Brexit: Sympathy without Support from Europe – BBC Newsnight

Why Austria's sympathy for Brexit doesn't necessarily translate into solid support.

Lawmaker Questions Why Trump Picked Kavanaugh

CNN's Don Lemon speaks to Senator Cory Booker about the clash between Democrats and Republicans during the first day of hearings to confirm or deny President Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Don Lemon on Woodward Book: This Is Really Ominous

CNN's Don Lemon discusses the revelations from the new book "Fear: Trump in the White House" by Bob Woodward.

Jeffrey Toobin: Trump Tweet May Be Impeachable

CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin discusses President Trump's tweet that blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions over the Justice Department's decision to bring charges against two GOP congressmen.

Welcome to the 'Nazi Village'! | DW Documentary

The Lohmeyers stand up to the neo-Nazis in their German village with a rock festival.

Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer live in a village mainly inhabited by staunch neo-Nazis. Once a year the couple takes a public stand against the right with a rock festival that attracts such iconic bands as “Die Ärzte”. The tiny village of Jamel in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can be quite frightening. Almost all of the 40 inhabitants are staunchly right-wing, but Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer are exceptions. They want to do something to counter the rising blood-and-soil ideology. For the past eight years, they’ve been putting together a music festival in their village that takes a stand against the far right. Some local residents have reacted with hostility, and tried to drive the couple out. Their barn was even burned down by an unknown assailant. The Lohmeyers say it’s an oppressive atmosphere, except for a few days each year when bands and fans fill the village. Cult bands like “Die Ärzte”, “Die Toten Hosen” and “Fettes Brot” have already joined the event to stand up for tolerance and openness. The right, however, won’t stand for it. Will things remain peaceful? A report by Mariel Müller.

Brexit Feud between May and Johnson

"Two thirds of Diddly Squat" is what we'll get from Theresa May's Chequers Brexit plan, according to Boris Johnson. In reply, her office said that his criticisms were not accompanied by an alternative plan. So began the back-to-school Brexit bickering, which looks like it's fast developing into a full-scale feud between the Prime Minister and her former foreign secretary.

Bannon Says Trump’s Presidency Will "Grind to a Halt" If Republicans Do Badly in Mid-term Elections

Steve Bannon, the chief strategist for President Donald Trump tells Four Corners the stakes are very high for both Republicans and Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections.

C-SPAN Interview with Roberta McCain

C-SPAN interview with Roberta McCain, mother of presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

Diana – Her True Story

Diana - Her True Story, Andrew Moreton. Mariella Frostrup talks to Andrew Morton about the revelations, controversy and the legacy of Diana: Her True Story

How President Donald Trump Is Increasingly Becoming 'President Non Grata' | Deadline | MSNBC

WaPo’s Ashley Parker, former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi, former RNC chairman Michael Steele, Daily Beast politics editor Sam Stein and MSNBC analyst Elise Jordan on Trump’s reaction to John McCain’s death and a key consequence of his reluctance to adhere to presidential norms

Was France Right to Ban the Burqa? (2010)

The Burqa Battle (2010): Sarkozy's ban on burqa's has stirred up a lot of controversy in France, but what do Muslims actually think of it?

How Much of a Threat Is the Far-right in Germany? – Inside Story

The city of Chemnitz, in the east German state of Saxony, has seen a series of violent anti-migrant protests. They began last Sunday after the fatal stabbing of a 35-year-old German man…and the arrest of two suspects...asylum seekers from Iraq and Syria.

Briefly, the streets were owned by far-right protesters, who chanted Germany for Germans, and who reportedly gave Hitler salutes and chased anyone who looked foreign. Police struggled to keep control them and fights continued the following day between far-right and left-wing demonstrators.

The violence has raised concerns that the city is a neo-Nazi stronghold, and has shown divisions in German society about immigration.

Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed more than a million migrants into the country at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015. The biggest opposition party, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) seized on what it saw as an open-door policy, winning 92 parliamentary seats in last year’s elections.

Is anti-migrant sentiment growing in Germany?

Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra | Guests: Philipp Sauter, Student Activist and anti-Fascism campaigner; Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Professor of Education Sociology at the American University; Mona El Omari, political activist and community educator

President Donald Trump's Disapproval Soars, Robert Mueller Approval Solid | The Last Word | MSNBC

Donald Trump reached his highest disapproval number yet and nearly half of Americans want him impeached, but there is a number that is "stunning” says Michael Tomasky, Neera Tanden and Jonathan Alter join Ali Velshi to talk Trump's rising unpopularity.

Chris Hedges, "America: The Farewell Tour"

A longtime foreign correspondent, Hedges has reported from more than fifty countries. His latest book is a profound exploration of one of the most troubled: today’s United States. Hedges, author of American Fascists and War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, cites the opioid crisis, the increases in gambling and magical thinking, and the explosion of xenophobia as symptoms of a society that has lost hope. He traces this disillusionment to the twin ills of a de facto corporate coup d’état and a failed democracy. The anger and frustration these have spawned helped bring Trump to power and Hedges issues a passionate call to action to reverse them.

Full Interview: Lebanon PM Hariri on the Syrian War, Putin as an Ally, and Hezbollah

Right-wing Protests in Chemnitz: What Is the Root of This Hate? | DW English

Rage and violence in the streets of Chemnitz. A deadly knife attack by refugees on a German man has led to riots and the targeting of foreigners. Right-wing demonstrators and anti-fascist counterdemonstrators are facing off. Are police and politicians out of their depth? Our guests: Karen Taylor (Policy Advisor), Hans Pfeifer (DW), Malte Lehming (Tagesspiegel)

Koch Brothers Backed Conservative Archbishop Attacks Pope and "Homosexuals in the Church"

On the heels of the sexual abuse disclosures conservative Archbishop accuses Pope of hiding sexual abuse and attacks "homosexual underground" in the Church. He is backed by the Koch brothers and other right wing Catholics

The Secrets Donald Trump Doesn't Want You To Know About: Business, Finance, Marketing

David Cay Boyle Johnston (born December 24, 1948) is an American investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Best Reporting.

Why Are We So Gay? - Homosexual Documentary

The Court Ruling That Could Lead To President Donald Trump's Tax Returns | The Last Word | MSNBC

President Trump was dealt a major legal setback after a federal judge allows an emolument lawsuit against him to proceed. David Cay Johnston explains what comes next in a court case that could have bigger implications for Trump than the Mueller investigation.

Can Europe Live without the US? | Inside Story

With friends like Donald Trump who needs enemies? That was the reaction from European Council Chief Donald Tusk when the US president withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and re-imposed sanctions.

EU leaders want to save the nuclear deal - and multi-billion dollar business contracts. But European companies are bowing to US demands by pulling out of Iran - including British Airways and Air France, which are grounding flights to Tehran.

That's despite revised EU legislation called "blocking statute". It's aimed at nullifying US legal action against European firms which defy US sanctions on Iran.

Germany's foreign minister has called for independent payment channels to be created which could avoid US sanctions. And French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe's historical partner 'seems to turn his back on this common history'. So, how wide is the rift across the Atlantic?

Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam | Guests: Thorsten Benner - Director, Global Public Policy Institute; Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook - Executive Director, Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School; Daniel Gros - Director, Centre for European Policy Studies

Trump Biographer Calls Mike Pence a 'Shadow President'

President Trump's biographer Michael D'Antonio tells CNN's John Berman that Vice President Mike Pence has been positioning himself to assume the Oval Office at the conclusion of Trump's tenure.

Meet the Jews Rejecting Israel for Berlin | Foreign Correspondent

Berlin was Holocaust headquarters — but for young Israeli Jews it’s the paragon of cool. Eric Campbell tracks one of the odder modern migrations.

The Madness of Prince Charles – British Royal Family Documentary | Timeline

Bombshell: Paul Manafort Sought Mueller Plea Deal | The Beat with Ari Melber | MSNBC

Former Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, could be changing his approach to the Mueller probe. The Wall Street Journal reports Manafort sought a plea deal in his upcoming trial in D.C. but talks broke down. The reporter who broke the story, Aruna Viswanatha, joins Ari Melber to discuss the potential implications for the Russia investigation.

Teachers Can’t Afford Supplies, But Betsy DeVos Will Pay For Their Guns

The US Department of Education is considering a proposal that would free up some federal money to arm and train teachers in this country how to kill people. This proposal comes at a time when teachers all over the country are paying more than $1,000 each year out of their own pockets on school supplies because schools are so dangerously underfunded, and the administration has actually reduced the amount that teachers can write off on taxes. But Betsy DeVos wants to carry the NRA’s water, and now she’s offering to buy them all guns. What could go wrong? A lot, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.

How I See the US After Living in Sweden for 6 Years

WaPo: Trump Rejected Plans for White House Statement Praising McCain

White House aides drafted a fulsome statement for President Donald Trump on the death of Sen. John McCain, but it was never sent out, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN.

Three Kings At War: Documentary

Sen. Jeff Flake Gets Emotional over Losing McCain

Sen. Jeff Flake remembers friend and colleague Sen. John McCain, his fellow Republican from Arizona.

Trump in Turmoil, Italy Migrant Crisis and the Pope's Visit to Ireland

National Enquirer Insider: They Have Safe Full of Trump Stories

Jerry George, who worked at the National Enquirer for 28 years, tells CNN's Erica Hill there were safes in the Los Angeles and New York offices of the National Enquirer.

Trump Calls Off Pompeo's North Korea Trip over Lack of Progress

Citing insufficient progress on the issue of denuclearization, President Donald Trump nixed plans for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to make what would have been his fourth visit to North Korea.

Lawrence: Trump Talks Impeachment, as Trump Allies Talk to Fed Prosecutors | The Last Word | MSNBC

President Trump lashed out at “flippers” and Attorney General Jeff Sessions amid reporting that media mogul David Pecker was granted immunity by prosecutors and the National Enquirer kept a safe with Trump-related documents in it.

Trump: ‘Impeach Me and Market Will Crash’

'I don't know how you can impeach somebody who's done a great job', Donald Trump has insisted - telling Fox News that if he was impeached the markets would crash and "everybody would be very poor". And in another tirade against his former laywer Michael Cohen - who claimed the President directed him to make hush money payments to two alleged mistresses - Mr Trump suggested plea bargains should be illegal because people "just make up lies". Here's our Washington correspondent Kylie Morris.

What's Next for President Donald Trump? | Inside Story

It's been a bad week for Donald Trump - starting with the conviction of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort for financial crimes and fraud. Then came the guilty plea by his former-lawyer Michael Cohen, who said he broke campaign finance laws on Trump's orders. But Cohen's statement that he's willing to now help the Mueller investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, could mean even bigger worries ahead for the US. President.

Trump has denied doing anything wrong and says Cohen is making up stories. All this is ahead of crucial mid-term elections in November. So, is this a turning point for the Trump presidency?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan | Guests: James Boys - US Politics Analyst; Oliver McGee - Advisor at the National Diversity Coalition For Trump; Steven Erlanger - Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Europe, ‘The New York Times’.

How Will Iran Respond to Trump's Escalations?

After re-imposing sanctions, Trump's new "Iran Action Group" is the latest step in his destabilization campaign against Tehran. International Crisis Group President Robert Malley, who helped negotiate the Iran nuclear deal under the Obama administration, joins TRNN's Aaron Maté to discuss the White House's goals and Iran's response.

Syrian Cartoonist Najah Albukai Bears Witness to the Horrors of Al-Assad's Prisons

The Case against the Prophet | DW News

Trump's Dirty Energy Appointees Dismantle Clean Energy Controls

Trump's EPA announced a plan to end Obama's Clean Power Plan, using coal companies' proposals, which lowers federal regulations on emissions and allows states to set their own emissions reduction goals. We discuss the proposal with Mustafa Ali.

Spike Lee on Donald Trump and the Rise of the Right – BBC Newsnight

Evan Davis speaks to director Spike Lee about his new film BlacKKklansman, the future of the Oscars and racial politics in the US today.

Anderson Cooper: Cohen Basically Called Trump a Crook

President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleads guilty, and Paul Manafort was convicted on eight counts on the same day. CNN's Anderson Cooper breaks down what this means for the President.

Lawrence: Michael Cohen Says Donald Trump Ordered Him To Commit Crimes | The Last Word | MSNBC

Lawrence puts Michael Cohen’s guilty plea into context: Michael Cohen says Donald Trump ordered him to commit crimes so Donald Trump could win the presidency. This is the day that changed everything in the Trump presidency.

Chris Cuomo: This Was a Bad Day for Trump

CNN's Chris Cuomo weighs in on a day of bad news for President Donald Trump after his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was found guilty of eight financial crimes and his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, agreed to a plea deal with the Southern District of New York.

Has Assad Won the Syrian War? – BBC Newsnight

The British government has decided to stop giving some aid to rebel-held areas in Syria.

Lawrence: "Melania Trump Has Done Nothing For Our Children" | The Last Word | MSNBC

Lawrence looks at First Lady Melania Trump’s cyber bullying prevention event “for our children,” held on a day her husband spent the day cyber bullying. Meanwhile, 565 children separated from their parents at the border by the Trump Administration still have not been reunited.

#democracynow : Top US News & World Headlines — August 20, 2018