major collateral damage here in germany for businesses that work with russia awful gas deliveries that come from russia to germany. but now the change is that they want to work in a way that they can have this targeted way of sanctioning russia in this regard with that basically means is that they will try and find ways in which those collateral damages are reduced to a minimum. while at the same time, making sure that the band is implemented to the rush can be effected. we're also hearing that the 1st groups of people fleeing the war in ukraine have arrived through poland and to here in germany. do we know yet how many people i was asking, the jan this is actually another element of this whole conflict. so it's not only about sending weapons to ukraine or imposing more sanctions

on the other hand, it sends a message of support to germany's allies, germany's political allies, the united states, but also allies within europe. that for a very long time had been very critical of north stream too, because on the one hand, they believe that that left europe too vulnerable. and on the other hand, they believe that it gave russia too much power. so absolutely, a very significant move by allah sholtes, specifically, from a political point of view when it comes to showing condemnation to was russia and support to its political allies and welcomed fathers, allies as he say. but who is it going to hurt more russia or germany? well, it's important to stress rebecca, that this pipeline is still not functioning. so it's still not delivering gas from russia to germany was waiting for regulatory approval. so i don't think that will be immediate pain from an economic perspective for either country. there is obviously a very big economic risk for both of them for both russia and germany. but it's important to understand this decision in political terms because of the political

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here in germany. well, the world's dialogue was the amount of german 4 in politics for many weeks before the russian invasion was like repeatedly mentioned in the stock fashion log dialog dialog with ross. and now we see you at 7 am on the grounds and all right, missouri announced yesterday in the german problem. it's a long term measures financing and military spending and delivering reference to the ukraine. but when you look on the ground floor typing right now and key for the key. and so what you're saying about 10 is certainly going to be very impressed by this development at this point to time. once again, processes itself to a p, r. it was with the since 2014, and since then, my vanity, but it's, and then you're creating the whole rhetoric of the russian government, the whole story called the russian state made it was a war rhetoric for many years right now. so lots, nothing to impress them and once again they have very clear military goal, something on concert in key of especially and then we

germany is a buyer. lots of buyers for energy. where is germany going to go? they didn't build the reserves that they needed with us. near in the tough spot. i believe it when i see it. >> sandra: puts a squeeze on the rest of europe. there's a scramble to provide that lost energy to germany. we learned more just a few minutes ago. thanks, brian. thanks very much. >> good to see you. >> sandra: and energy security a major concern. we'll talk to joni ernst coming up. another smash and grab incident caught on camera. what more needs to be done to keep this from happening in? ♪ (delivery man) that's for you. (mail recipient 2) it's opened. (delivery man) yup, i got another one here that's just the same. (mail recipient 4) why? (delivery man) sms, unencrypted texts, they're just like these. they're open. (mail recipient 5) what are you talking about? (delivery man) like if this was an unencrypted text... i just read it. (mail recipient 6) just like this. (delivery man) every text you send is just as open as your letters! including pictures! your texts are open!

which of course, was a war of aggression that germany itself initiated. so the prohibition included a taboo on german weapons being delivered to a country where they could be used against russian soldiers in particular because of the suffering that germany had inflicted there during the 2nd world war. until now, the view in berlin has been that diplomacy is the tool of choice, and the commercial relations will bring moderation on russia's part. but there has been increasing recognition that these assumptions are unrealistic, not to say naive. and in fact, pressure had been mounting across the political spectrum to revisit this issue. and now in the face of valiant fighting by the ukrainian forces, who as you said, are vastly outnumbered and, and outmanned. germany has essentially beginning been looking increasingly you could say passes and particularly given the fact that this country is a major weapons export and that its weapons often do indirectly find their way to conflict zones. so in the face of all that, the leading ministers from all of the coalit

what is germany? what is germany going to do now? but that, that statement by allah shows is important on another level. because when he stretched his, that germany believed that this is a breach of international law. that gives you the necessary context to understand why the west is reacting in the way. it is reacting because it believes that rushes attack now, but also previously. russia's former recognition of 2 regions in ukraine goes against the scenario, the peaceful scenario that europe had built after the 2nd will, will, it goes against the principles that have been enforced in europe since after the 2nd world war 2, the peaceful coexistence of states. a fact that borders cannot, cannot be redrawn by one country that negotiation and diplomatic waste must be the way to, to solve problems when the west, when germany believes that this action by russia goes against international law and goes against those principles. that's why you're seeing reaction, for example, in the form of sanctions. when we talk about sanctions, we have t

again, that france and germany have on the white house at this moment? well, the u. s. and the europeans have been really closely coordinator in this crisis. i would say an increasingly so no one wants a war and as a western alliance, we have opted for this sort of 2 pronged strategy of to terrans. and the one hand and dialogue on the other hand, early on, you know, in the us and russia have engagement bilateral talks of am, control issues and confidence. building measures in france and germany have in recent days will increase the intensity of their own diplomatic efforts. you know, we've had my call in and moscow and he has, we have shots as conversations out with the leaders of the baltic states today with the hollins president and then his plan trip to moscow. i think those conversations are important because france and germany are really strongest when they have the credibility and legitimacy are representing some sort of broader european interest . and for that, it's incredibly important that they close the engage with and listen to the interests and concerns of o

via germany. so there, there are different aspects to this. i'm what it was. so it's a stress is that while germany may not be delivering weapons, it is also taking a military lead elsewhere in the baltic states. now later this week, he will meet with baltic leaders. germany has just announced that it will bolster its presence. that leads a battle group in the region. so while germany shies away from a direct confrontation with russia by supplying ukraine with german weapons, which could see german weapons face off russian soldiers on the other side, which historically is unbearable for a german government right now. i dare say for german public. now the counter argument why ukraine has requested weapons is, well, germany was also on the other side and committed atrocities in ukraine was the historic responsibility that, though do many decides to keep out of this argument completely while trying to demonstrate maximum solidarity with its data partners. just doing that elsewhere, just doing that in

but i think there is growing understanding in germany that this refusal to move is harming germany's reputation not only in ukraine, but also across central europe. and in the united states where we've heard a policy makes in washington asking themselves if germany really is being clear enough in support here for ukraine, the country that is facing the threat of a 100000 or more russian troops. it's borders as was tanks and missiles. so both he ukrainian and the russian leaders have had a steady procession of politicians acting as intermediaries really coming in and out of the capitals. but they're not talking directly to each other. ukraine and rush are there now that ukraine has requested an urgent meeting with russia over this troop build up. is that likely to happen? over the longest time, the russians basically ignored all over chosen diplomacy from kiev, and were very rude about the ukraine's actually in public cooling the vessels of washington. basically saying there's no point doing a deal with kia because k of wasn't an independent actor in that sense. that it was basically

germany b. i would say at the moment that germany is in the us corner or the trans atlantic corner, simply because the trip to washington was such to regain credibility in the eyes of the biden administration. and capitol hill and president by and really went out on a limb, to support germany and say that it's a reliable ally law. he restored, he read a lot and i'm not sure he's getting much in return at the moment. and it depends on germany. now, i think germany could, will halt nor trim too if there's further incursion. i think it will be very hard to. i'm circumvent what biden's said in the white house. and because of history, germany will not send lethal weapons to ukraine and it's also written in the coalition agreement. but it can do other things that can continue to be a large donor to ukraine. you could send more trips to troops to the eastern flank of nato, to make up for this historical sort of obligation that the germans feel that they still have, but is under the number broken. the g

i am doing the politics for germany. i am doing my job and my job is to work very hard, that ukraine has a good future. and this is also what we do in the questions of the economic future of ukraine. as you know, germany will go out of the use of gas and oil and coal within 25 years. so we will not depend on the import of fossil fuel to germany anymore. this will happen very, very soon. this is why we enlarge our capacities producing elect, for instance, with offshore wind, onshore wind, with solar. we are making our grid more strong and we also work together with partners. and there is the key partners for the strategy for the future to produce hydrogen with their natural resources, because the industry to come to germany and possibly worldwide would be an energy that is using gas, but hydrogen produced, for instance, in the big landscape of the ukraine. and our activity and our money is now offered to develop such an industry in the ukraine, giving them a future pass. >> i want to a

media saying germany is not reliable. germany is completely reliable. completely, totally, thoroughly reliable. i have no doubt about germany at all. >> translator: we are united, and the trans atlantic partnership between germany and the u.s. is one of the permanent pillars of german policy and it will be relevant in the future as well just as relevant and this will be one of our top priorities always. on behalf of nato, we are the country in continental europe that is doing -- making the largest contribution, financial means and also military power, and we are the country that contributes the biggest share. so since 2014 about 2 billion u.s. dollars direct bilateral support and within the -- an additional 3.8 billion made available so substantial financial means to stabilize the ukrainian economy. and we are willing to continue with that sort of contribution. so this is the very strong and unbreakable friendship between our two countries. part of this is that with regard to the difficult situation at the ukrainian border due to the russian troops, we

so that goes from russia to germany. that that would be part of the economic sanctions package that germany would launch ones of russia invade. so there has been a lot of anger about this on the ukranian side. and i would be curious to find out where that will chose actually brings himself to say the word not stream to because so far he hasn't done that. and other than that, ukraine and germany keep trying to stress that they are like minded partners, that they are very close allies. and the fact that we'll have short travel to cuba before he goes to moscow tomorrow. that's what we heard of presidency lensky say in the press conference just now that we saw the beginning of at that is a clear sign that ukraine understands that germany is closely by its side. now if i may, i don't know if we're going to go to left shows, but he's probably speaking in german, so that's not much help. but maybe i can sum up a bit of water. president zalinski has said in this address to journalists that came met a long time after it had been

reliable part in the germany does have ukraine's interests at heart. and that germany can provide a constructive role in mediating to try to stay escalate the situation near connelly reporting for us from calf. thank you so much. let's get a check. now, some of the other stories making use this, our dozens of migrants had been rescued off the coast of italy after attempting to cross the mediterranean sea in dangerous conditions. they were picked up by coast guard rescue vessels and arrived on the island of love to do them. but several people are still unaccounted for. hundreds of women in the indian state of karachi have been protesting against a band and wearing he jobs in educational institutions. the protest come after a number of government runs schools in the region bard students wearing the garment from entering classrooms. demonstrators have condemned the ban as dis empowerment of muslim women. police in ontario have moved into clear and arrest the remaining protesters blocking a major bridge. crossing between the united states and canada. truck

and in germany, in the last 15 years, there was a pass of germany 1st and i think we have to redo that and take on our responsibility also in a military dimension. how does that work? matthew? yeah. how does it work? i mean, it is something that you can't do overnight, but now we're, unfortunately we're, we're seeing that the errors of, of the past and especially germany's not just the refusal to really invest in its military or to, to help ukraine. we're also seeing the strategic areas that germany made in supporting the north stream projects. in my view, even after it was clear, what putin was doing, this isn't something that happened overnight with him. he signalled already in 2007 . what he wanted to do in a famous speech at the music security conference. then in a couple of months after he started implementing his plan with the cyber attack on a stone, you know, which basically shut down their internet. it was the 1st such attack of its kind on, on, on that scale. and he followed up a year later with the attack on georgia and then crimea, and the wars in east ukraine. and beyond t

and germany, the transatlantic partnership between the u. s. and europe, nato of all say the same thing or part in the speak with one voice and do things together. sorry, we made it very clear. if there is military aggression against ukraine, it will result in severe consequences that we agreed upon together of severe sanctions that we worked on together. so there will be a high price for russia. there were crossed and frivolous land harbor, with at least 100000 russian troops massed along ukraine's border. berlin has faced international criticism for its cautious response. unlike some of its nate, her allies, germany has rolled out sending weapons to ukraine. meanwhile, in moscow, french president emanuel makram focused on de escalation, as it rushes, vladimir putin reiterated his demands for nato to stay out of the region, but said he was willing to compromise. he were deeply luxury and a number of ma, crohn's ideas and proposals which are probably too early to speak about. i consider quite possible to use and forming the basis of or further

so far we can only speculate at the ukranian ambassador to germany has sent germany a long list of things that they say they might need, including 12000 anti tank and military equipment. but this is not something that all of shows is going to bring for historic reasons for also the reason that the bonus van currently is not in a very good state itself. but the german government has promised that it is looking at the list and it is looking at pieces of equipment and that help in those situations in military situations like night vision goggles, for example. most importantly, perhaps ukraine is finding itself in a very difficult economic situation. and germany has been one of the most important donors to ukraine over the last decade since the annexation of crimea. so germany has invested close to 2000000000 in ukraine in infrastructure programs, projects. but also in terms of boosting the economy and setting up for examples of hospitals, etc, on the ground. now with all the foreigners, essentially now leaving because many western countries, including germany, have decided on the weekend to

and then came russia to germany was a purely commercial project. and effectively, the understanding being from a point of view that, that it's not for government to get to get mixed into this could of course, the pressure now with the situation going on between russia and ukraine is a totally different level of what he started saying. now of the past couple of weeks is that everything would be up for discussion that the american side is being far more explicit than that though, and totally blinking the secretary of state who was just berlin. just a few weeks ago. he stood here instead, explicitly that nord stream to is leverage for the entire west in this situation. jake sullivan, joe biden, to talk foreign policy advice, was on american television yesterday saying that no train too would not go into operation if russia to some sort of invasion. and certainly what the united states would love to hear from schulte is, was a clear richard chance a shelter and others have been saying russia would pay a high price if it did go ahead and invade ukraine.

and in germany, in the last 15 years, there was a pass of germany 1st. and i think we have to redo that and take on our responsibility also in a military dimension. how does that work? matthew? yeah. how does it work? i mean, it is something that you can't do overnight, but now we're, unfortunately we're, we're seeing that the errors of, of the past and especially germany's not just the refusal to really invest in its military or to, to help ukraine. we're also seeing the strategic areas that germany made in supporting the north stream projects. in my view, even after it was clear, what putin was doing, this isn't something that happened overnight with him. he signaled already in 2007 . what he wanted to do in a famous speech at the music security conference, then in a couple of months after he started implementing his plan with the cyber attack on his donia, which basically shut down their internet. it was the 1st such attack of its kind on, on that scale. and he followed up a year later with the attack on georgia and then crimea, and the wars in east u

part in the germany does have ukraine's interests at heart and that germany can provide a constructive role in mediating to try to stay escalate the situation near connelly reporting for us from care. thank you so much. let's get a check. now some of the other story is making news. this, our dozens of migrants have been rescued off the coast of italy after attempting to cross the mediterranean sea in dangerous conditions. they were picked out by coast guard rescue vessels and arrived on the island of lump a do so. however, several people are still unaccounted for. hundreds of women in the indian state of koran she had been protesting against a band and wearing he jobs in educational institutions. the protest come after a number of government run schools in the region bar to students wearing the garment from entering classrooms. demonstrators have condemned the ban as dis empowerment of muslim women. police in ontario have moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters blocking a major bridge. crossing between the united states and canada. truckers have been demonstrating for wee

there's a sense in germany that it was not well understood that germany supported the economy throughout and that germany didn't get enough press for that, which frankly is also an issue of how germany communicated its contribution. but there is a red blind when it comes to delivering weapons at what germany is currently doing is it's going through the latest list. and that was delivered to by the ukranian ambassador to germany at which his equipment that is not combat equipment and that his m visual equipment that those, that issues that germany is going through at the moment. so no more how, let's is what i heard. but there could be some supportive equipment down the line and, but germany will not cross that red line and deliver any kind of weapons that could then face off with russia. historic reasons are cited and on the german side, continuously, but that's something ukraine which also suffered greatly at during this world was, it simply does not accept as what as it's perceived here as an excuse. so that is also a fault line. in these talks yankee of to day did of you chiefly the c

on the other hand, it sends a message of support to germany's allies, germany's political allies, the united states, but also allies within europe. that for a very long time had been very critical of north stream too, because on the one hand, they believe that that left europe too vulnerable. and on the other hand, they believed that it gave russia too much power. so absolutely, a very significant move by allah sholtes, specifically, from a political point of view when it comes to showing condemnation towards russia and support to its political allies and welcomed fathers, allies, as you say. but who is it going to hurt more russia or germany? well, it's important to stress rebecca that this pipeline is still not functioning, so it's still not delivering gas from russia to germany was waiting for regulatory approval. so i don't think that will be immediate pain from an economic perspective for either country. there is obviously a very big economic risk for both of them for both russia and germany. but it's important to understand this decision in political terms because of the politic

we didn't really, really hear a clear answer from germany's chancellor all of shorts. so in the questions that are being asked about whether germany is a reliable partner, partly because berlin will not send weapons to ukraine. do you think americans were reassured by chance specials at all today? well it really the headlines this morning in the last days weren't really her nicer when it comes to germany in the new chancellor. big questions were risen and it's quite interesting. during the trump years, it was germany which constantly asked how reliable is the united states and now it's the other way round. i, i doubted that this press conference today will really, i kind of re ensure the americans who are interested in the trans atlantic relationship that germany is there with a full support of the political agenda of the united states. right. let's talk about the controversial nordstrom to pipeline of the pipeline that will break, bring gas from russia directly to germany. president biden was very clear. he said, if russia invades there will be no nods. theme to death

was a war of aggression instigated by germany itself. and coming out of that, there was a sense that the military is not a tool of policy, in other words, clause of its famous dictum. that military is a continuation of foreign policy by other means that was not part of the german thinking. and we have seen a change within the green party as well as you say, junior coalition partner, but they were the ones pushing this chancellor very hard to to go further on weapons exports to go further on vigilant defense spending. so i think now we're seeing also the social democrats who also have that pacifist tradition finally getting in touch with another side of their history and their routes. namely, how much mit stationing of the pershing's that was deterrence, though, is not the clone the see that was not ost politic. and i think now perhaps we're seeing a very real shift on the left. not everybody is happy about this. i was at, i was down to town yesterday during the demonstration, seeing a lot of plaque cards that were also saying no rearmame

and in germany, in the last 15 years, there was a pass of germany 1st and i think we have to redo that and take on our responsibility also in a military dimension. how does that work? matthew? yeah. how does it work? i mean, it is something that you can't do overnight, but now we're, unfortunately we're, we're seeing that the errors of, of the past and especially germany's not just the refusal to really invest in its military or to, to help ukraine. we're also seeing the strategic areas that germany made in supporting the north stream projects. in my view, even after it was clear, what putin was doing, this isn't something that happened overnight with him. he signalled already in 2007 . what he wanted to do in a famous speech at the music security conference. then in a couple of months after he started implementing his plan with the cyber attack on a stone, you know, which basically shut down their internet. it was the 1st such attack of its kind on, on that scale and he followed up a year later with the attack on georgia and then crimea, and the wars in east ukraine. and beyond that,

of germany's result. also coming up, canada's capital ottawa declares a state of emergency as protests against cuba. 19 vaccine mandates paralyzed the city. the code, the police chief calls it a siege and india bids farewell to one of its greatest singers. thousands gathered for the funeral of la top mun guest caught in her home city. move by. she embodied music in melody for generations of people in south asia. ah oh, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. join chance with love schultz has arrived in washington for talks sure to be dominated by the 10th security situation here in europe. shows his 1st meeting with chancellor as chance were with us president joe biden is being over shot it by the threat of a new russian invasion of ukraine before leaving for the wes sholtes said he would discuss with biden how to continue to make clear that military aggression against ukraine would have a high cost for russia. berlin's nato allies, including the u. s. or unhappy with germany's refusal to provide ukra

on the other hand, it sends a message of support to germany's allies, germany's political allies, the united states, but also allies within europe. that for a very long time had been very critical of north stream too, because on the one hand, they believe that that left europe too vulnerable. and on the other hand, they believe that it gave russia too much power. so absolutely a very significant move by allah charles, specifically, from a political point of view when it comes to showing condemnation to was russia and support to its political allies and welcomed fathers, allies. as you say that who is it going to hurt more russia or germany? well, it's important to stress rebecca that this pipeline is still not functioning. so it's still not delivering gas from russia to germany was waiting for regulatory approval. so i don't think that will be immediate pain from an economic perspective for either country. there is obviously a very big economic risk for both of them for both russia and germany. but it's important to understand this decision in political terms because of the political

and in germany, in the last 15 years, there was a pass of germany 1st and i think we have to redo that and take on our responsibility also in a military dimension. how does that work? matthew? yeah. how does it work? i mean, it is something that you can't do overnight, but now we're, unfortunately we're seeing that the errors of, of the past and especially germany's not just the refusal to really invest in its military or to, to help ukraine. we're also seeing the strategic areas that germany made in supporting the north stream projects in, in my view, even after it was clear, what putin was doing, this isn't something that happened overnight with him. he signaled already in 2007 . what he wanted to do in a famous speech at the music security conference, then in a couple of months after he started implementing his plan with the cyber attack on estonia, which basically shut down their internet. it was the 1st such attack of its kind on, on, on that scale. and he followed up a year later with the attack on georgia and then crimea, and the wars in east ukraine. and beyond that, of course,

what's changed in germany's position the key word is targeted because for now, germany had also been buried, reluctant to support other countries in banning russia from the swift financial system because it believed that by doing so, there will be major collateral damage here in germany for businesses that work with russia awful gas deliveries that come from russia to germany. but now the change is that they want to work in a way that they can have this targeted way of sanctioning russia in this regard. would that basically means is that they'll try and find ways in which of those lateral damages are reduced to a minimum, while at the same time, making sure that the band is implemented to the rush can be effected. we're also hearing that the 1st group of people playing the war in ukraine have arrived through poland and to here in germany to we know yet how many people i can imagine this is actually another element of this whole conflict. so it's not only about sending weapons to ukraine or imposing more sanctions on russia. it's all about making sure that people who are fleeing the c

and germany also bows to pressure over swift, berlin, now on board. as the you and other western powers announced a coordinated move to limit russian access to the global payment system. also coming up brushing artillery launches into a 2nd night of shelling. increasing the pressure on kit residence ukraine's capital are seeking shelter underground. many of the cities, 3000000 residents remain to defend the russian invasion. ah, i'm ami and isa welcome to the program. in a major shift and foreign policy, germany has agreed to support ukraine with weapons as it resist rushes invading forces. berlin backtracked on a long running ban on weapons exports to war zones, and says it will now send anti tank weapons and missiles policy shift brings germany into line with other western allies supplying arms to ukraine. earlier chancellor, olaf shoulds met leaders from poland and lithuania to discuss imposing tougher sanctions against russia. that's on top of measures already announced by the european union and the united states. ahead of the meeting, colin's pri

any way between russia and germany running under the baltic sea. it has the potential to be able to transport 55000000000 cubic meters of gas, directly into germany. that would be enough to power $26000000.00 european homes every single good. it isn't online at the moment. we are expecting the certification process to go through, at least until the 2nd half of this year, but it is sneered up right at the center of all of the tension surrounding ukraine, russia, nato, and everything going on there with us. president joe biden saying if there was any increase in the current on rest, that he, they would stop nord stream to and as a lot of pressure being placed on germany to say that they would also take nord stream to off the table. the thing is, germany clearly needs not gas, and that's exactly what we're hearing from the economics ministry, the ministry for environmental affairs as well on wednesday, saying that there are worrying levels of gas reserves in germany. of course, the pipeline would fill that gap and date such as far reaching repercussio

i think germany plays a role in other ways. it's key for nato deployments, as we've seen with this decision by the us to deploy more troops into europe that happens usually through germany. and also of course, germany is a key lead country in the you, in terms of diplomatic reactions at simon, my final question that to you the chance those party are the social democrats. they of course, are under fire for being too amiable when it comes to russia. let's put it that way . does that bother the chancellor? well, chelsea shalt says sir, no. the s p d is so totally united and they want to stand up to aggression and avoid war. but you know where it was put to him, for instance, is he getting too much advice from the former chancellor. gerhard schroeder is of course is a big backer. of that nod stream to project, he says, well, he seemed rather irritated and said look, there's only one chancellor in germany. and that's me. so i think there are divisions within the his party, but also within the 3 party coalition government here in ger

what was germany in the u. s. corners, so to speak, but i but i made, i think also it's very clear that over the last couple decades that germany has developed something maybe some the business front, something which one might perhaps caller russia problem. and we see that with the former chancellor who is needed dependent dependency, a very close relationship and lack of critical distance and possibly also a lot of money flowing in ways that we are not fully aware of in germany. and certainly a huge amount of sympathy for russia, which is a little bit, may i say a little bit hard to understand sometimes. i mean it because one didn't see this was core for example, that were very clear lines cool was was he looked west, he was a democrat and then came twitter then came out. cool. and. and now we have schoultz who also has quite a history with east germany. for example. you know, i think germany has an interesting relationship with russia, shall i say, just nothing bad from my russian point of view. because ross

before he adds to moscow, germany's olaf shoulds tells ukraine's president germany stands firmly with keith. this, as russia's military stands, poised on the ukraine border. also on the show, the shadow of a positive drug test to lose over russia. star figure skater, young camilla volleyball will be allowed to compete in the olympic womens singles events. but that's not the last word on this case. and the women are front and center at the most political of all the major film festivals. they're building out aah! on lylark, thank you very much for joining us. german chancellor, olaf schultz and ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, have held crisis talks in cave over the mounting threats of a russian invasion of ukraine. jessica schultz assured his ukrainian counterparts of germany's continued support and set the west is ready for serious dialogue with russia over security matters. the chancellor is said to fly to moscow. next 4 talks with president vladimir putin. he had a clear warning for his next host about the consequences of any military action against you. crane is my hand kiff

the leaders of germany, france, and poland tried to show a united front in berlin. was like a minds of a common goal as to prevent a war in europe. but deployments of russian troops on the border with ukraine is very worrying. and our assessment here is very much the same as is our position here. does the dent on glossy, the meeting followed a diplomatic, let spy, emanuel micron, who pushed for further talks on visits to moscow and kiev local missouri. i believe that we have concrete, practical solutions that will allow us to move forward. we have had the opportunity to discuss this together. i've also had the opportunity to discuss this with president putin. as i have done with my european partners and several of our allies . it was, it was one of those practical solutions could be resolving a long running conflict within ukraine's own borders in the east and don bass region. ukrainian soldiers have been fighting russian back separatists over 7 years ago. france and germany helped negotiate a p steel between ukraine, the separatist forces and their back a russia. b

germany is a crucial ally of the united states, tens of thousands of u.s. service members reside in germany contributing to the collective security of the nato alliance according to the state department totaling more than $200 billion in 2019 many on washington on both sides of the aisle appreciated the increasing leadership role the chancellor's predecessor merkel played in international affairs. germany's overseas contributions in afghanistan, iraq and africa demonstrated a growing willingness to contribute to international missions that advanced the collective security interest. the german people built the largest economy in europe. in the fourth largest in the entired. world. they are indeed a major player. there is no question germany could do more given its role including in the new and nato to advance our security interest. after the cold war the german military was truly capable fighting force. german military has been allowed in the decadelo sense. today it lags behind the state of the art and suffers from shortfalls and readiness and regular maint

why is germany still so reluctant to do so? health minister carl out about her said that germany has so far weathered the current corona virus wave a quite well. and he said that is due to the current restrictions that are still in place. but that the situation is not completely under control. he said germany is particularly vulnerable at the moment because of the old age of the population and because of the hot, relatively high rate of unvaccinated people among that older population. that means that loosening restrictions right now would be too soon. lauterbach said that he expects restrictions to be eased significantly before easter, which is in mid april, but that if that were to happen soon, if restrictions were to be loose. and now that would only make the current corona virus wave longer and that it would be harmful for germany. there is also some controversy over the government aim to introduce a vaccine mandate for certain professions. tell us more about that. yes, the mandate is meant to come into force in mid march, a

so far, where bo sat, germany's federal commissioner for culture and media and germany's foreign ministry have roundly criticized this decision. and in the words of the culture, commissioner claudio, it is wholly unacceptable. and both she and the foreign ministry said that russia has drawn false equivalence between russia today in germany and deutsch avella. and in the words of the culture, commissioner, she, she said, germany a d. w is an independent organization, meaning that, unlike russia today, the german state does not exert any influence on programming. and germany's foreign ministry. likewise said these new measures, the band has no basis whatsoever adds to the strains on german russian relations. and as you know, deutsch avella is a public interest broadcaster finance by taxpayer funds, but in no way answerable to the german government. and in fact, foreign minister burbock already conveyed that message to her russian counterpart to russian foreign mister sergey love. rough when she visited in moscow in january, she pointed out that because of the central role that the state med

and in germany, in the last 15 years, there was a pass of germany 1st and i think we have to redo that and take on our responsibility also in a military dimension. how does that work? that's yeah, yeah. how does it work? i mean, it is something that you can't do overnight, but now we're, unfortunately, we're seeing that the errors of, of the past and especially germany's not just the refusal to really invest in its military or to, to help ukraine. we're also seeing the strategic airs that germany made in supporting the north stream projects in, in my view, even after it was clear, what putin was doing. this isn't something that happened overnight with him. he signalled already in 2007. what he wanted to do in a famous speech at the music security conference. then in a couple of months after he started implementing his plan with the cyber attack on his stony which basically shut down their internet. it was the 1st such attack of its kind on, on, on that scale. and he followed up a year later with the attack on georgia and then crimea, and the wars in east ukraine. and beyond that, of co

there's a big debate in germany. the moment about will to, to use a german word, but they, the words can sometimes be so very evocative, the, the very half of germans, the german military in the current, in the current situation. the current crisis is, can you explain the debate of the valve to skype for they have tried as far as i understand, it's just whether germany could even defend. it says could, you know, could fight a war if you, if you were. i'm not in this. yeah, out of readiness. exactly i'm, i'm not a military expert, but what i understand the bonus where it's not in great shape and a so, so i'm not sure. ok, let's, let's have a look at a report that we have on the situation is going to say whether are several sort of overlapping problems. they still exist. the peace marches to which pacifists and germany call, but they're not as big as they were in the 1980s, when hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the deployment of the american short and intermediate range missiles. there are also still protests

ambassador to germany next. this is germany. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> abigail doolittle is tracking the move. it is a new week. it looks a little calmer than it did last week. >> it does look calm her. i want to set the stage rate this year has been about volatility. up and down on an intraday basis. the s&p 500 is down in a big way. to kaylee's point, the moves are much smaller. the s&p 500 is slightly higher. as for the nasdaq 100 and some of the tech indexes, the last time i looked, we saw gains. the nasdaq 100 was up 4/10 of 1%. the stocks is up a little more. there are divergences. alibaba in particular is down, sharply. this divergence is true for u.s. mega cap, amazon and tesla are higher. tesla had been up more than 1%. amazon is still in that strong quarter glow of 2.5%. to the downside, we have meta-platforms down, after the not so great quarter following through. netflix is down 2.1%. we have this divergence of have and have-nots within mega cap. if we look at the 10 year yield, at its highest level since late 2019,

who's corner is germany in whose corner should germany b. i would say at the moment that germany is in the us corner or the trans atlantic corner, simply because the trip to washington was such to regain credibility in the eyes of the biden administration. and capitol hill and president by and really went out on a limb, to support germany and say that it's a reliable ally law. he restored, he was a lot and i'm not sure he's getting much in return at the moment. and it depends on germany. now, i think germany could, will halt nor trim too if there's further incursion. i think it will be very hard to. i'm circumvent what biden's said in the white house. and because of history, germany will not send lethal weapons to ukraine and it's also written in the coalition agreement. but it could do other things that can continue to be a large donor to ukraine. you could send more trips to troops to the eastern flank of nato, to make up for this historical sort of obligation that the germans feel that they still have, but is under the number broken. the

between germany and the u.s. is one of the permanent pillars of german policy and it will be relevant in the future as well, just as relevant and this will be one of our top priorities always on behalf of nato, we are the country in continental europe that is doing, making the largest contribution financial means and military power. and the country that contribute as great share, we're talking who pays the biggest part of a financial support to you ukraine. so since 2014 about two billion u.s. dollars by direct bilateral support within the eu and additional 3.8 billion, so substantial financial means to stablize the ukrainian economy and what willing to continue with that sort of contribution. so this is the very strong and unbreakable friendship between our two countries. part of this with the difficult situation at the ukrainian border due to russian troops, we have made it very clear we will unanimously act in earls it of sanctions. mr. president, once again, a question with regards to arms exports, do you thi