this is the w. news live from berlin president trump supreme court nominee wins crucial backing to keep senators pledged their support for judge brack cover no he could be confirmed later today the senate is due to vote on the controversial nominee despite allegations of sexual misconduct. and one of oprah's great voices for silent. the music world mourns the loss of soprano montserrat come by here who has died at

the age of eighty five. thank you for your company u.s. senators who vote later on saturday where the controversial candidates judge brack cover no will join the supreme court on friday a number of possible swing senators made it clear that they would support the nomination two republicans susan collins and joe manchin confirmed their support making it likely that the vote to pass by at least two ballots unless there are some dramatic last minute changes meanwhile demonstrations against a possible appointment of coven all continue in washington. for more let's cross to washington where d.w. stephens humans is standing by on capitol hill. so stephanie it looks like judge

kevin was confirmation to the supreme court is all but assured. yeah absolutely right it is it looks like that in a few hours we expect the vote to happen in the building right behind me and let me fill you in this is of course where congress is also congress building here robbie i mean let me fill you in though first what's going on right now if police is coming i'm stepping out of the picture they could see that so protesters amassing at this moment are getting more and more very agitated and very energized. went up to the to the stairs there and washington police and capitol police just not like that at all so they are moving in right now with more policemen and they will go on they will be starting to arrest those people there sounds maybe worse than it is because they will be then transported in in buses to a process center then there will be bail posted that's about

a fifty dollars bail and something and then they can go home and if there's a fine to be paid then organizations those protesters are with they're going to pay that now and i'm going to step back into the picture and answer the question so five o'clock local will be the time when we expect the critical and crucial vote in the senate to happen which confirms red cavanaugh who will then take his new position a new job in the building behind that building the supreme court supreme court justice as soon as he's sworn in. so obviously the pictures we're seeing a showing the manifestation of how divided america is at this point so should cover no get this confirmation what would it mean for his tenure in the supreme court. well he is pushing and his nomination and confirmation and that was the big fear of those people behind me here and that's behind me and that's why they are so energized and stoked against kavanaugh and his nomination and now confirmation is

that the court will really move to the conservative side of things this is not a court anymore with the appointment and with the with the nomination and confirmation not appointment of mr cavanaugh which will go turn to the right so it will be a conservative vote which will not represent america because as you can see america is politically speaking a divided country it is really really split deeply split along the political divide and that is pro kavanaugh versus contra or against kavanaugh and the anti kavanaugh protesters are having a last to re here with battle cries like shame shame shame on you and that is obviously addressed to the senators those critical senator susan collins and jeff flake the republicans who will as they have said vote yes for the confirmation of fred cavanaugh but stephanie let's not forget that this is a big victory at least it would be for donald trump's republican party wouldn't it

. absolutely right no doubt a huge victory for the white house for donald trump and his agenda two thousand and sixteen campaign remember he came out said you can like me or hate me i don't really care but i will be if i am elected i will be nominating conservative judges for this country to take a conservative direction in the supreme court for decades to come so yes that's a wonderful wonderful victory for him and also it benefits him for the campaign trail president will head to topeka kansas today for tour to hold a speech again on a on a campaign event or keep a campaign like event so. we will probably hear from him before he takes off to this event or when he is there oh happy yes this year is a huge success politically speaking for the tribe as well as for the republican party. stephens the ones with the latest in washington thank you.

now to some of the other stories making news around the world in contrast to the political tumult back home in washington u.s. first lady maloney a trump has spent the last leg of her low key tour of africa visiting the egyptian pyramids and this being a trip took her to three other african countries where she spent time promoting her charity work. fifty people have been killed in congo after an oil tanker collided with another truck authorities say at least one hundred people were injured the tanker was on its way from the western city. to the capital kinshasa it's not yet clear what caused the commission. on sunday voters in brazil will be casting their ballots in the first round of the country's most divisive presidential election in decades and that's largely due to the controversy surrounding the ballots far right frontrunner. the polls give him a solid lead over his leftist opponent and that has many voters worried that

a candidate who is openly hostile to gays ethnic minorities and women 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 lucas alay 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. or to make you both not really afraid that both the novel might win because if he does we'll have a civil war. because the empty bowl so narrow movements like illinois not him we won't stand still we won't accept it but i'm very afraid of what might happen in

the main states where our militancy is very strong. and take on the comically i don't even understand how a person like both so narrow 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. but obvious thing polson are really has the iron fist the country needs to combat street violence and turn around the economy. but he's going to make things right people are confused thinking bring back tara that he's a soldier capable of killing that's wrong he's very are going to highest and i say this because i lived with a soldier and a soldier's organized. that it is that. not all vote for boston are one sunday because he's a candidate that defends family values. because it is the only presidential candidate that has not been involved in corruption scandals. i think their teen

years of the workers' party didn't solve anything that i think a candidate free of corruption scandals can do. great job with animals or not here was there was it because i like him and the plans that he has. some observers fear that if both the naru 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 want some even think a fascist is needed to usher in a military government at the ballot box your first puppet of sample some people really do think that way disenchantment with politics can sometimes lead to very violent ideas. new impetus divisions among brazilians

could even deeper and if the election goes to a runoff at the end of the month. the biggest fish market in the world has held its final tuna fish auction tokyo's so kids the market it's one of japan's major tourist attractions but now thousands of traders of packing up and preparing to move to a gaming new market open on an artificial island in tokyo bay next week it's been a controversial move though costing the city authorities billions. 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 assumptions of buying and selling remain much the same eighty three years on the market sets some 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. p.t.p. in the body but many people worry that the new market will not be the same and

that's what people don't want to know and i've been working here for twenty three years and i don't want him fighting it stirs up a lot of the. the move to the new four billion euro market was delayed for years because of safety concerns and stands on the sides of the former 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 six before becoming a tourism center. in the bundesliga there was a seven go through as they came from behind against oxburgh. came on in the sixtieth minutes with his side one nil down he put in a man of the match display scoring three goals in just over half an hour to grab before three win for document. a stick a look now at the results so far on match day seven hanover grabbed their first win

of the season against gut shock a defeated dusseldorf two nil minds of us is here to was goalless well by and are set to play in saturday's late game on friday via deployment continued their strong start to the season with a two nil win over. dutch middlefield david clause and how many home in the thirty fifth minute to open the scoring and then you die net to bremen secondly in the game just minutes after coming off the bench when moved by men above champions by and in the league at least until saturday's games are over. and there are three games on sunday with laver cozen in try book frankfurt in hoffenheim and host nuremberg. spanish opera singer once there at a cut by a has died in her home city of buffalo and at the age of eighty five voice was known for its purity and power and she was a pioneer in group popularizing

a form of operatic singing known as bel canto in one thousand nine hundred seven joined trucks to freddie mercury in recording an album the title track the mona became one of her most famous songs. name. she was said to be the last great diva of the opera world besides her talent her smile sense of humor and she manatee made monster got caught by a extremely popular. voice sold ready made waves when she was just seven years old singing. she made her debut in one nine hundred fifty six and basel switzerland and her breakthrough came almost ten years later at carnegie hall in new york from then on she wowed audiences in some of the world's biggest opera houses with her distinctive bel canto performances. by

a also took offer to the pop charts in fact her earlier duet with freddie mercury singing barcelona became the anthem of the one nine hundred ninety two summer olympic games. the musical beyond being connected to music doesn't mean just one specific genre it means everything you know it's like the stuff if you look at all of them then you can just stare at one of them you see all of them. at barcelona's opera house people are already paying their respects to one of their city's prodigal daughters for them once that's cut by a may have been the last great diva but more importantly she was a wonderful person.

absolutely stunning voice and a reminder of the top story we're following for you two kids and it has pledged their support for judge brett's coven all he could be confronted later today the senate is due to vote on the controversial nominee despite allegations of sexual misconduct. it's indeed up in years live from berlin thank you for watching. on the. armed forces are under pressure they're battling recruiting public outdated and broken down equipment and limited budgets. all the challenges a huge this in the not enough planes are not enough transport helicopters. tanks we have ten divisions that don't have tanks up belief so don't sourcing and privatization are the order of the day in all areas but not composed to.