hour of time gorbachev and the opportunity for. starts october third d w. d w news live from berlin germany greets turkish president richard type and along with a state banquet the glamorous occasion caps a day of diplomatic bridge building heir to one wants to improve strains ties with germany but his record on human rights for means a sticking point for the nato allies. also coming up a u.s.

republican senator calls for the f.b.i. to investigate sexual assault claims against of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh the move could delay a final senate vote to appoint ten plus disaster strikes not once but twice in indonesia the island of sort of easy is hit first by a powerful earthquake and then by a tsunami waves up to two meters high people wave buildings. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program germany has rolled out the red carpet for turkish president wretch of tired tonight he attended a state banquet in his honor after lin's bellevue palace where he was greeted by the german president front fell to steinmeyer it was a glamorous occasion that took. yes within earshot of noisy demonstrations against

the turkish leader earlier erda one met with german chancellor angela merkel for talks endeavor pairing the fractured relationship between their countries. and now at a joint press conference in berlin chancellor angela merkel admitted that differences between them remain but said that she is hopeful on finding common ground this despite fierce criticism within germany of turkey's human rights record even in germany there are sometimes moments when journalists cannot behave exactly as they please president had a one was in the middle of his press conference with chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly bundled out by security officers the brief distractions seem to amuse and who won but his crackdown on journalistic freedom was one of the issues the chancellor raised with him at their meeting. it's

no secret that there have been serious differences between us in recent years and there still are. people it's mainly about the rule of law and about press freedom that fogged up perfectly by hurt by this davos to last about the case of chandan darr a turkish journalist now in exile in germany everyone was defiant out of the q.b. bush flew for such which he used a loophole and he fled to germany. but his court sentence remains valid. and this person belongs in jail because he has revealed state secrets. you show which has outside on the streets of berlin protesters were also drawing attention to the lack of basic freedoms in turkey. a protest it's not against the one but it's against his politics is politics of violation of human rights is

politics of violation of freedom of press and journalism is not a crime but it seems to be a crime in turkey. earlier german president steinmeyer greeted at a one at bellevue palace this visit is an attempt to normalize relations when times are anything but normal turkey is holding a number of germans as political prisoners not to mention thousands of his own citizens many politicians worry the owners go too far. better cause for peace i think this appeasement course and to me it smells like appeasement is totally wrong because it for trey's and mocks all of those who are victims of oppression and there are hundreds of thousands of them in turkey and to mention you know took. a number of demonstrations both for and against the want to do over the next twenty four hours but with thousands of police deployed in central berlin there's determination that street protests will not overshadow the diplomacy and for more let's go over now to charlotte charles impel who is near the palace where the

turkish president is currently at a state banquet that is being held in his honor welcome to charlotte and we have to point out that this banquet is significant not only because of who is there but also because of who is not. that's right there are a number of opposition politicians who had said previously that they would boycott this state dinner in opposition to a president to one its name but one linda from the german pro-business f.t.p. party bots a number of sources have pointed out the chancellor merkel has felt what even at this dinner has to be made clear today that that is something that is an unusual it's not normal for chancellor merkel to attend state dinners like this so it's to her absence isn't a signal of any kind it's not notable one thing that is night simple though is the president's oh of the german green politician to me he has turkish roots he is a very prominent critic of president add one here in germany he said that he wanted

to attend this state banquet as a signal he wanted to make clear that opposition is something which is a very important parts of democracy in here in germany and he wanted to to make that clear by taking part in this do something also notable charlotte not everyone in the country is thrilled that germany is rolling out the red carpet for the turkish president in fact there were demonstrations today weren't there. stories are not so long ago there were thousands of people on the streets of but then we followed them as they march from the city center through to need to the presidential palace where one's holding that state and another a number of groups taking part in this protest to name some far left protestors they were voicing their concerns that what they said was present edwin's increasingly authoritarian rule they were pretty cut it demonstrates is their concerns to name some was the turkish military's military offensive against militia

in syria there were also a number of critics members of the turkish community here in germany who were concerned about press freedom in turkey political prisoners in taki and of course the five german political prisoners who are currently behind bars in turkey. charlot we know that this was the first day of his visit he also continues it tomorrow the day of course is not over yet but if we just have to describe it can we describe it as a success i mean some some are saying that this is a reset in relations is that a fair characterization. that is certainly what president out of one said that he wanted to achieve going in to this meeting he said that he wanted to turn a new page in gen turkish relations whether or not this is but it's remains to be seen as we kind of process exactly what's happened i think president add one they will be pleased to his sends

a message sent an image to turkey to talk to people back home that he has been received by the german chancellor that he is a. state leader who has been welcomed here the red carpets been rolled out by him in germany charlotte charleston pale in berlin thank you. to the united states now where the u.s. senate's judiciary committee has voted to recommend that the full senate vote on donald trump's controversial supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh this despite yesterday's testimony from christine blais he formed who said that he the salted her at a gathering back in the one nine hundred eighty s. in a vote along party lines the committee backed cavanagh the deciding vote was cast by n.t. trump republican jeff flake he says that he is urging the republican senate leadership to delay a full vote on kavanagh for a week until the federal bureau of investigation and complete a probe into accusations of misconduct against cavanagh let's listen in to flake

statement to the committee and i think it would be. proper to delay the floor vote. for up to but not more than one week in order to let the f.b.i. . continue to do an investigation limited in time and scope. to the current allegations that are there and i've spoken to a few other members. on my side of the aisle that may be supportive as well. and for more on this let's bring in correspondent my a skater who is in washington she is outside the u.s. supreme court there are some senator flake now saying that he wants an investigation by the f.b.i. how likely is it that we could see this. you know this is really uncharted territory for a supreme court nomination process right now and it was really in extension of an olive branch to the democrats who had so. have been opposing this in committee we

even saw some democrats walk out of a meeting earlier today on a previous vote to move to this vote all bureaucratic process that has to be taken by the senate we have seen now two senators come out to support senator flake's. assertion that this should happen one of which interestingly was senator lisa murkowski of alaska who is one of the key votes that people are going to be watching when the vote eventually goes to the full senate because she is one of two republicans who has indicated that she is not sold shall we say brett kavanaugh yet so that is going to be watched very closely now the thing is mcconnell mitch mcconnell who is the majority leader of the senate could just move this to a vote because it's out of committee right now there is absolutely no obligation to them to actually go through with this f.b.i. investigation some sources saying they could even move to

a vote as early this afternoon although that would be rather ambitious and this is again rather unprecedented for a supreme court nomination process this this ping-pong around of whether or not there should be an f.b.i. investigation a lot of unprecedented things happening there and i just want to turn to one of them because we know jeff flake now pushing for this investigation it came after he first announced to though that he would support kavanaugh then we have to mention today he was confronted by sexual assault victims in the halls of congress here's what's happened and i want to get your reaction there after my. mark you take responsibility for it and then you prepare your fellow someone for it i'm willing to take responsibility for you i wish i'd written to her that was not my moment to . be a hero. under water water water hot. water mind you. whatever. you are.

very. hard to just brush aside and ignore those pleas and you really heard the emotion there maya how much pressure is not only flake but you know other senators under to vote against their party. in short an extreme amount coming from the democratic side and as you said flake has painted himself as an anti trump republican and from the beginning projected that he was going to be a swing vote on this nomination the thing is if you actually look at flakes voting record he votes along party lines i would say nearly one hundred percent of the time so a lot of this is simply political signaling on his part now we are going to the full vote in the senate there are several senators actually both on the democratic and the republican side who people are going to be watching all of whom are going

to be under an extreme amount of pressure from their party from the other party and from their constituents who i'm sure are ringing up their offices like mad right now trying to sway their opinion and there is so much at stake for the supreme court at this hour maya spanner standing right in front of that body in washington thank you so much. a powerful earthquake has rocked indonesia triggering a two metre tsunami dramatic footage has been posted online showing the tsunami hitting that city of palu on the island of sumatra. officials say that houses have been washed away and communications have been cut. and it's a horrifying thought being in the path of an oncoming tsunami. when high rise buildings could only watch as the wave hit and witness as it washed over everything and signed. the impacts not only destroyed many people's homes and

businesses but also places of worship. communication and power was cut in many areas. that tsunami was triggered by a seven point five magna cortana collapse the damage to communication lines hindered initial information gathering however officials believe at least several people have been killed many of those injured were taken to hospital however staff were treating the wounded in car doors and open fields authorities are urging people to stay outdoors because of the danger of strong aftershocks. a lighter note now we're heading to china where twelve giant panda cubs have been introduced to the general public for the first time the cuddly youngsters proved a big hit. they were born earlier this year do research base in session province their keepers say that they are all in good health.

and aren't they cute with that you are up to date now and news i'm sorry kelly in berlin don't forget we'll have another news update at the top of the hour and in the meantime you can follow us on social media the conversation continues we'll have the very latest thank you so much for watching have a great day. in the colbys in germany to learn german. published in the. one note learn with him online on the mobile and free form of the w.p. learning course nico street.