house night is. doubling. cumin and begun to house of music stores up close personal and unplugged. night groups starting november third on d. w. . this is the w. news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump's inner circle under intense scrutiny that's us trump's former campaign manager paul man of four turns himself into the f.b.i.

he set to face the first charges in the probe into russian election meddling by special counsel robert miller the question was there collusion between trunks a team and moscow. also coming up madrid takes control of catalonia to snuff out its independence bed now spain's its state prosecutor says it will seek to charge catalan leaders with were valiant. a powerful storm across central europe least six people dead poland and the czech republic are hit hard with germany battered at the weekend as well. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us u.s. media are reporting that president donald trump's former campaign manager paul man a ford has surrendered to the f.b.i. in a manner ford was seen leaving his home this morning and alexandria virginia. he's

been under investigation in a probe led by special counsel robert miller and that probe into potential for nation between russia and trump's two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign now it is still unclear what charges will be filed against man of fort. and you know use my own schwager is following the story for strands of studio so paul martin for turning himself into the f.b.i. what more has been happening today so this is a one stop on what has been a very long and winding road and promises to continue to be a very long and winding road in this what president from calls the russia thing we have to remember that miller's investigation is just one of several that are happening and all of these are about the allegedly possible links possible collusion between the two thousand and sixteen trump campaign and the russian government now all of this is still alleged nothing has been proven but this surrender not arrest the surrender today of paul mann

a ford who was the second of trump's three campaign managers is really a sea change because what it means is president trump can't deny that there's nothing there anymore which has been his strategy so far as he's just employed this strategy of deny everything and meant nothing and demand proof and now he can't deny anything anymore and this was his second campaign manager as you said tell us more about the connection between metaphor doesn't. matter for him donald trump it was his second campaign manager and the key thing here is man a for its connections to russia which were established during the campaign and were one of the reasons why trump eventually decided to fire man a fort it's complicated to explain but basically metaphor was known to have dealings with certain pro russian or ukrainian separatists in the west of us are is today in the east of ukraine and his name was in this thing called the black ledger he received payments from certain high up ukrainian officials and it just basically made him very low hanging fruit for all of these investigations that are going on

so this is really the first step in what is likely to be several more steps several more arrests and as you said we don't know what he's charged with but based on what we've seen so far it doesn't look and could for him there's a lot of speculation that there would be arrest coming through today has there been any reaction yet from donald trump or his supporters so this is going to be the key thing to watch it's still early it's still early in the u.s. . does donald trump react and if so how if he doesn't that silence is deafening if he does that we have to see is he somehow putting himself in more legal jeopardy is he going to make his lawyers life harder and if so where does that then lead next because the next step for him that is predicted is is he going to try to fire robert mueller who is the lead investigator on this investigation lot at stake here and if miller does end up getting fired does congress then x. so this could be the first domino in

a whole string of interesting legal happenings coming right up all right a lot of information still to be revealed there are a former campaign manager paul metaphor surrendering to the f.b.i. today. following the story for us the thank you maya. kenya election commission is preparing to announce president hu kenyatta as the winner of the vote rerun last week the violence is still overshadowing the electoral process after a campaign marred by on breast schoolchildren were caught up in clashes today between kenyan police and opposition protesters in the capital nairobi turnout has been estimated as low as thirty five percent after the opposition leader. called on his supporters to boycott the proceedings kenyatta's picture in the first poll held in august was an old because of irregularities. just come out he is standing by for us in nairobi hi edith how are right loading and supporters reacting to this

announcement. having the. election which is not only did they record nice profit but not life the election but they don't threaten me it's not coming as well however if you look at the position they're already on the electoral commission sent out right now oh wait that result their position has been clear that the fault of the constitution and the fact that the opposition chose to boycott the election does not in any way make the election illegitimate for them. if we mention that there was a very low turnout in part because the opposition boycotted this rerun doesn't that undermine the legitimacy of any announcement supporting kenyatta. that certainly wants the opposition is saying and they've been quietly but this entire process to be shelved because our stand stand it is a sham and that's what we're seeing in the us where the opposition has a lot of support in running battles between supporters there and but yes because of

this very same issue on the one hand the police according to people are being used by the government side that's your position what falling off exactly. and you just where do we go from here if the opposition doesn't back down from its accusations that this rerun is a sham could we see this escalate even further. it's definitely going to be going by what i see this vote today this is one of those votes gets to an area we're in violence it's called where it every a great supporters of the government and supporters of your position. and i've seen a lot of trucks go to the military just going up and down the stairs to see people to still support us forty one people i think it's inevitable clash between two very different people acting very different like you want to. get our police been responding they've been accused of using excessive force. they have been any fact

that's based on social media. which frankly i am. i am not a militant this is the word that we got that was used in support of didn't actually say that that's going to they're going up to people would try to break the mold and they did that to just make people want to protest. the reporting of the very latest developments there in nairobi a thank you. now least five people have died after a big storm hit central europe leaving a trail of destruction and its wake the storm caused to traffic chaos and left hundreds of thousands of homes without power in poland and the czech republic parts of germany were also hit hard just weeks after being battered by another few. the morning after the city is submerged and the surge from storm have pushed the

river elbe over its banks causing massive flooding. the high winds diverted and cancelled flights major rail connections were severed across the country leaving thousands of travelers stranded. for safety reasons we've had to cancel many regional trains heading north but also a long distance route and we hope to clear the lines by monday. at the salzburg airport a plane aborted its landing after heavy cross winds forced the jet to veer off course. the flight had to return to frankfurt. the high winds also felled trees and tore the roofs off buildings emergency teams responded to hundreds of calls. this is the second major windstorm to hit central

europe this month following the destruction of storms less than four weeks ago. to spain and catalonia has begun its first week under direct rule from spain central government today one of the region's pro independence party said it would take part in a snap regional election in december a move that could be seen as a backtrack earlier today spain's state prosecutor called for a rebellion and sedition charges to be brought against catalonia as leaders over their push to separate from the country catalonia president carles pushed in was believed to have traveled to brussels this morning he posted a picture of the regional government building wishing everyone with a good wishing everyone a good day. today because charlotte chance of hell is in barcelona covering this story for us hi charlotte we mention that there have been reports that carl's tomorrow is in process what more can you tell us. what is more than reports now

seeing now we're hearing from spain's interior ministry that he is indeed impossible as it comes as a big surprise to everybody who's been waiting here to see if he's going to show up to work in this building behind me today we've been waiting for hours thinking that he would he would come out and give a statement perhaps because it was any over the weekend that he was saying that he is still the man in charge here and he plans to peacefully push ahead with the independence here now there are reports that isn't alone in brussels it's claimed in one newspaper that several other members of his government are with him so is looking very uncertain as to what exactly it is that he hopes to achieve we do know that for the weekend one minister from belgium the migration minister said that it was possible that he could even apply for asylum in belgian he said that he was worried that it wouldn't face

a fair trial here in spain so it would be perfectly legitimate that they was immediately rejected by belgians prime minister he said absolutely wasn't on the cards so it's very unclear really exactly what it is that prison one hopes to achieve i mean wall of china what has been happening there in barcelona as people have been waiting you know carlos has called for a democratic resistance what is that been looking like. so far it must be said has been extremely calm had been a lot of fears especially after the independent sector ration that there'd be violence on the streets from both sides there are such strong feelings both for and against independence in this region that people really thought that it could ending crashes that hasn't been the case just today for example well we've been waiting for appearance here we've had people playing it's hard seeing songs waving flags

showing catholic with representing catalan independence it's been it's been good spirited so far whether once people realize that the independence that they had wanted pro independence supporters realizes it's doesn't appear to be taking shape whether they're going to come out and express their anger is is not clear and we mentioned charlotte but this is the first week that catalonia spending under spain's direct rule and meanwhile the catalan republic left the party that's in the catalan parliament this party announced it will take part in the december twenty first elections what do you think that means we're hearing that from a number of parties here in the governing coalition with crucial i believe it means that looks like they're sort of starting to abandon this independence push that they're losing faith in it almost we know is wow that the parliament here has canceled the meeting that was shed you will tomorrow accepting it seems that they

have been dissolved so it looks like this this dream of independence is starting to fall apart a little bit where the pressure on is going to turn that around he is due to give a statement apparently later today from brussels where he's going to declare that is not over yet is all still to play for we don't know but it certainly looks like it's not happening here in catalonia at the moment. chill some reporting for us from barcelona thank you charlotte. how academy award winning actor kevin spacey has become the latest star to face allegations of sexual impropriety that's a fellow actor anthony rapp told buzz feed spacey had put him on a bed and lay on top of him when he was only fourteen years old said he felt compelled to speak out after a recent cascade of sexual assault accusations against powerful men in the entertainment industry spacey issued an apology in which he denied any memory of the instant incident and also came out as. a reminder now of our top story at

this hour donald trump's former campaign manager paul metaphor and one of his business associates have had to themselves themselves into the f.b.i. it is expected they will face the first charges in an independent probe into russian interference in the u.s. election. and spain's state prosecutors called for rebellion and sedition charges to be brought against catalonia as leaders as the region begins its first working week under central spanish control that after hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded barcelona over the weekend calling for spanish unity. you're watching news ben sassoon will have all of your business headlines in just one minute. else. here it's too long. solidarity.