this is a deja vue news live from berlin the u.s. senate has voted to approve president trump supreme court nominee geysers fifty. the nays are forty eight. vice president mike pence confirms a close result it means brett kavanaugh will now sit as a judge in the united states highest court and the position is for life. brazilians prepare to go to the polls this weekend in a presidential election that's been mired in division and controversy even including the stabbing of one of the front runners. and byron munich have slumped

to another defeat in the bundesliga they suffered a heavy loss at the hands of boras should mention the. controversial us judge brett kavanaugh has just been appointed to the u.s. supreme court by a majority of american senators the case has thrown open partisan politics in the country with kavanagh having been accused of sexual misconduct by a number of women when he was a young man after much wrangling at a senate hearing earlier in the week vice president mike pence who presided over the vote made the announcement after the ballots were counted on this vote the ayes are fifty the nays are forty eight. the nomination of brit kavanagh of maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is

confirmed for more now let's cross to washington where he wus a stiff and siemens is standing by on capitol hill. schiff in the u.s. senate has now voted brett kavanaugh on to the supreme court fifty votes to forty eight what is the mood like on capitol hill. seem to have a bit of a technical problem connecting it to stephens e-mails but we'll be getting back to him when we can in the coming minutes now to some of the other stories making news around the world in contrast to the political akara monye back home in washington the u.s. first lady millennia trump has spent the last leg of her low key tour of africa visiting the egyptian pyramids and the sphinx her trip took her to three other african countries where she spent time promoting her charity work. and at

least fifty people have been killed in the democratic republic of 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 of metacity to the capital kinshasa it is not yet clear what caused the collision. and people in brazil are preparing to go to the polls to elect a new president the far right candidate show here both an hour oh is confident he can win to morrow and avoid a runoff vote at the end of october his main challenger is the left winger fernando had dad who has who was only confirmed as a candidate less than a month ago. it's the first round of voting in brazil's presidential election after a run up it certainly wasn't short on drama. far right front runner she also not who was stopped by late campaigning leftist former president louis think that the to silva in prison for corruption was eventually writes about minorities and women

had him hitting the headlines long before his stabbing and he's confident he will win. this this is the final push each of you who have been convinced to vote for me managed to get and win me a vote and a half more then we'll settle it in the first try and the first record and then at the end of the month on the twenty eighth everyone can go to the beach and have a barbecue because we want to vote again leftist challenger how dad was not his party's first choice support for him relies on the popularity of his mentor the former president the candidate has warned voters not to be swayed by paulson and what he's an empty figure who hasn't contributed for thirty years and he's going to contribute to brazil night the two main candidates could not be more different their vision some key issues such as pension reform and labor laws are polar opposites it's expected that both sinatra and her dad will face each other again in

a runoff vote on october twenty eighth. we're able to return now to our lead story the controversial confirmation of brett kavanaugh and us supreme court justice by a very tight vote of fifty to forty eight and to cross to our correspondent on the ground in washington state and siemens can you tell us faith and what is the atmosphere like on the ground where you are. right yeah hi there i'm still at the supreme court here the protesters are there are churches here are sitting out for the a bit but i was able to manage to grab two guests for me here one of them is from colorado and as you can see she is a supporter of red cavaney or next to her as eric from the prescott who is of course opposed to the brett kavanaugh confirmation and nomination to supreme court just let me just ask you a question. it takes some guts to show up at a rally again spread kavanaugh with a sign that you're standing with him. why are you standing with him and do you

understand that so many people are voting against him or against his nomination i certainly do i think that as a woman it's really important that i exercise my first amendment rights and show courage in the face of adversity i think that it's important to recognize the tenets of the american political tradition and say that i support due process and that i think judge cavanagh justice have an i think his record speaks for himself so. that's what you should do you say to this there first off let me say how just acquired i am in the us and our job and sass from brasco but you know we have to remember that this was not a legal process it was a job interview and the gentleman who is up for consideration here in the supreme court perjured himself multiple times during this job interview and i have to say i'm very very disappointed in our government and let me ask you the mood you know there is zero doubt if it is going to. cross through all right but i you know one

thing and that is november is coming november is coming. this seems to be like a promise from a bit less than the democrats to change the time the political side coming november sixth do you think that's right absolutely and the thing is let me also say to you that the basket is the headquarters for the germans from russia museum in the united states and nebraska has this great connection with the german community and i'm also german myself so i feel very very strongly about what's happening here and the thing is november is coming and we're going to take back the house and the senate and in the last question do what do you think that is november coming yes it is my that's going to happen absolutely november is coming in the voters are going to say the democrats turned our government into a circus and i can't wait to maintain control of the house and the senate thank you both so i appreciate that ok thank you and so there you have it. quits as you see and this is typical for this country at the moment as to opinions and

they are really contra to each other and there's no middle ground it seems as you could just hear bob dylan versus erick or the other way around if you want to. you are touching on as were your guests the upcoming midterm elections in november how is all this energy going to play out is it going to mobilize voters for instance. yeah it is steps for sure and on both sides not just the democrats manage to stoke and energize their their base and hopefully independent voters too that's what the democrats are hoping for also the republicans are pretty pretty sure that they were able to with this when pushing brett kavanaugh through the nomination process and confirmation process that there were able to stoke and energize their crowds and their. voters or potential voters so this is going to be interesting as of now both

parties both sides are claiming that this was no matter what the outcome is now a good thing for their purposes and for november six term elections if we can just return to justice cavanagh one of the mechanics of him taking on his new job and when will he be making decisions. well. he will be sworn in today actually in a few hours from now and then that will happen right here in this building next to me. that chief justice roberts will do this he will be sworn in and then he will be justice social justice at the supreme court now what does that mean that means that this court will be considerably more conservative than it was just a few days ago or actually a few hours ago so out of those nine judges the majority is now are you believe conservative and that will have of course and that's why i read kevin i was

nominated and that's why the republican put so much effort in it to confirm him also this will have an impact of many many many political decisions for the whole country as you bt equal rights abortion roe versus wade. dreamer's immigration is actress or to health care obamacare all those issues will be ending up it seems like he on those stairs and in this. chambers of the supreme court mr cavanaugh will have a vote there a conservative vote and this is why the crowd behind me doesn't like at all. is it possible to have an idea of the effect this controversial confirmation and the divisions that showed up in the american body politic throughout it will have on american women because this is the heart of the controversy was of course an accusation by an american university professor that justice cabinet had attempted to rape her over thirty years ago our american women feeling today.

yeah i depend on how you look at it of course women are the core group here and when i say core group that means the interest political interests of both parties is on this group women on the left democrats they are of course not happy at all to the contrary they're angry they're frustrated they don't want this candidate with this alleged history. on the on the supreme court bench not at all and they will that's what they say all along and now very very very audibly go to the polls in november nice and make sure that they will change the set up off the house of representatives and the senate if possible now the same works for the republicans the republicans have of course women voters too and as you just have seen with dylan there's women young women all women of all ages who say like look there was nothing corroborated with the f.b.i. or in the f.b.i. report and in front of the senate hearing with mr card and all he's an independent

judge after all conservatives yes independent yes but disregard those allegations now you will see that women and for expenses passionately in urban centers will make a huge difference in the upcoming midterm elections. go to the polls in masses that will have an effect for one way or another republicans and or democrats ok. thank you very much that was the dovish defense the ones in washington reporting on the nomination and confirmation of justice kavanagh to the u.s. supreme court in other news these spanish opera singer months are up have a year has died in her home city of barcelona at the age of eighty five voice was known for its purity as well as its power she also helped make popular again the operatic form known as bel canto in one thousand nine hundred seven she joined a rock star freddie mercury in recording an album the title track barcelona became one of her most famous songs.

but even. she was said to be the last great diva of the opera world besides her challenge her smile sense of humor and humanity made monster got caught by a extremely popular. voice old 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. café 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. movie musical going to being connected to music doesn't

mean just one specific genre it means everything and 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 not caught by a may have been the last great diva but more importantly she was a wonderful person. a stupendous force and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you the u.s. senate has voted to approve president trump supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh by fifty votes to forty eight despite allegations of sexual misconduct in his past you're watching news stay tuned for the bundesliga with chris harris thanks for watching.

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