this is news live from berlin the president trumps supreme court nominee wins crucial backing two key senators pledge their support for george brett cover no he could be confirmed later today the senate is due to vote on the controversial nominee despite allegations of sexual misconduct. in formula one britons he was hamilton take spoke position in japan all sebastian vettel and ferrari continue to

what will bring you the highlights from qualifying ensued. and one of great voices silent. i am. the music world mourns the loss of soprano one set out to come by who has died at the age of eighty five. i'm a diff q money thank you for your company president donald trump's nominee for the u.s. supreme court brecht cover now appears to be heading towards confirmation after weeks of partisan infighting over the controversial nominee the senate is expected to hold a final vote later today two key senators have pledged to support coven or tipping the vote in his favor the judge has been extensively questioned by the senate

judiciary committee and probed by the f.b.i. after three women accused him of sexual assault. on friday the senate voted to end debate on the matter by a margin of fifty one senators to forty nine now analysts believe that it's also likely to be the margin in coming as confirmation vote on this floor on friday republican susan collins of maine is announcement of her intention effectively broke the deadlock. mr president 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 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 root elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make sentences look bad don't fall for it other demonstrators were all in favor of cover no it looks as if 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 that 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 courts 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 is 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 the side 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 the very poisoned remarks by dr ford in the hearings certainly elevated 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 most republicans men and women say they side with cavanagh or so it seems that in today's washington party politics basically trumps everything else. michael can you get in washington thank you. time now for some of the other

stories making news around the world the funeral of a thirteen year old boy said to have been shot dead by israeli soldiers has been taking place in gaza officials in the territories said he was one of the palestinians killed in friday's clashes on the border with israel the israeli military said thousands took part throwing explosive devices and grenades at its troops. people in latvia are casting their ballots in parliamentary 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 the biggest fish market in the world has held its final tuna fish auction tokyo's suki market is one of japan's major tourist attractions but now thousands of traders are 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 controversy a controversial move costing the city authorities billions. thank you and then the

market opened in one 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. so a new market has been built but there's been a lot of opposition to the move. you see here in the body but in many didn't 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. it stirs up a lot of emotions in me. to move to the new four billion euro market was delayed for years because of safety concerns it stands on the side to reform the gas plant and the city's government had to spend millions to make it safe from soil and groundwater contamination. to provide temporary parking for the twenty twenty tokyo

olympics before becoming a tourism center this. scientists in hong kong have developed a mini robot that could eventually be used inside the human body but for medical purposes the robot looks like a caterpillar and can move over surfaces through liquid steered by electromagnetic impulses now it's still in the test phase but if developers believe it but one day be able to deliver drugs to any part of the body and also perform medical inspections. in formula one reigning champion lewis hamilton has secured poor position for sunday's japanese grand prix the most sega's 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 revelling. right. this was the moment sebastian vettel 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. cattle was forced to hit the pit and settle for nine his worst qualifying this season the team a sadie's on the other hand switched to slicks rolled across the street. and hamilton finished in pole position. everything half more people but ultimately when it comes to being under pressure making the right decision is right that's why we are the best in the world with try for instance to go in a fifty point lead in the driver's standings hamilton could wrap up the title with time to spare. today's going to sleep again underway in germany but vertical women have already moved into second after beating both

spoke to neil last night dutch midfielder david close and hammered home in the thirty fifth minute to open the scoring. and then net of women second late in the game minutes after coming off the bench they removed blame in above champions by and at least until today's was of art in. spanish or pursing a monster dot com by a has died in her home city of boston loner at the age of eighty five as voice was known for its purity precise control and power and she was a pioneering repopulate arising 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 mercury in recording an album title track barcelona became the anthem of the one thousand nine hundred two summer olympics. for more let's talk to our classical music correspondent rick in on it's good to see you so let's start with

that famous moment in one 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 about 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 i cannae 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 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 operatic singing the premier 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 in they were actually close friends she gave her. earrings that had been given to her by the singers to follow bill contra the particular quality about months 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 and when she did that she'd made her fans ecstatic. going in to have personality she had quite a reputation really as a diva. and that. well you know a diva is also we think of in this sort of. slightly 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 natural a national icon of of space and of course of the world in in 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's some operatic singers do that when their voices are indeed declining she was actually at the height of her career and she kept going at a very very late at a very late phase even singing two years ago. classical music correspondent rick falco thank you thank you. that's a oh well news update for now will be back in exactly forty five minutes but we're going to leave you with that unforgettable voice of loss that i. am for her was the the s.

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