took to. me. this is deja news live from president trump supreme court nominee wins crucial backing two key senators pledging their support for judge brett kavanaugh he could be confirmed today the senate you to vote on a controversial nominee despite allegations of sexual misconduct. brazil also faces a controversial vote people going to the polls in the most polarized presidential

election in decades on sunday the front runner is far right candidate. campaigning on a holland line platform. of feeling the pinch at the moment after failing to win their last two games can lie put things right and they face but. later today we'll have a preview of that top game for you. with. hello and welcome one is christopher spring a good to have you with us president donald trump's nominee for the u.s. supreme court brett kavanaugh appears to be heading towards confirmation after weeks of passes and infighting over the controversial nominee the senate is expected to hold a final vote later today two key senators have pledged to support kavanagh keeping the vote in his favor. the judge has been extensively questioned by the senate

judiciary committee and also probed by the f.b.i. after three women accused him of sexual assault. along friday the senate voted to end debate on the matter by a margin of fifty one senators to forty nine analysts believe that is also likely to be the margin in kavanagh's final confirmation vote on this vote the yeas are fifty one the nos are forty nine the motion is agreed to. two wavering senators firmed up in favor of kavanagh on friday. republican susan collins of maine announcement of her intention effectively broke the deadlock. mr president i will take him her judge can. that piles the pressure on democrat joe manchin who had not declared his position but soon after collins announcement he said he would also support cover no defying

most of his democratic colleagues. of the republicans only lisa murkowski of alaska looks likely to vote against governor today who are republican jeff flake of arizona said he would support unless quote something big changes he's the senator who was confronted in the lift by answer cardinal protesters and subsequently proposed the f.b.i. probe into judge kavanagh's alleged sexual misconduct so the republicans look likely to garner enough votes today to confirm the judge's nomination. meanwhile thousands of demonstrators protested outside the supreme court they even entered the senate building confronting senators several hundred demonstrators were arrested responding to the ongoing outcry president trump issued a tweet saying the very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make sentences look bad don't fall for it. well the demonstrators were all in

favor of continental it looks as though they are on the winning side of the end of the fruit episode in washington. stephens cmon this has been giving us more on what was a dramatic day in the u.s. capitol yesterday the confirmation battle over brett kavanaugh seems to be lost for the democrats the republicans and the white house carry a significant victory there will be one more vote in the senate and there will also be more protests from the left leaning groups and from a lot of angry women they want to make their voices heard again and their battle cry is november is coming. those women are very very angry and their promise is that perhaps many many politicians in the house of representatives as well as in the senate will lose their job come november sixth this is when the united states will have their mid-term elections and until then stay tuned for more political

drama. stephanie holmes there in washington we're going to catch up now and some of the other stories making headlines around the world starting with some sad news spanish opera singer montserrat caballe year has died at a hospital in her home city of bosler not considered by some to be the last great opera diva she was known for her bel canto technique the soprano came to worldwide attention in one hundred eighty seven when she sang a duet with rock singer freddie mercury. was eighty five. the newspaper in hong kong is reporting that the president of interpol is being held by chinese authorities ming hong way has been missing since leaving france last week so i think an anonymous source the south china morning post said manning had been detained upon arrival in his native china. ukraine has unveiled a so the plant in chernobyl the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster three decades ago the one megawatt facility produces enough energy to supply two thousand

apartments giving the contaminated area a new lease on life. and people in latvia accosting the balance in parliamentary elections today opinion polls suggesting a populous party catering to the country's launch ethnic russian minority is in the lead that's ahead of parties in the governing center right coalition. now on some days voters in brazil will also be kostin their ballots in the first round of the country's most divisive presidential election in decades that's largely due to the control the sea surrounding the ballots far right front runner so not all post give him a solid lead over his leftist opponent and that has plenty of voters worried that a candidate who is openly hostile to gays women and ethnic minorities may soon be the country's leader. the statue of christ the redeemer watching

over rio de janeiro from a distance there's no sign of the tensions simmering below public discourse has become increasingly polarized ahead of sunday's elections the most controversial vote since democracy was restored thirty years ago newcastle a shoe is gay and just join the protests against the leading candidates in the polls shape all synonomous he thinks the far right outsider is a threat to democracy. and i'm really afraid that both are not all might win because if he does we'll have a civil war. because the antiabortion out of movements like l.a. noire and not him we won't stand still we won't accept it if they want to i'm very afraid of what might happen in the main states where our militancy is very strong. some of the forty and take on the comically i don't even understand how a person like both or not group can be a candidate if it can be proven that he acted against human rights in

a country as diverse as brazil it would be such a shame. that it has to go that up and this is the place it is everybody else. but at this thing both an artist who has the iron fist the country needs to combat street violence and turn around the economy. he's going to make things right people are confused thinking he will bring back tara that he's a soldier capable of killing that's wrong he's very are going to rise and i say this because i lived with a soldier and a soldier's organized. that is that we. are one sunday because he is a candidate that depends family values. because it is the only presidential candidate that has not been involved in corruption scandals. i think the teen years of the workers' party didn't solve anything that i think a candidate free of corruption scandals can do agree. job done it was so not your worst there was it because i like him and the plans that he has.

some observers fear that if both sonora wins the presidency but doesn't get a majority in congress he might back military intervention and seize all thora tarion powers. exist. quite a bit about one third or one quarter of brazilians believe it's ok to vote for a fascist. but i would some even think a fascist is needed to usher in a military government at the ballot box your sort of stop example some people really do think that way disenchantment with politics can sometimes lead to very violent ideas. even you will impose divisions among brazilians could even deepen if the election goes to a runoff at the end of the month. bit of news carlina she more is covering the first round of brazil's presidential election four she's been giving us. brazilian voters are going to choose tomorrow between

thirteen presidential candidates recent polls have shown that data was so narrow the right wing candidate and former army captain is leading the polls with thirty five percent followed by command that the candidate of the workers party with only twenty two percent people have been talking to here rio de janeiro tell me that they are going to support jade. because he is the only one able to deal with one of brazil's biggest problems security they see in fairyland or that's part of the corrupt political establishment in the country the atmosphere is very tense here in brazil everything is possible tomorrow on the polls. in formula one britain's lewis hamilton has won pole position for the japanese grand prix the reigning world champion setting the fastest time in qualifying as he

looks to extend his lead at the top of the standings there was a helping hand from main rivals ferrari who sent out their drivers with the wrong time as for dry weather up. in germany's bonus they give out a broom and have moved into second place off the beaten involves four to no last night dutch midfielder klassen hammering home in the thirty five thirty fifth minute rather opening the scoring for braman you had. a second go for braman late in the game minutes after coming off the bench the wind moves braman above champions by and at least until today's results are in. now saturday's big game sees reigning champions by munich hosting old rivals but. back in the one nine hundred seventy s. you may remember the two deans the two teams rather dominated german football but since then it's really been the bavarians monopolizing the all news this season however glad challenging for a top spot while by on a coping with a bit of

a hiccup at the moment. byron munich are apparently in a mini crisis their draw with i.x. in the champions league on wednesday followed their first loss in the bundesliga this season in fact it's their third game without a win at most clubs it would listen calls of a crisis but coach nico kobach snow's buyer standards are high the clubs president has recently criticised say the coach is putting his neck on the line by rotating players too much kobayashi responded to the remarks that's funny that's good think of first of all it wasn't criticism just it and it was on the a comment and nothing more the syllabus and the coach is responsible for the personnel decisions the coach is responsible for the rotation that isn't the problem we have so many quality players who have played well it's been successful in recent matches a forklift. byron have been here before they started last season with the exact

same record in the but it's legal it cost former coach carlos mencia a lot to his job but unlike then byron players have formed a united front around kobayashi. meanwhile are in high spirits they've made their strongest start to a season since two thousand and fifteen when they last qualified for the champions league because teacher hacking is wary of a wounded buyer in munich. yok s wasn't just a chance again which will let us know how far off we are from the top team was byron lost against terror but we shouldn't pay too much attention to that as we know byron are at their most dangerous when they appear wounded in the fairly some fire need to step up only fig three will ease any talk of impending crisis. frontis in hong kong have developed

a mini robot that could eventually be used inside the human body for medical purposes. it looks like a caterpillar and can move over surfaces and through liquids and it states by electromagnetic impulses. many robot is still in the testing phase but developers believe it will one day be able to deliver drugs to ailing parts of the body and also perform medical inspections. they're watching to w. news in berlin more from us at the top of the hour we leave you now with a performance by one of the operas greatest davis montserrat covering him who died earlier today at the age of eighty five you're hearing a performance or other her performance so to cheney's tosca.

you know nothing. about i guess some family plays that nothing will happen i mean think the control general culture can't stereotype aquatics any i think the future country that i am time. can't even sing it for this grandmother.