this is did abuse live from berlin guilty as charged so long of this law is the only surviving suspect in the twenty fifteen paris terror attacks today a court in belgium has sentenced him to twenty years in prison for his role in a police shootout. also coming up in the show armed and dangerous a manhunt is underway in the u.s. state of tennessee for a gunman who opened fire at a fast food restaurant killing four people police say many more would have died if

it had not been for the actions of this man causes knew. it was me or him or the type of the type of scenario saw chose to go with what i want to go with him or. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us a belgian court has found solid islam guilty of attempted murder he's the sole surviving suspect in the twenty fifteen paris terror attacks now today's conviction relates to a separate incident a police shootout in brussels before his arrest the court has sentenced him to twenty years in prison although salaam is in a french prison waiting trial for his role in the paris attacks that left one hundred twenty nine people dead and scores wounded. live now to the courthouse

and correspondent terry scholz who's standing by for us terry what's the latest from inside the court hi brian well the verdict has been wrapped up as you mentioned with a twenty year sentence given to both sulla of this law and sophia and. the judge read out to the eighty eight page verdict say that it ed been proven beyond a doubt that both men had in fact been involved in a terrorist attempted murder that key point is important she said that they had tapped into the terrorist network here in brussels been given given weapons been given ammunition been given shelter and that's why the attempted terrorist murder conviction was proven men who also have a fine of twelve thousand euros i don't know how consequential that is and it should be pointed out of course that's a fellow of the slum awaits trial on a much bigger charges in paris for those attacks of november two thousand and fifteen ok terry let's get our viewers

a better view of islam right now and of his capture. the end of an international manhunt on march eighteenth twenty sixteen belgian special police captured one of the most wanted terrorist suspects in europe salah up to slow believed to be the only surviving suspect in the paris terror attacks that left one hundred thirty people dead in november twenty fifth up to slum as a french citizen born in brussels in september one thousand nine hundred nine it's not yet clear whether he played a major part in planning and executing the paris attacks but was merely a low level follower after four months on the run of the slum was arrested in march twenty sixth seen following a shootout with the belgian police the incident these proceedings have focused on. have to slum was present for the first day of the trial since then he has refused to attend court. his lawyers spend mary describes him as a small time criminal who's too stupid to plan

a conspiracy in one interview he said abd islam has quote the intelligence of an empty ashtray after all wrapped islam's family has also tried to reinforce this line of defense one of his brothers for instance says up to slam lost his nerve and intentionally failed to set off a suicide bomb vest he was wearing. but it's only at the much bigger trial set to take place in france at a later date the prosecutors will judge abt islam's role in the paris attacks themselves. terry how does today's verdict relate to the paris trial we just heard about. well while they are definitely two separate proceedings i think it will be very interesting for the paris trial because it was proven that seller of the slum did take part in a terrorist network that cell as everybody will know was found to have committed both the paris attacks and later on in march twenty second of twenty sixteen the

brussels attacks and all of these people have been found to be linked together to this cell that was headquartered right here and more than back so i think that this will be used as further ammunition that sela of the slum was was no innocent bystander here that he was not such a small fish as his defense attorneys are trying to point out ok terry we see right behind you you know our barricades are with you some more employees and their armored vehicles what is security like or what has it been like for this trial. that the opening day of the trial was extremely intense security it took us more than an hour just to get into the to the area where the court trial was taking place today neither man came neither man showed up we thought and up until at the end of last week that sophia and i are we may in fact come today but he didn't and so security was much much less stringent today although both the journalists and

all of those people working inside the courthouse did have to go through more than one security check. showing everything we had in our bags showing our i.d.'s but in the end now that the trial is over expect that you'll see these police dispersing behind me now live from brussels did have used hershel's thanks very much for that time it's to the u.s. now where a manhunt is underway in the state of tennessee for a man who opened fire at a fast food restaurant killing four people police say the suspect could still be armed and has a history of mental illness now it's likely that more people would have been killed if a bystander had not wrestled with the shooter and taken away his weapon. at this waffle house in south nashville a gunman launched a bizarre and deadly attack in the early hours of sunday morning witnesses say he was naked except for a green jacket when he stepped out of his truck and started firing two people were

shot outside the restaurant two more inside all were aged in their twenty's he fled the scene on foot leaving behind his jacket and several magazines and ammunition. he clearly came armed with a lot of firepower intending to devastate the south nashville area the suspect is twenty nine year old travis ryan king in july last year he was caught in a restricted area near the white house with or he's come to skated several i r fifteen semiautomatic rifles some of those same guns were used in yesterday's shooting the guns were returned by a task well county authorities to run king's father who has now acknowledged giving them back to his son. the death toll could have been much higher had not been for the actions of this man a twenty nine year old bystander who tackled the gunman and wrestled his gun away yeah i knew i had it in me but i haven't had any specific object training is just you know i fight my daughter every night so i can get it but oh my it's grim and

facebook everybody's calling me a hero but all people in low. completely out of a selfish that. i was completely doing it just to save myself now me doing that i did say well the people but i don't want people to take that i was. the terminator or superman or anybody like that to just it was just i figured if i was going to die he was going to have to work for more such reluctant heroes may be needed before police time forgotten and. now from like in some of the other stories making the news today at least thirty two chinese tourists and four north koreans have been killed in a bus crash in north korea china's foreign ministry says the accident occurred near the capital pyongyang because of that crash is now under investigation. for president emmanuel mccall is headed to the u.s.

capital washington for a state visit friends he told a fox news network that he'll be urging president trump not to pull out of the iran nuclear deal the president has threatened to abandon the agreement which is aimed at curbing iran's nuclear ambitions yes sure thing and people. in britain the duchess of cambridge has been admitted to a london hospital and is reportedly in the early stages of labor kate and husband prince william are expecting their third child a couple already has two children george and charlotte new royal will be fifth in line to the british throne. well south korea has switched off giant loudspeakers used to broadcast propaganda and its border with north korea seoul says this is a console atory move ahead of a summit between the two countries on schedule for friday the broadcasts usually include music news and calls on north korean soldiers to defect.

these south korean weapons can reach several kilometers into north korean territory . by the simple propaganda speakers line the demilitarized zone between the two countries blasting the isolated north with pop music and one of the broadcasts. there are. but now they are switched off as the two sides prepare to meet for the first time in over a decade the south korean government aims to send a strong message through silence you wanted to go our number but we hope this decision will lead both koreas to stop mutual criticism and propaganda against each other and also to contribute in creating peace and a new beginning. both sides use propaganda speakers and while the north has not said it will silence its own it recently announced a halt to nuclear missile testing. divided for seventy years the two koreas marched under a united flag at this year's winter olympic games the thawing of relations has opened

a new diplomatic window for talks which are expected to begin this week. koreans however have mixed views about how effective the upcoming summit will be. even when you will move on the diplomatic crises are so frequent i've become numb to them i was told that suddenly there is a peace mood but i don't know about that one hundred people that i'm going to get it couldn't all. blonds in north korean defectors hope the day of unification will come soon so that they can go home to see their loved ones and wish i mean they can get it up quick. u.s. president donald trump also plans to meet with north korea's kim jong un next month to discuss nuclear disarmament for now the conflict is not over it's on standby we have some football now and cologne have had a catastrophic been asleep season they're facing relegation but second place shelf to have an historically poor record against cologne but the royal blues clinch the

coveted champions league spot or could their hosts calls an upset where there's life there's hope and cologne are still just about hanging on but in childhood they faced an opponent from whom they could expect a little messy as was proven in the fourth minute when dobby here are now though played a cutting through both say you haven't caught up lanka who's crossed a brail mbogo made it impossible for this whisper words to miss. a rapid counterattack in goal that doubt colona painful. and when konoplyanka found himself in acres of space once again he went through the challenge of georgia met a and sleek postie mobile on the doubles shout his name. but cologne kept fighting and were rewarded in the twenty sixth minute when leon bitter court latched on to a fine through ball from your nose to bring his side back into the game the school

i'd stayed at three one until the eighty fourth minute when a swinging free kick from moscow rissa left rather fair man with no chance suddenly cologne could begin to drain. but unfortunately for the billy goats the wayne wasn't to be the last serious chance of the game was squandered by a stumbling quarterback. to the final score. a draw in the end at disappointing result for both coaches but was shy to stay in second place cologne looks certain to be heading for the second division. while mines headed to oust byrd sunday with only goal difference keeping them out of the drop zone hosts beating them in the reverse fixture and we're looking to do the same again especially with the return of a star forward. made his comeback you know explored starting lineup after three months out injured and he wasted no time showing how important he is to the team

the icelandic set up mikail who opened the scoring in the twenty ninth minute his twelfth goal of the season. one nil. at half time. and it was all outs borg in the second half as well in bogus and close as can be but denied by defended danny lots. but then in injury time minds were pushing for an equaliser and bogus and caught them on the break the captain capping an outstanding comeback. great to be back on the pitch again i didn't think. this long in this game but. in the last minutes. now secured another season in the top flight well mine still in danger and have some tough games ahead of them. and our breaking news this hour a belgian court has found. guilty of attempted murder and sentenced him to twenty

years in prison he's the sole surviving suspect twenty fifteen paris who is on trial. in brussels before. being held in france awaiting trial for his role in the us. this is the interview news live from i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks for being with. information. to express. facebook and twitter to date and in touch.