hello and welcome to "quadriga." can germany's social democrats beat populist politicians at their own game? the new man at the party's helm says yes. the spd decided this week to hand over its top post to martin scholz, who spent most of his career in the e.u. parliament. as party leader and candidate for chancellor, he wants to give the social democrats a new face as the champion of the ordinary man and woman. he's thrown down the gauntlet to populists as well as germany's popular chancellor. candidate schulz. can merkel be beaten? that is the question we want to pose to three people who follow politics in germany. it is a pleasure to welcome ulrike guerot. she is the founder and director of the think tank, european democracy lab, and she says populism claims to united nations, but actually divides them. it is great to have derek scally with us on the show once again, the germany correspondent for the "irish times." his statement, the spd and martin schulz have to decide what they want to the. is with usosener once again. he's a political commentator for "die welt" and he says ma

totalitarian regime. they write it's a powerful addition to the genre. economist east germany over four decades and how reforms affected individual lives. please welcome me well -- join e in welcoming nina wilner. [applause] >> thank you, emily. thank you, politics & prose, thanks for joining me today. what is essentially my book launch. i appreciate all of you taking the time out to -- >> can't hear back here.e. >> is this on? is the mic on? [inaudible] >> okay. i can speak up. does that work? okay. there we go. i think that's it. so, again thank you all for being here today. to share this day which marks a culmination of quite a journey for me. before i get started, i would just like to mention a few people with us today.. lt. general tom griffin who, among other postings in his remarkable career, with commander of berlin in the 1980s, when i was posted to berlin. friends, colleagues who are here today. dr. hope harrison, who is one of the leading scholars on east germany and the cold war and i'm honored that she agreed to be the historian for my project. my family, including my mothe

c-span skew monday. >> coming up next, a panel of thatts explore the ways china, germany, japan and the united states commemorate their involvement in world war ii. this roundtable was part of a conference at the national world war ii museum in new orleans. it's an hour and ten minutes. >> my great joy to introduce the last session today. we have something a little bit different and maybe something we want to do more of. to have the closing roundtable. it has always been a great success. and i think you can see who i have sitting across the table. dr. mueller, the president and ceo of the national world war ii museum. dr. alexandra ritchie, who this time needs no introduction, i gave her a and then on the far right on my right on this table. who i have not yet had the pleasure of introducing. dr. weinberg is the professor at the university of chapel hill. more than that. he is the dean of world war ii historians not only in united states but globally. award winning arthur of some to listo numerous exhaustively but we can list some, a global history of world war ii which is the go-to

slavery. my guest is psychologist jan kizilhan, a yazidi kurd living in germany. he's helped bring 1,000 yazidi females from camps in iraq to germany to start a new life. how does he decide who should stay and who should go? jan kizilhan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. what is your main goal, purpose, in rescuing these women and children, bringing them from iraq to germany? they are under pressure, psychological pressure. they have post—traumatic stress disorder because they were for moments in the hands of is, tortured, violated, exploited and a lot of things. our main goal is to bring exploited women and girls for medical treatment and psychological treatment to germany. you live in stuttgart, the capital of the state of baden—wurttemberg, and the state runs a special project to rescue yazidi women and children from these camps in iraq. but you also help shia muslims as well as christians, but mostly yazidis. why just the yazidis? actually, we didn't make any differences. the state government decided to bring in vulnerable women and girls who were in the hands of is, but unf

aim at germany plus chancellor. mr. trump: i think she made one very cap traffic mistake and that was taking all of these illegals. brent: and it's not jujust angea merkelel's migration policies, e is also skeptical on the future of nato and the european union. we will get reaction from right here in n berlin. and coming up, a cargo plane crashes into a village in kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people. the turkish and 737 was trying to land in fog. helena: and reporting live from the annual meeting of the world economic forum in davos with a trump presidency and brexit looming large, local economic leaders have a lot on their plates. brent: good to have you with us. in just five days, donald trump becomes the 45th u.s. president and already, he's pulling no punches when it comes to criticizing one of the u.s.'s closest allies. in his latest interview, trump says the german chancellor, angela merkel, was wrong to allow hundreds of thousands of refugees into germany, describing them as illegals. trump says merkel possible open-door policy was a catastrophic mistake. reporter:: a fa

the world's most senior politicians, germany's defence minister ursula von der leyen. she's also deputy chair of angela merkel‘s ruling cdu party. does the arrival of donald trump in the white house, plus brexit, spell the start of a new world order and mark a shift in power away from the west? minister ursula von der leyen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. the president of germany, joachim gauck, has said, earlier this month, "with the inauguration of a new us "president, we face challenges to the international order "and to transatlantic relations." germany and europe can no longer live as usual on the transatlantic partnership, can they? i am deeply convinced that they can rely on the transatlantic partnership because there is a strong foundation, the transatlantic partnership exists now since almost 70 years. there is a huge amount of common experience, of trust and confidence in each other and we have this transatlantic partnership because we share common values. but here is your president, who is stepping down in march afterfive years, and he's going through this p

von der leyen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. the present —— the president of germany has said, with the inauguration of a new us president, we face challenges to the international order and to transatlantic relations. germany and europe can no longer live as usual on the trans— atlantic partnership, can they? i am deeply convinced that they can rely on the transatlantic partnership because there is a strong foundation, the transatlantic partnership, almost 70 years, there isa partnership, almost 70 years, there is a huge amount of common experience, of trust and confidence in each other and we have this transatlantic partnership because we share a common values. but here is your president who is stepping down in march after five years and he is going through this period of reflection and he is seeing it has challenges. are you saying that his concerns are not valid? eddie says it is challenging, i would applaud. what are the challenges? we have to major challenges. the first is terror on the causes of terror. the crisis in the middle east. the second one is cyberspace manipu

particular pope. in germany, his goal in establishing this episcopal spy network was to prove that hitler was violating church rights. there was a treaty signed in summer of 1933 between the vatican and the reich concordat, guaranteeing church rights. of course, hitler being hitler, he went about violating those rights. network which was set up, a really colorful organization with a colorful cast of characters. operatives, i divorced jewish lesbian who converted to catholicism and she was a very reliable courier, but alas, she was captured and died in the concentration camp in 1941. another useful operative was in 'sct, hibbler's --hitler bodyguard, who was a handy guide to have if you're trying to get rid of hitler. they had a lawyer, joseph mÜller. have the nickname, joey ox. fixas really a godfather or her figure in catholic munich. i guess he is half oscar schindler and half don corleone he. and so, he was a helpful guide for the church and he flew missions over the outs. he would put secret documents in a briefcase, land in switzerland, hand the documents over to his contracts. he w

. and security affairs. in his opinion, germany and other european countries behave like scroungers when it comes to nato membership. donald trump gave his first big interview to a major german newspaper this week and also spoke to "the times" of london." questioned every orthodoxy on which the transatlantic union is based. the alliance with germany, to the future of nato. i would like to start off by asking you to give me your sense of your reaction. you said, donald trump is a loose cannon. statementssee the as a guideline for what he is likely to do in office? erik: it can be pretty scary. he has not been acting pretty presidential. there was the hope he would become more presidentialal and reach out to the other side, but he h hasn't. maybe that will change. one thing i thought was optimistic, he said nato is very important. everybody jumped to the part where he said, nato is obsolete but he also said it is important. he says a lot of things. s heou grab those things -- let's see what happened. melinda: what was your reaction as we approach this inauguration? this interview had so ma

trump boom. previously, germany's most influential man in brussels will take on chancellor angela merkel in brussels this year as the new standardbearer of the social democrats, the agent of change. also coming up, living in limbo on a greek island. the flow of refugees to europe has slowed but not stopped. we will have an exclusive report about the plight of refugees stuck in greece. i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us tonight. we begin in the united states where president donald trump has signed an order to build a wall along the u.s. border with mexico's. -- with mexico. trump said construction will begin in coming months. he says u.s. taxpayers will pay for it initially, but he wants mexico to pay the money back. trump also signed another executive order, strengthening laws against unauthorized immigrants. we're joined now by laura carlsen, the director of the americas program at the center for international policy in mexico city. thanks for taking the time to talk with us. we just heard the u.s. president on his plans to build a wall. he says it will start immediate

going to bomb some type of manufacturing plant in durban and bomb berlin, germany. they said it was a clear, cold sunday morning when they took off. there were actually three squadrons and the bomb group that day. there were 12 planes in each squadron. i was told that the first squadron was the high squadron, the second was the little squadron, and the third was the low squadron. my dad's plane was in the third squadron. i was told that shortly after they took off, that two of the planes. engine trouble and had to turn back, leaving 10 planes. once they made their turn toward germany, the lead plane and the squadron developed some type of mechanical problem, and they had to fall back and further behind the other two. so this left 10 planes flying low, slow, and without any fighter protection. but they continued on. the other two had gone out of sight, and they were just flying along alone. this was supposed to have been a milk run because the german air force was supposed to be finished. they had been supposedly done, but apparently they weren't, because they were suddenly attacked by

: now to germany where the former european president martin schultz is running against angela america until the election in germany in september. schultz was named by the social democrats after the party leader there made the move to stand aside. here is the story from berlin and jessica joins us live. did this move come as a surprise there in germany? >> it certainly did when schultz stepped down a couple of months ago saying he wanted to return to domestic politics here in germany. nobody realized he would rise the ranks quite as quickly as he did. the executive committee have named him their head of the party for their party. this will be approved on sunday. about were effusive martin schultz when he was nominating saying he's a german-european, someone who bridges groups of people. gabrielle admitted that schultz has a better chance insane would as running against angela merkel and this is quite true. gabrielle is a cantankerous has really she dropped in popularity in recent months and also as junior coalitions angela merkel's conservatives over the last term have really struggled

an order of merit from the federal republic of germany. he is the celebrated author of many publications including his newest work, "american big germany,in written and a comparative history of two special relationships in the 20th century." i know that many of you are flying back home and i would encourage you to buy this as an e-book online and download it. that is really great reading that might get you through a flight and some layovers. would highly suggest it. it explores the complex transnational history of the world war and business. conference we have explored the events of 1916 and their impact on land, naval and air warfare to the homefront and hospitals, to the writings of some of the well-recognized authors of the 20th century. and the writings of others whose names history seems to have seem to forgotten. our concluding presentation is andg to examine a business the question of the fragility of america's neutrality in 1916. complex ande misunderstood economic and political relationship between the united states and global business communities in 1916. -- s my h

author of many publications including his newest work, "american big business in britain and germany ." of you might be flying back home and i would encourage you to find this as an e-book version online and download it. it will get you through a flight and some layovers, too. it explores the complex of worldonal history i and business. from the writings of one of the most well recognized authors of the 20 century and the writings of others whose names cu history has seems to have forgotten. neutrality america's in 1916. the relationship between the u.s. and the global business committee in 1916. it is my honor to introduce and please join me in welcoming dr. voelker bernheim. [applause] >> thank you for this introduction and the invitation. i found all these presentations very illuminating because what had in terms of historical writing -- i certainly learned a lot. i hope you will join me in thanking matthew and lauren and their staff for the really great hospitality that i have certainly enjoyed at this conference. i would like to express my thanks and i hope you agree with me. [a

global backlash. allies from the u.k. to germany condemned the move, and major international companies said it threatened to strangle the free flow of workers and commerce. executives from apple, general electric, facebook, tesla, and starbucks all expressed concerns. ourstarbucks all expressed concerns. the dollar softened against the developed market peers amidst the turmoil. for more, macro strategist joins us how does this story play into the market today? where do we see action in pricing? >> well, i guess this is where the story is how does this story into the market today? interesting. short-term we have seen little impact on the dollar and equities, both a bit softer in the asian session. but i think it's hard for traders. it is hard to work out a play over the next week. the longer-term is definitely undermines u.s. assets. there's a structural blow here. people used to have faith in the u.s. and the rule of law, that your rights wouldn't be infringed, and now that game has changed. i think it does provide extra risk premium on u.s. assets longer term. guy: mark, how

midst of thhoy season. but we had to change it after germany was hit by a violent act of terror. ♪ a terrorist drove a truck through the middle of a crowded christmas market in berlin. people were killed and many injured. berliners gathered, appalled and confused by the carnage. one woman remarked -- i can not understand the people who make such a thing, quite honestly. >> with the sharp rise of terrorist attacks in europe, many people in germany feared that an attack on the capital was inevitable. security forces had even warned that christmas markets like the one in berlin would be a likely soft target for terrorists. after all, they are a symbol of an open society, gathered together in a spirit of fun to celebrate a christian festival. now with the islamic state , claiming responsibility, their worst fears have been made real. >> the kaiser wilhelm memorial church was never fully restored after the second world war to serve as a reminder of the horrors of armed conflict. but violence has sadly once again returned to this place. on the morning after the attack, berliners and touris

this for germany as well. we will get to that in a minute. i was thinking, the german elections coming up. germany is clearly quite alarmed that the kind of intervention which now most people, wider conspiracy theories is believed russia did play a role in the us election. if it happens, it can happen in germany. there is a lot of nervousness ahead of the elections in germany in september. everyone is expecting more russian intervention in domestic german politics. for example, there was a lot of... there was a big story when refugee crisis started in 2015, with a fake story about a russian girl being rates by refugees. that came out and was manipulated story. you can see that what we see now in the us isjust... it is happening in europe as well. we will all have to deal with this? yes. and europe as well. we will all have to dealwith this? yes. and it europe as well. we will all have to deal with this? yes. and it is a big challenge. it is an extraordinary week and we will get on to do these the fight with the doctors in britain, which is politically very brave. we also have wh

they have a future in government. there's all kinds of parts of this for germany as well. we will get to the nato bit in a minute. i was thinking, the german elections are coming up. germany is clearly quite alarmed that the kind of intervention which now most people, except wilder conspiracy theorists, believe russia did at least play an interventionist role in the us. if it can happen there, it can happen in germany, presumably. there is a lot of nervousness ahead of the elections there in september. already there have been cyber attacks, for example on the bundestag, the german parliament. and everyone is expecting more russian intervention in domestic german politics. for example, there was a big story when the refugee crisis started in 2015, a fake story about a russian girl being raped by refugees. that came out and was a manipulated story. what we see now in the us is happening in europe as well. we will all have to deal with this? yes. and it is a big challenge. it is an extraordinary week and we will get on to theresa may's fight with the doctors in britain, which is poli

something that not see germany would have done and did do. i think it's a disgrace. information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public. as far as buzz feed, which is a failing pile of garbage writing it, i think they will suffer the consequences. they already are. >> trump continued to deny he had anything to do with putin or his country. business or otherwise. his organization is so large and sprawling, this is exactly why some people voted for him. he said he would maintain the spirit of having no conflicts of interest. mr. trump: i could ask the run my business and government at the same time. i don't like the way that looks but i would be able to do that if i wanted to. >> he will be sworn in on january 20. brent: that was u.s. president-elect donald trump at the first press conference in six months. let's pull in craig holman. he's a government affairs lobbyist. extra taking the time to talk with us. i'm trying to figure out what happened at that press conference today. how would you describe it? >> thehere are many different stories about thi

tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> so in 1953 there's an uprise anything east germany. workers protest living and working conditions and demonstrate for basic human rights and for reform and for freedom. but the red army moves in with tanks and crushes the rebellion. hundreds are killed, tens of thousands are arrested for their role in participating, some 100 organize tokers are executed -- organize tokers are executed, and along with around 20 soviet soldiers who are refusing to shoot demonstrators. and now the secret police tells, the leadership tells the secret police to do whatever's necessary to make sure an uprising never happens again. so by the 1960s, some three million, around one-sixth of the population, has fled, and the regime decides that the time has come to do something to stop the hemorrhaging of its labor force. if they don't want to see their country collapse altogether. while the border between east and west germany is secured in berlin due to the interconnected nature of the city, people are still able to escape into west berlin. but by now, there are rumors that th

benefit of both our countries and for the prosperity of both our nations. france, germany and human rights groups have expressed concern at president trump's decision to impose a temporary ban on all refugees entering the united states. things fall apart. the centre cannot hold, mere anarchy. tributes to sirjohn hurt who has died at the age of 77. we will talk to the producer of his last film which is yet to be released in the next half hour. also in the next hour, serena williams rewrites tennis history. the star beat sister venus to capture a record—breaking 23rd grand slam title in the australian open. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister theresa may has said she wants britain to build on its existing trading relationship with turkey after brexit. mr erdogan said there were possibilities for future cooperation on issues such as energy generation and the defence industry. at a news conference in ankara with the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, mrs may also announced the creation of a joint working group to prepare the ground for the two countries‘

presidency, and opposition to donald trump's policies continues to grow. brent: germany's chancellor angela merkel has also joined the controversy saying that fight against terrorism does not justify any general suspicion against muslims. merkel says her government is examining the situation and will support people affected by the u.s. travel ban. angela merkel: the necessary and decisive fight against terrorism does not justify a general suspicion against people of a certain belief. in this case, people of muslim belief, or people from a certain country. that way of thinking is against my interpretation of the basic tenets of international refugee support and cooperation. brent: that is the german chancellor, angela merkel, speaking earlier today. let's go to our correspondent in washington. she is covering the story. good evening to you -- to you. what are republican politicians -- what are they saying today about the president's travel restrictions? reporter: in contrast to the almost immediate outpouring of dissent that came from the democratic side, republican leaders were very

germany's largest bank, it is a lot of money, but not as much as the $14 billion that were initially demanded. >> it is definitely reporter: "deutsche bank is not of the because the settlement is very high. other banks had to pay less." during the last 12 months, u.s. authorities have slapped a total of $20 billion in penalties on bank. the highest penalty went to deutsche bank, at $7.2 billion. in second place was switzerland's credit suisse, at $5.3 billion, followed by american investment bank goldman sachs, at $4.9 billion. after the settlement with deutsche bank has one less problem to deal with. the $40 billion penalty originally planned would have made deutsche bank rely on government aid, which would have also caused the collapse in deutsche bank stock prices. >> tend to bring you up-to-date with the latest on the economic forum in davos, switzerland. helena humphrey is standing by for us. we know that the forum is about ideas, concepts, and in the end, economic growth. what are the proposals so far to make economic growth happened for the world? helena: it is day two of the

impeachment. there has been a significant drop in the number of people seeking asylum in germany. the number people arriving fell by about 600,000 in 2016 compared with the year before. authorities say closed borders along the balkan route from greece along with the migrant deal with turkey was behind the fall. august 2015, the peak of the refugee crisis in europe weary of thousands of people fled the middle east with one destination in mind. germany. they came by boat, foot, and train, seeking refuge promised to them by german leader angela merkel. earlier that year, she famously threw open germany's doors to refugees, saying her country would welcome many asylum seeker who could make it over the border. and they came in record numbers. the government recorded 890,000 new arrivals that year. newin 2016, the number of asylum seekers fell dramatically, by more than 600,000 people. >> 280,000 people who sought refuge arrived in germany in 2016, based on current calculations. this is considerably less than one third of the previous year's figure. in the figure also includes the very high

. -under you look at europe, and specifically germany before hit loire hitler came to pour you would find democracy good growing alaska site and fear as a result of the great war, the economic depression and rise of communist and you would fine increasing antisemitism which game a convenient explanation for every problem and crisis that beset european civilization. in germany you found of the of omost highly educated nations in the world. 25% of the ss leadership at a ph.d ored a advanced degree. a country with a dynamic free press. berlin had 146 newspapers. 39 nobel prize winners. the holocaust reminds us of the progress and fragility of human rights, that the unthinkable is always thinkable and in all societies human beings are susceptible to treating the other as infor to the abuse of power and tendency to justify any behavior. the museum is here to elicit the best went us and remind us with bold confidence that memory has the capacity to transform and the lessons of the holocaust have the capacity to inspire that each of us has the able and responsibility to act. what you do, wh

-dollar spikes by .5%, $1.07. futures are trading water. it looks like the euro and germany are very much in the firing line of this traded ministration, with the current account surplus coming out of germany. alix: the risk premium reverberates all throughout the market. vix up 15% in the last two days. said, you have the yield backing up a two basis points as installation picks up in europe and you are seeing the selloff in germany. the safe haven trade is gold, taking to the upside heading into the open. and crude is a little softer, headed for its first monthly decline since october. jon: let's get to that breaking news. it's coming from the trade advisor to president donald trump, peter navarra, commenting on the trade surplus. the euro is far too weak, and germany is exploiting it. if you look at the reaction in the fx market, the euro is stronger off the back of it, up against the dollar. joining us now is abraham let's begin with you. if you run a trade surplus with the united states, you really shouldn't be surprised if your currencies in the firing line, should you? >> absolutel

at brown university, the university of warwick, and the federal republic of germany. he is the celebrated author of many publications including his newest work, "american big business in britain and germany, a comparative history of two special relationships in the 20th and shary. -- century." i know that many of you might be flying back home and i would encourage you to find this as an e-book version online and download it. it will get you through a flight and some layovers, too. it explores the complex transnational history of world war i and business. from the writings of one of the most well recognized authors of the 20 century and the writings of others whose names history has seemed to have forgotten. and our concluding presentation is going to examine a business and the question of the fragility of america's neutrality in 1916. unpacking the complex and often misunderstood political relationship between the u.s. and the global business committee in 1916. it is my honor to introduce and please join me in welcoming dr. voelker berghahn. [applause] dr. berghahn: thank you f

for brexit. but with italy's banks in trouble, the greek crisis unresolved, elections in germany and france in 2017 and in italy by 2018, plus fears about the euro, how much of a mess is the european union and more importantly the eurozone actually in? michael? over the course of this year the attention will focus on german elections and french elections and dutch elections particularly and three countries there will be strong populist challenges. i believe gert builders in the netherlands will top the poll, but i suspect the other parties, for the first time in the netherlands, will save the person who topped the poll should not be in government. in france i suspect marine le pen will make it to the run—off and run the other candidates very close. in germany the germany the alternative the deutschland, the anti—immigrant, anti—eu party will get more than 20% in the polls and may do better than the social democrats, the coalition partners. it will shake the confidence of the eu's current leadership. how much of that do you agree with? there are many parties in germany and italy

life and career. news reel: this is a national programme from london. germany has invaded poland and has bombed many towns. but three days earlier, clare hollingworth‘s greatest scoop had already appeared in the daily telegraph. alone, inside germany, she'd seen the nazis massing for invasion. aged 27 and a journalist for less than a week, a woman in a man's world had beaten the lot of them.

europe and specifically germany, before hitler came to power you would find democracy, struggling ones, but still democracy. certainly, you would find growing anxiety and fear as a result of the great war, the economic depression and the rise of communism and you would find increasing anti-semitism, which became a convenient explanation for every problem in crisis that bissett european blues-- civilization. in germany you would find one of the most highly educated nations in the world, 25% of the ss leadership had a phd or advanced degree. you would find a country with a dynamic free press. berlin alone had 146 newspapers. you would find a country with 39 nobel prize winners. of the holocaust reminds us of the progress and fragility of human rights that the unthinkable is always thinkable and that in all societies you are susceptible to treating the other as inferior. to the abuse of power and tendency to justify any behavior. the museum is to elicit the best within us and to remind us with both confidence that the memory has the capacity to transform and that the lessons of the holoca

front line. also coming up, germany's chancellor says the state must act faster to prevent terror attacks like the one in the country's capital last month. north korea's leader kim jong un celebrates his birthday and rattles his saber. our missiles can hit you, he tells the united states. we'll ask whether that is true. also on the show tonight, , he haunts g germany stitill. adolf hitler's manifesto for the third reich, "mein kampf," is selling well here a year after being published for the first time in postwar germany. we will find out why it is selling like a bestseller. and "la la land" sweeps a politicized golden globes. we will show you what happened when hollywood rolled out the red carpet for the these names in film and tv around the world. ♪ brent: it is good to have you with us. tonight, iraqi special forces battling the so-called islamic state in mosul averaged the eastern bank of the river tigris in that city. it is an important step in the u.s. backed offensive to capture mosul. we will bring you the latest from our correspondent in the region, but first, this repo

after interruption. three weeks after the berlin truck attack, germany toughens its anti-terror laws with new security measures, speeding up the deportation of migrants living in the country illegally. more deadly blasts in kabul. two suicide attacks have killed and wounded dozens. poor countries are two compete in soccer's -- more countries are set to compete in soccer's world cup. fifa president, infantino, succeeds in his bid to expand world cup. more will compete for footballs biggest prize. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. iit is good to have you with us. president-elect donald trump's nominee for top prosecutor has been defending his record on civil rights before the u.s. senate. jeff sessions, republican senator from alabama, is up for the d job of attorney general. he has a hartlin stance on immigration, and whether he can be dependent given his close ties to the. president-elect the confirmation hearing was repeatedly interrupted, including hecklers who were dressed as members of the ku klux klan. alright, i want to go now to our correspondent, alexandra von nahmen. she is in was