this is news live from berlin donald trump valves to defend the right to bear arms u.s. president tells america's powerful national rifle association that he will never threaten gun owners rights less than three months after a deadly school shooting in florida also on the program. earthquakes and volcanic eruptions but why is big island on high alert we'll go live to the island to hear how people are coping. and on the under the end of her story of karl marx's birth

we find out who's making the pilgrimage to his hometown in germany and what's driving the journey. i'm still henery thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has made a fresh vow to protect gun ownership rights in his country he was speaking at a convention of the national rifle association the most powerful pro-gun lobby in the u.s. the president urged its members to support his republican party and upcoming fall elections saying republicans are prepared to defend the n.r.a. his interests trumps comments come despite his suggestion that he would take on the lobby group after a florida school shooting in february. i president trump knew he was playing in front of a home crowd as he addressed cheering gun enthusiasts in dallas he called again for

arming teachers to head off future mass shootings like the one in parkland florida in february in which seventeen people were killed ninety eight percent of mass public shootings have occurred in places where guns are banned just so you understand. tragically as we see there is no shine more inviting to eye mare's killer then or sorry dad did clare's this school is a gun free zone come in and take us i ninety eight percent i you know they're cowards when they know there's guns inside they're not going to the n.r.a. has shown its support for the measures even though teachers and security experts have openly criticize the idea. in his speech which ranged across unemployment the

economy immigration and nuclear proliferation trump made no mention of gun control proposals he'd floated in the past such as raising the age limit for buying rifles the n.r.a. sees that and other limits on gun sales as a violation of the second amendment to the us constitution the right to bear arms. with republican control of the us congress up for grabs in november's midterm elections trump used the n.r.a. platform to return to rhetoric he used in twenty sixteen to excite pro-gun voters warning that democrats are determined to take away america's guns. our correspondent in washington sent us this assessment of president trump's latest remarks on gun ownership in the u.s. let's take a listen. the main message we saw president trump deliver was that his administration stands firmly behind gun owners and will defend them against gun control measures

that they see as an infringement on their second amendment rights specifically trump again called for hardening schools and arming highly trained teachers with concealed weapons as a way of preventing shootings and the question of gun control has come into the national spotlight over the past few months after a shooting at a high school in parkland florida and the student led protests that followed briefly had promised action on gun regulation after the massacre but as he looks to helping republicans in november as midterm elections he seems to have returned to toeing the n.r.a. is line fresh earthquakes have struck hawaii's big island with a killer will cain though has been spewing lava into residential areas the u.s. geological survey measured the largest tremor as magnitude six point nine the strongest since one thousand nine hundred seventy five hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate so far there have been no reports of injuries or major damage. and we're now joined by john tarsem he is along the tour guide for epic lava based

on the island of hawaii john thanks for joining us your base close to the killer whale book volcano that erupted what is the current situation where you are. yes we're on the east side of the big island of hawaii and right now we are going through a period of time where we just went through massive swelling of the volcano and it's starting to release some of the energy in the last couple days what we've seen is lots and lots of earthquakes i think in the last three to four days there's been well over a thousand and in the last couple days in particular they've gotten more intense today they got a little bit fewer and we got some active ones like a six point nine that was just described there are fissures that are opening up down on the east rift i believe that at the meeting tonight and behold there had been somewhere between six and eight act decisions that had opened up in the last twenty four hours and you mentioned

a meeting that you went to on the local council meeting where the situation was being told to the public can you fill us in about what happened there and what they may have advised the public to do. yes you know they had they had to evacuate a lot of different small communities down there for different threats and belief that people are going to be in harm's way if different things happened so they were really going through a back you asian plan and the shelters that people could go to they had representatives from really all of the government entities to give ideas of what could be done people from public works people talking about the utilities people talking about people's pets and the humane society so it was really just an information grab all these for people to get together and understand what is going on but they also gave them serious pieces of information like the fact that you know the last time something like this happened in hawaii was in one nine hundred fifty five and that particular event lasted about three months long so they want

everybody to understand that this is something that's going to be intense if it shut off tomorrow work it lasts for a really long time and so everybody really just need to make the proper preparations whatever that means to each of them wow so a lot from the top and you said it went on for three months in the public that really has no idea when they could possibly return home how did people react when they heard this information. you know. i can only compare that to like two thousand or two when with your twenty seven blow moved towards the exact town where the meeting was tonight in pothole alight and what i noticed is at that time people didn't really know what was going on they were very unsure as the lava crept closer to town people kind of were very high anxiety and it seemed like nobody wanted anybody near the lava everybody just wanted it to kind of happen and this time it seems like people are very receptive to information and the more information they

get the better decisions they can make and i've noticed this time that social media has actually sort of taken over and allowed people to get kind of. on the ball in hawaii who are not really the over be in the fastest place on the planet and when people on social media can show radios or actual evidence of things happening that it makes it easier for the police the fire department civil defense all those places to make the proper decisions to get into action and go start doing their jobs so should mean it has proved a good way to communicate with the public and for them to communicate with the government john tar senator thank you very much for information of law the lavatory guide from epic law based on the island of hawaii. and i why wasn't the only place experiencing natural upheavals the u.s. geological survey also says a six point one magnitude earthquake has struck off the philippines the quake hit off that coast of the eastern province of cutted oneness there were no immediate

reports of casualties or damage from the quake the u.s. department of justice has issued an arrest warrant for books wagons former chief executive martin winterkorn prosecutors have charged him with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with the company's diesel emissions scandal winterkorn lawyer has said he will respond to quote in due course. voters in lebanon are gearing up for their first problem terry election in almost a decade on sunday there are hopes that it will end prolonged political gridlock and vote postponements of forming a government could take months or longer due in part to the country's complex party system. more than eighty palestinians have been injured amid fresh protests at gaza's border with israel israeli troops fired live any mission and tear gas at the palestinian protesters as they approached the border fence it's now the sixth week

of demonstrations held at the border with palestinians demanding the return of lands they fled or were expelled from in present day israel. six smoke billows from burning tires palestinian protesters use the cloud as cover to fling rocks across the israeli border. then met by rounds of live ammunition and tear gas canisters fired by israeli troops. in the skies israeli drones battle against kites some rigged with explosives that have set fields ablaze. it's the sixth week of clashes on the gaza border despite thousands of injuries and more than forty deaths palestinians say they will continue their weekly rallies. to hear our people affirm that the protest will continue after may fifteenth until the liberation of palestine and their return to. israel says it's defending its borders and has vowed to continue doing so at any cost. we had several attempts

to cross the technical fence and to throw molotov cocktails and other terrorist devices against israeli troops we know of specific attempts to cross into israel and a few days ago there were also attempts to abduct an israeli soldier based on our intelligence israel's use of lethal force against protesters has drawn criticism from the european union and the united nations to little effect the clashes are expected to come to a head on may the fifteenth a day after the seventieth anniversary of the founding of israel which palestinians mark as the nakba or catastrophe. today marks two hundred year since the birth of german philosopher and economist karl marx his hometown of trainer is june to unveil a gift from china a massive statue of the revolutionary thinker one join a group of chinese tourists as they follow in marx's footsteps. setting foot on

hallowed ground tourists come from around the world to see where col marx was born it's a kind of pilgrimage for those with interests and economics and the history of ideas and it's a quest to follow the footsteps of the man many consider as the founder of socialism . doing the most chinese like called lots i do to you to my house to our it is lovely here i came to see where col miles was born he is revered by our generation it's part of our upbringing that's why i wanted to visit this historical city for some it's a voyage of discovery more than one of reverence. tell and i'm from taiwan i'm not familiar with him. to be honest i don't know that much about him once. no matter taking pictures here is a must. so is

a visit to the house where karl marx was born. or do the other you hole he was born to a wealthy family but he still thought about all those less fortunate in the world that's why he was a great man could be a way that other countries getting a great big new statue more than five meters high a gift from the chinese government it's being unveiled today. i can sympathise with people who have a different culture and religion they have a different perception of col marx. to letters that's how it is in every family it's normal for people to have different opinions here. so it's understandable that people will have different world views as well. do you crazy or the. marxist vision may no longer be in vogue but his statue will soon have all of tria

in its sights. the men's ice hockey world championship has started in denmark an ambitious germany runners up and february's went to a one picks had a tough opening group game against the host nation it was a tight affair which went all the way to a penalty shoot out. germany which just fifty five seconds away from winning olympic gold a few months ago but that success comes with added pressure and host stan mark we're determined not to make it easy for them they went ahead early in the second period on the powerplay yes by the end sooner than man on target. germany wasted no time in hitting back the loose puck falling to leon and he made no mistake. stuart but denmark took advantage of another power play to get back a head back in the driving seat though the home value was short lived.

it tight the game up again after a nifty move and that was that for regulation and overtime. denmark's france needs mostly only men to find the net in the shoot out the hosts happy if germany deflate it. that's our news wrap join us again at the top of the hour and for watching. we make up about three quarters of africa the un does that to but we all deserve the services. they want to shape the continent's future expand part of it and join our youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent platform for africa majority.