if you want to know what's. going on with the war he has to turn to the east room to hold hands until next fall maybe lowell get a chance to do so for actually let's. go to. the. u.s. president donald trump has praised the former white house aide who resigned this week after allegations he abused his ex-wives trump said he was surprised by the accusations against rob porter and that he wishes him well. white house chief of staff john kelly has also been criticized for his handling of the scandal. in libya a deadly twin bombing attack has targeted a mosque in benghazi. officials say the explosions took place just before friday

prayers it's the second attack on a benghazi mosque in less than a month no group has claimed responsibility so far. mexico says it has captured one of the suspected leaders of been a tourist's h.s. drug cartel in mexico city. the u.s. had offered a reward of five million dollars for hussein. who had warrants out for his arrest on charges including drug and arms trafficking organized crime murder and kidnapping. brazil's world famous carneval has kicked off in rio de janeiro the mayor handed the symbolic keys of the city to king momo the fictional character in charge of keeping the world's biggest party going for nine days. to korea's march as one as the winter olympics officially open these games the

diplomacy is just as striking as the athletics i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. fireworks filled the sky over south korea's pianka the winter olympics kick off with a show of unity among south and north korean athletes but how long can the fault last. and a german coalition already in crisis the social democrats former leader martin schultz withdraws from a post as foreign minister bowing to pressure from his party the announcement comes just days after he said he was stepping down as party head.