february third on. this is news the live from. discovery in southern california police find thirteen siblings held captive in suburban home some in chains they have charged the parents with torture and we will go live to los angeles for more. also coming up hope francis on a difficult visit and the pontiff faces

a week it's catholic church they're leaving followers after wave of sex abuse scandals involving priests. and swaying the skeptics the social democratic party leader is on a mission to win over grassroots members so the idea of a grand coalition with angela merkel's conservatives and months of political uncertainty. welcome to the program thanks for joining us police in california say that they have free thirteen siblings who were allegedly imprisoned by their parents the victims range in age from two to twenty nine police say that they were alerted by a teenage daughter who managed to escape and call nine one one. authorities were shocked at what they found hidden in this quiet suburb describing him

a seated captives in foul smelling surroundings with padlocks and shackles. neighbors described the family as reclusive the children nearly invisible. they were the type that you didn't really get to know anything about them they were very to themselves in a sense childish so they only kept to themselves so and the only time you would see him he would never see them in person you would never see anyone come outside all you have really see is that. they go out maybe make a grocery run and that was about his. parents david and louise turpin were arrested after one of their children broke free and managed to find a cell phone to alert the police the couple are now prisoners themselves facing charges of torture and child endangerment. but photos posted by the couple on facebook in two thousand and sixteen portray

a happy family. authorities will now be asking what went wrong. in the time we live in and it's unfortunate to see that it's actually heartbreaking for the staff and. it's just it's unbelievable what you see. the thirteen children are now receiving treatment in hospital their parents are set to appear in court on thursday. and a short while ago i spoke with valentino martelly a freelance journalist based in los angeles i began by asking her if we know what kind of care the children are now receiving. full first of all of the sheriff the part of man that made no further information available beyond a news release but schedule area news conference for today at ten in the morning so that's where we will have a little bit more news that understanding of what happened inside that horror how

the sirens go on certain the thirteen the victim or claim to be starving they were fat and me to a local hospital child protective service and adult protective services ever been also assisting in the investigation investigator also have asked that anyone with information on the case contacts them and a lot of people you know turning to google in the meantime to try and gather some information about this family apparently there are pictures posted to social media back in twenty sixteen that appear to show a happy family celebrating their parents renewing their marriage vows do we have a sense of what's happened since then. well the parents first of all were and able to immediately provide a logical reason why there were children were restrained in that matter that's what the sheriff officials have said in the news release. there is no really understanding the neighbors rarely see the kids when they were seen the kids it was for some ran the moment when they were going in the car some of them didn't even

know the kids or existing and yet the family. as many wives that david had inter been and now louise and interpret that have both been arrested and now they are in jail with a bail set at nine million each. posted several picture as you mention of a happy family also take in trips to disneyland and let's take this do we know how long the family has been living in this particular house. couple moved to california in two thousand and nine and previously in another house then they declare bankruptcy a move to this child in two thousand and eleven they previously also in california public records also show that the couple all the house and that this same address was listed as a school a private school name sound some capsule based school

a school for kids k. twelve campus and they were turpin was listed as principal. valentino martinelli freelance journalist based in los angeles with the latest on this case and as you mentioned we are standing by waiting for a press conference a little bit later today or fully thereafter we will have more details thank you valentino. in other news pope francis has arrived until a for what promises to be a difficult visit the pontiff has come under fire from two lanes outraged over a priest sex abuse scandal the controversy in the catholic church's position on social issues have pushed many to lions to abandon the faith. she lay in police had to yank this protester down from an overhand road sign. elsewhere a crowd of activists full gay and transgender rights also demonstrators. this is

the pope's twenty second overseas trip but it's here on his native continent that he's met the most hostility yet at just thirty six percent trust in the catholic church in chile is the lowest in less in america. a lot of us have been catholics we were part of the church however we feel we belong down by the roman curia in the sense that it is and the beauty of discriminator and intolerant church . much of the resentment stems from the so-called kind of abuse case for more than a decade local church leaders ignored complaints against the highly influential financial kind of a priest accused of molesting children it was only when the victims went public did the vatican investigate the affair and in two thousand and eleven was found guilty . while pope francis has made his zero tolerance for abuse his appointment of one of kind of demons proteges one battles as the bishop of also known in southern

chile has reopened old wounds. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world at least nine construction workers have been killed when half of an unfinished bridge collapse in central colombia the deck and a supporting tower tumbled nearly three hundred meters into a canyon the bridge was part of a major new highway to open in march an investigation into the cause has begun. libya's coast guard has rescued around four hundred migrants stranded in several locations off of its coast in the mediterranean sea they have placed distress calls after claiming to experience engine trouble libya is one of the key routes for middle eastern african migrants trying to enter europe. palestinian leaders have voted to call for the suspension of recognition of israel the palestinian central council says that it will no longer it here two existing agreements with israel including the oslo peace accords the meeting came in response to u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. nearly

fifteen thousand people have fled from villages around the philippines most active volcano as it spewed lava and ash scientists warn that a hazardous explosive eruption could happen at any time mount mahon have been increasingly restive since saturday prompting officials to issue evacuation warnings. in germany social democratic party leader martin schultz has been looking to win over the party's grass roots to the idea of another grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the rank and file must grant their approval to enter talks around forming a new government at a party summit on sunday but schultz faces a hard sell with skeptics saying that it betrays social democratic values so he has traveled to the party's heartland in an effort to win their support. welcome to dortmund historically a bastion of the social democrats but many have lost their appetite for

a grand coalition saying the party's losing sight of its aims xian she knew these are the paths of social justice is over and i can see that it's now more about careers and clinging on to seats. while this diner selling covey voiced as the daily denmark's in short selling the exploratory talks as a success but it's not easy to convince party members to support a new coalition especially here in north rhine-westphalia. we've clarified many things there were lots of question of our members really welcomed the discussion and i think there was a lot of reflection. and i think. that many still think the s.p.d. is making too many concessions even after the talks the party seems split off as the issues of citizens insurance work contracts reform and raising the top income tax rate it's all missing from the current blueprint these are key s.p.v. issues so i don't know if members will be convinced. yet. many say it's important

to take on the responsibility of government but others say the conservative bloc will damage the s.p.d. in government it's a right now we need to weigh up the options and that's a serious and difficult process the party's national representatives will decide on sunday whether to open formal coalition talks north rhine-westphalia will contribute to more than a quarter of the votes. four time olympic champion simone bile says that she was sexually abused by the former team usa gymnastics sports dr larry nasser the american artistic gymnast and star of the twenty six team video games were least an emotional statement on twitter saying she is quote not afraid to tell her story anymore. in december nasser was jailed for sixty years for possessing child sex abuse image images and will be sentenced this month over two cases in which he admits assaulting female gymnasts more than one hundred thirty women have filed

civil lawsuits against him alleging abuse. or now let's catch you up with some of the results from the opening round of this year's first tennis ground slam the australian open novak djokovic has progressed to the next stage but made far greater headlines before his match on tuesday as he called for male professional players to form a union and demand greater prize money at a.t.p. tournament and ground slams meantime germany's alexander several have also into the next round the world and before beat italian thomas fabiano in straight sets and in the women's singles maria sharapova beat german tatyana maria two years on from failing a drug test at the grand slam in melbourne. now you might think that a country needs a lot of snow or ice to breed winter olympic champions ahead of next month's games in south korea but in the case of britain they have become powerhouses and women

skeleton bob despite lacking a supposedly crucial ingredient to success how to look. this is as close to ice as british called slain skeleton athletes gets in their own country great britain doesn't have a single ice track so the pros have to make do with this dry push start track but it hasn't stopped them from winning medals great britain has won gold in skeleton at each of the last two olympics and hopes are high that they can add another to the collection in pyongyang much of that depends on the whole skeleton teams here and it's please come and train with each other and encourage each other and it just it's a sign from. dani hold croft is one of the people behind british skeletons results as head of performance he's helped write the country's surprise success story. we have a kind of saying inside the program of achieving the possible i think he set a vision and said it well in transparency and other quite the board you. see the

same dream the same opportunity you can cheat a lot winning olympic medals despite the lack of a nice track has been an extraordinary achievement and next month team great britain will be hoping to race to go again. you're up to date now on the news but before we go we would like to leave you with a look back at the lead singer of irish rock band the cranberries dolores o'riordan died suddenly on monday in london at the age of forty six and the cause of her death has not yet been disclosed her voice of course distinctive it pushed the irish band to the top of the charts back in the one nine hundred ninety s. and here is one of the cranberries biggest hits linger thanks for watching.

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