morse's few times. just real complex starts oct twentieth on t.w. . this is new news live from berlin the president trying supreme court nominee wins crucial backing to keep the senate has pledged to support for judge brett kavanaugh he could be confirmed later today now the senate would you to vote on the controversial nominee despite allegations of sexual misconduct. in formula one britain's view is hamilton takes both positions on the pages in japan also bastion

fatso and ferrari continue to. bring you the highlights from qualifying to come. and want to present great voices falls silent. can. the music world mourns the loss of soprano on one set out come by you who has died at the age of eighty five. it's 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 of two weeks of potus and infighting over the controversial nominee the senate is expected to hold a final vote later today two key senators have pledged to support cover not tipping the vote in his favor the judge has been extensively questioned by the senate

judiciary committee and probed by the f.b.i. of the three women accused him of sexual assault. now on 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 covenant 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 and i will take him her judge cabinet. 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 a lift by undercover no protesters and subsequently proposed the f.b.i. probe into judge kavanagh's alleged sexual misconduct so the republicans looked likely to garner enough votes today to confirm the judge's nomination. meanwhile thousands of demonstrators protested outside the supreme court might they even enter 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 other demonstrators were all in favor of kavanagh it looks as though they are on the winning side at the end of

a fraught episode in washington. for more let's cross to washington where michael caniggia is standing by oh so michael it looks like judge governor's confirmation to the supreme court is all but assured at this point how big a victory would this be for donald trump's republican party. well from a pure perspective of party politics it is certainly a big win for donald trump and the republican party after all the republicans had their goal for a long time set on achieving a republican a conservative majority on the supreme court and in fact donald trump campaigned on this very issue to make the court have a conservative majority during his election campaign and with the with the confirmation of kavanagh he will have achieved that goal but the question is whether the price to achieve that goal the bitter fight over over kavanagh this

ultimately worth it because this could alienate mainstream voters and especially women from the republican party in the future so it has to be seen whether actually this big win will hold in the future so let's look at the immediate future looking at congressional elections which are coming exactly one month from today do you see this confirmation battle influencing how people vote. well that is the big question and the answer is not is not known yet what seems clear is that this this confirmation battle this bitter fight will rally the voters of both the democrats and republicans the base of both parties the democrats that is probably not such a big deal because their party has been motivated to vote against trump basically for a long time but for the republicans this could be a good sign because their base trump supporters aside has not been so motivated to

go to the polls and this gives them a reason and your nation to go to the polls and and show their support for trump in the republican party and what this confirmation hearing has done is put matters like sexual assault and women's rights into the spotlight again but what does it tell us about washington today. well the the poison and the very poisoned remarks by dr ford in the hearings certainly elevate this topic on the top of the political agenda in washington today the topic of sexual assault the relations between men and women and gender politics in general but what is also remarkable here is that it seems that that party lines even here in. general gender lines because while most democrats women and men believe for it most republicans men and women say they side with kavin or so it seems that

in today's washington party politics basically trumps everything else. michael can you get in washington thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a funeral has been taking place in gaza over thirteen year old boy said to have been shot dead by israeli soldiers officials in the territories said he was one of three palestinians killed in friday's clashes on the border with israel the israeli military said thousands to throwing explosive devices and grenades at its troops. people in latvia casting their ballots in fundamental elections today opinion polls suggest a populist party catering to the country's large ethnic russian minority is in the lead ahead of parties in the governing center right coalition. now ukraine has unveiled a solar plant in sion or build 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 of life. the biggest fish market in the world has held its final tuna fish auction tokyo's market is one of japan's major tourist attractions but now thousands of trade as of packing up and preparing to move to a gleaming new market that will open on an artificial island in tokyo bay next week it's been a controversial move costing the city authorities billions. thank you and then the market opened in nine hundred thirty five and quickly became a major food distribution hub for the whole fish loving nation of japan. the essentials of buying and selling remain much the same eighty three years on the market sets a record breaking prices over the decades but city officials say it's become dilapidated solitary so a new market has been built but there's been a lot of opposition to the move. to see the light up but i do many people worry

that the new markets will not be the same and that's why people don't want to move i've been working here for twenty three years and i don't want to fight it stirs up a lot of emotions in a bid. to move to the new four billion euro market was delayed for years because of safety concerns it stands on the sides of a former gas plant and the city's government had to spend millions to make it safe from soil and groundwater contamination the old security side to provide temporary parking for the twenty twenty tokyo olympics before becoming a tourism census. in formula one reigning champion lewis hamilton has secured pole position for sunday's japanese gong prix i'm afraid his driver is looking to stretch an already strong lead at the top of the driver standings during qualifying he got a helping hand from main rivals ferrari who season is fast and rattling. the

five i this was the moments of us can shuttle realized he was in trouble after heavy rain ferrari decided to stick with into media tires for the final session that called kettle was right the track was dry and once again this season tire confusion cost his team. casual was forced to hit the pit and settle for nine his worst qualifying this season the team estate is on the other hand switched to slicks the same old route the stroke. and hamilton finished in pole position and. everything i have my people but also me when it comes to being under pressure making the right decisions right that's why we are the best in the world we're trying for he says to go in a fifty point lead in the driver's standings hamilton could wrap up the title with time to spare. in germany is going to see give it up women have moved into second

up to beating fallsburg last night field class and hammering home in the thirty fifth minute to open the scoring. and then netted berman's a second late in the game minutes after coming off the bench they removed bowman above champions byron at least until today's results are in. spanish operas one set out come by here has died in her home city of boston at the age of eighty five. was known for its purity precise control and power and she was a pioneer in repopulate rising a form of operatic singing known as bel canto she found a new audience in one thousand eight hundred seven when she joined rock star freddie mac. mercury in recording an album the title track barcelona became the anthem of the one thousand nine hundred two summer olympics. for more let's talk to a classical music correspondent rick in vaughan it's good to see you so let's start

with that famous moment one thousand nine hundred eighty seven duets with freddie mercury which then became the anthem of the bus alone olympics in one thousand nine hundred two what's the background to that performance. well freddie mercury loved opera and he loved months or a couple a day and she invited him to join her on a project for the olympic summer games and they had this iconic video. and she actually performed alone at the one thousand nine hundred two games because he died the year before when she did that she reached an audience of some two billion people in this was many times more than she had and all her four thousand other appearances combined this made her as you could say it rocked. it rocked indeed and in operatic circles she also rocked an own way by reviving conto what more to do that well you know bill country literally means beautiful singing and bill conto always was there and always will be there as long as there's an operatic singing

the premier belle country singer of the twentieth century was maria colace and she didn't allow very many people into her sphere but she did say months or coverly is my true successor and they were actually close friends she gave her. earrings that had been given to her by the singers to follow bel canto the particular quality about a month or a couple days voice is that she had this light airy quality she could hit the high notes and she could certainly fill a room with her voice but she could also sing the soft notes beautifully and high in which she did that she'd made her fans ecstatic. going into her present ality she had quite a reputation really as a diva how to change that. well you know a diva is also we think of them a sort of. flighty and maybe high strung and nervous calling off performances and short notice driving everybody to distraction and waging war against other divas but she wasn't that way at all she was actually

a warm hearted person very inclusive felt that music should people together even though she was somewhat eccentric but very extroverted not introverted in this sense to she was a national icon of of space and of course of the world in the sheer popularity of this person people adored her for her singing and also her human qualities and incidentally that signature moment with frederick freddie mercury some operatic singers do that when their voices or indeed decline she was actually at the height of her career and she kept going at a very very late very late phase even singing two years ago. classical music correspondent rick fall kind of think you thank you that's news update for now don't forget to come up on today w. dot call for all the problems and information but we're going to leave you with the unforgettable voice of wealth that come by.

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