dry weather europe's recent heat wave has been perfect for the grapes at least here in germany's run hessen region famous for its white wine the high temperatures have had the teams out harvesting grapes earlier than ever before in saigon young specialist the production started about two weeks earlier this year with harvesting at the beginning of august already will be finishing today the young one will be in the shops by friday that's great the markets are waiting for it. like many here the vul family me and mine specializes in a partially fomented young one cold feet of ice and because of the sun the grapes are especially sweet this year they'll yield a fruity wine with a high level of alcohol german wine makers expect the twenty eight team vintage to be exceptional they're among the few german businesses that might actually profit from climate change. diyala first it's time but the average annual temperatures are getting higher we can see that but some forty years ago in one thousand nine hundred seventy six we also had a very hot and dry. so extreme highs so it doesn't mean that it's ha

it's gotten all its money back the last instalment interestingly enough just recently and the state of hessen in which we sit here in frankfurt is also interested in supplying additional funds to conjure a figure of german government federal government in berlin steps and after all is based here in frankfurt well the bridging loan being being just a bridging loan who could be interested in buying called or could they go on their own. well theoretically they could go on on their own they're a huge airline really and in contrast to many in the industry even in contrast to some of the so-called premium airlines or national carriers it's making a profit it's and it's been profitable for years used to be a part of lufthansa lufthansa sold it contra when its own way slipped under the wings of thomas cook and it's got $7000000.00 passengers per annum serving $75.00 destinations thousands of staff and it wouldn't really need an investor but i think thomas cook has to let it go in some way and the company that the that or the creditors will want money from the sale of a condo or so someone will snap i

you just pick out this one question of this liaison officer from the regional office in the state of hessen he was actually on the ground when the owner of an internet cafe was murdered by the and this you and he was questioned during this trial for thirty years for thirty days and didn't given as to what was his role who had sent him that why was he there and then the office actually decided to lock away his files all those five hundred twenty is what about the question of about this broader network that has possibly supported the n.s.u. families of the victims want answers there are going to investigate well this is something that all the relatives and all the lawyers said yesterday this can only be the end of this trial but this can't be the end of the investigation into this mud the street murder spree it happened nationwide there are a lot of unanswered questions why did they get their cars from how did they manage to pick their victims how did they manage to do it so fast and there are a lot of people doubting that only seven people were involved in this and actually the federal prose

bracing for yet more punishment at the ballot box this weekend and that's when voters and the state of hessen whose capitol is frankfort elect a new legislature big losses a full cost of what michael c.d.u. and the opposition social democrats do weeks ago meccas bavarian and i as a c.s.u. slumped to their worst election result in decades. frankfurt germany financial hope an economic powerhouse and the biggest city in has the southwestern german state governed by angler merkel's conservative c.d.u. and the green party after twenty years in power the conservatives are bracing for huge losses as has heads to the polls. but this time around the stacie election isn't only about local politics how hesse's four million voters cast their ballots on sunday could have huge repercussions in berlin not least of all for german chancellor angela merkel despite projecting an image of stability on the campaign trail and has a marker has every reason to be concerned her conservatives are at a record low the worst case scenario would be if her close ally and has a say premier focal bouvier what pushed out of o

the problem is getting worse that germany is a rich country things are good here and in the state of hessen too i really don't understand it. many are demanding answers as to how right wing terror has been able to spread in recent years. let's go live now to hot and did he is our pod so say good morning to our pod can you tell us what the atmosphere is like today where you are in. well it continues to be a very sad city i mean they did ever expected anything like this to happen where. a large number of their own would be shot down in cold blood they're upset they're also gearing up for a demonstration later on today at 2 o'clock local time near here and number i'm right now in front of the 1st shooting location which behind me over to my right which you might be able to see was the midnight sports bar and and then there was another location also where other people or more people were shot so of course people are upset but they're gearing up to show solidarity and try to find some say sanity in a rather insane situation are one of the people that you've been talking to saying about what need

the problem is getting worse but gemini is a rich country things are good here and in the state of hessen too i really don't understand it. many are demanding answers as to how right wing terror has been able to spread in recent years. as you've been able to see in the wake of the shooting massacre many in this country are asking why and how a community in mourning is trying to make sense of what has happened to our part so she isn't hannah and don's rights to have a political correspondent is here with me in the studio want to go to high now 1st art what more have you learned. well they are able to identify some people have been identified some of the people who have been killed for example the remaining foreign ministry says that it was contacted by german authorities and the to remain national was indeed killed in fact he was killed literally right behind me on the sidewalk he had parked his car after finishing work as a courier here remaining national and pollen is his name and he just walked out apparently the shooter had already just left the bar where he had killed 2 people and the

the problem is getting worse but germany is a rich country things are good here and in the state of hessen too i really don't understand it. many are demanding answers as to how right wing terror has been able to spread in recent years. all right let's take you now to her now a community in mourning that is trying to make sense of what has happened. is there for you ok what's happening well right now they that i muchly on the market square here in the center of hanau and as you might be able to see behind me next to the memorial here in the flowers and candles that have been laid out about a 100 people who have gathered just now for a rather small but poignant demonstrations very silent and many people reflecting and thinking of those who have lost loved ones on wednesday evening and also thinking of the victims themselves who who were killed in the far right terrorist attack and this is a very small demonstration here is actually being organized by a young german man from hamburg and that was largely organized on social media under the hash tag a we are now and now we are expecting also t

the problem is getting was that germany is a rich country things are good here and in the state of hessen too i really didn't understand it. many are demanding answers as to how right wing terror has been able to spread in recent years. let's talk about this more now it did obviously go correspondent on strands here in the studio with me and are part of so c. joining us on the ground in hono for us as well good morning to both of you art can you tell us what's happening where you are and where are you right now. right now i'm outside the 1st place of the shooting and it's the midnight sports bar over to my right there on the other side of the street and right now investigations continue there i didn't see any forensic officers this morning but they were very busy here yesterday combing this entire part of the street and of course police are have still cordoned off the area and so it's still an active investigation and of course this was a very busy place here yesterday also because we had the president of germany from my here and also the minister of interior paying their respects and on

the problem is getting worse but germany is a rich country things are good here and in the state of hessen too i really didn't understand it. many are demanding answers as to how right wing terror has been able to spread in recent years. let's talk more about this now with did obvious political correspondent hans frank joining me here in the studio and did have you correspondent our pod soucy on the ground for us in hondo our pod can you tell us where you are right now and what's happening this morning in holland. yes i'm in front of the 1st shooting area which was the midnight sports bar directly behind me to my right and it's still a cordoned off area and order area under investigation by the police and for us forensic investigators and they're still looking at any possible clues that will give them a very exact timeline of the shooter and his actions a couple of days ago when he started on his rampage at about 10 minutes after 10 in the evening central european time and they're also interviewing people and they are talking to some of the survivors who are recovering from their wounds in

murder nearly 60 people were hurt in the incident on monday in the town of folks in the western state of hessen 800 children were among the injured the driver was also among those hospitalized. church bells ringing out in this small town a day after the horrific carnival incident bringing together 1st responders victims and family members. we relive the 5th or 6th ambulance crew on the scene to get out straight away and started helping people it was hard to get an overview of what was happening. i'm just here to express my sympathy and also. it was the afternoon of the traditional rose monday carnival parade when the 29 year old local man deliberately drove from a sadie's station wagon into the crowd of revellers 18 children were among the injured people did what they could to help. the shock hits you afterwards when you're on your own again and come back to your family and realize that they weren't affected. and also go to kind of well normally luckily they weren't there it makes you very emotional and. it appears the driver was not drunk but it's not clear whether drugs were involved he was a

mr in the state of hessen took office wearing trainers the greens were a provocative force in parliament where they would meet all these stablished parties but the greens caught the spirit of the age nearly 20 years after their foundation they entered the federal government for the 1st time in coalition with the search will democrats fisher's foreign minister backed the involvement of german troops in the war in kosovo a controversial move for the pacifist greens and he was pelted at the party conference. by. a unilateral and indefinite suspension of the bombing at this time would send completely the wrong message why it has ignited. the party went along with him with some reluctance the greens greatest victory came with a decision to phase out nuclear power in germany then in 2011 another breakthrough the greens ousted the christian democrats in the deeply conservative state of pardon version birthed been freed christian man becoming the 1st green state crimea the current party leader of a chargeback is one of germany's most popular politicians even a green chancellor no longer seems in

he was shot dead in front of his house in the state of hessen a neo nazi confessed to that murder now these incidents are having an effect some mayors are leaving public office all together one of them is on aren't the mare of a small town in lower saxony who says he quit to protect his family. is a quiet village in northern germany about 1700 people live here the next big city is an hour's drive away over the last few days many people in germany have been curious about what's going on and asked off because of the news that rocked the town right before new year's eve may announce he was resigning because of death threats from right wing extremists would order. 2 nights in a row i received notes in my mailbox one said. you might think maybe it was meant by someone else but it wasn't funny it was horrible but the 2nd one was worse as going to guess you. would on the phone. right after christmas unknown perpetrators vandalized his car window with a swastika he decided to step down from office in order to protect himself and his 14 year old son. i know. i don't want him to have this polit

yesterday in the town of him though there was an incident yesterday in the town of lim book in the state of hessen where a man took a truck and crashed a truck into a series of cars in limbo and yesterday the whole discussion was about the motive of that particular incident whether it could have been a terror attack whether they could have been other motives we're still we still don't know what the confirmed motive behind that incident could have been. what we know is that that incident yesterday and this incident today do add to a sense of insecurity that germans may be feeling at least compared to previous months or weeks when that seemed to have been more relaxed although it is also important to stress that authorities had been on alert they. arnold if you ask authorities if you interview authorities they will always say that they're still investigating they're looking at possible security risks in germany and that they're always on alert but if you look at the specific mood that say a few weeks ago people were not necessarily speaking a lot about security in germany there were other topics on

the eastern banks of the vera these goes into your engine on the western banks out and bush lie in hessen the two towns are separated only by the river. up until nine hundred eighty nine we were only able to see it never visited it's still a special thing for me to cross this former border into it so that i don't think i'm in still rangy and now i think i'm in a place that was once closed off to me i always wanted to see it with an a for me. goose bush was in east germany it was impossible to just cross the river the death strip ran between the two towns. where. in the past this was old barren to ensure visibility now everything's been left to nature the vegetation has developed naturally nature has reclaimed what man took from it. how guys in whose family he came from goes in fear engine they had a large home and a nursery that. this is a photo of my grandparents my aunts and my father. they left east germany together in one nine hundred fifty two. they owned land here in altoona bushland so they were allowed to cross into the west to cultivate their fields and then they decided to defec

next now not the americas but the nineteen seventies which still exist inside a hotel in the state of hessen in central germany the park hotel nine hundred seventy has not changed its interior design for over four decades giving the guests a real retro experience. this hotel the trucks photographers from international magazines and gas looking to take a journey back in time. the pop hotel nine hundred seventy in central germany lay dormant for around two decades and the interior hasn't changed since the nine hundred seventy s. . you know. it triggers memories people are reminded of how their own homes looked the curtains the lights the carpets the it just brings back memories of these two a nun. here everything is authentic every piece of furniture every one of them. actually dying to make founded the hotel with her husband hans they married in one thousand nine hundred sixty three hans wanted to be an interior designer but became a butcher to carry on the family business however the butcher's shop was connected to a guesthouse and set about expanding it importing marble from a silly and lea

the project was initiated by the arles and archives in hessen central germany they're part of the unesco memory of the world program and contain information on more than 17000000 people who are victims of the nazi regime some 50000000 reference cards and thousands of personal objects recalled the darkest chapter in germany's history. it's part of an international effort of remembrance and it helps researchers and relatives of the victims find out more about millions of individual destinies that were shattered decades ago. the german ministry of culture is a patron of the every name counts initiative at a time when remember this culture is more important than ever so it's obvious to us these are it's so important that this action reaches each and every one of us and not just the research community well because we see that democracy as we've known it for 75 years the rule of law that human dignity is respected our achievements and not gifts that we need to work for them that we have something to lose and that these are things that continually have to be defended here and now against right