because we're tired of trying to show. taking the stand global news that matters d. double made from arms. this is news live from berlin the f.b.i. praises pittsburgh police officers for their rapid response to the synagogue shooting at a press conference investigators said the quick prevention of the attacker prevented further casualties eleven people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a synagogue in the u.s. city also coming up. far right candidate show you also narrow except for victory in

brazil's runoff presidential election the former army captain has been criticized for making a string of sexist homophobic and racist remarks has repeatedly praised the country's former military dictatorship. welcome to the program there's been a flood of international condemnation after yesterday's mass shooting in a u.s. synagogue which left eleven people dead. is accused of shouting and to semitic slurs as he stormed the pittsburgh synagogue and opened fire at washington i was. thousands gathered in pittsburgh on saturday evening to sing and say prayers for the dead and the wounded to express both solid data. he with the community and that

. this may have been hidden for the past few years but not ceasing empty semites white supremacists and the like are feeling completely emboldened and more confident and confident to go out and express their hateful beliefs in this political climate they're no longer hiding underneath white pointed hoods i feel like the leadership in our country right now is just encouraging violence and i wish to stop. the tree of life synagogue where the shooting happened is in the squirrel hill neighborhood normally it's a tranquil place of worship but on saturday morning the sanctuary became to see eleven people were killed and several more injured including four police officers who took on the attacker i. president donald trump has called the attack an act of evil and called for tougher penalties for such crimes i never heard such

things. whether it's. on another. we have to bring back the death penalty. but this morning at the vatican pope francis also condemned the attack. all of us in reality are wounded by this inhumane act of violence. the lord help us to put out the hotbeds of hate that flare up in our societies. in jerusalem the israeli cabinet observed a minute of silence to honor the victims. of the because of the we stand as one front against anti-semitism and against these barbaric manifestations i call on the entire world to unite in the fight against anti-semitism in every place since. the shooting in pittsburgh is said to be the deadliest attack on the jewish community

in u.s. history. investigators and officials in pittsburgh held a press conference over the progress of the investigation and they said quick action by police prevented further casualties last night at approximately nine pm robert barres was formally taken into federal custody following the issuance of an arrest warrant by a federal magistrate judge here in the western district of pennsylvania is presently still in the hospital following surgery and under guard at this point we have nothing to indicate that bowers had accomplices but again we are in the early stages of this investigation we continue to conduct interviews scrub social media review possible surveillance camera video and exploit digital media to determine how and why bowers committed this terrible act i ask again that if you have information that may help please contact law enforcement i'd like again to thank chief she word of the pittsburgh police for the heroic actions of his officers had

bowers made it out of that facility there's a strong possibility that additional violence would have occurred. well max found out from the news desk joins me in studio has been following this story so max has been interesting chatter about the activity of the shoot as this ship has a tip it's the online yes that's right so the suspect is believed to have used social media to spread his radical beliefs online he is connected to one specific social media account on the social media platform gap that's mostly a network favored by members of the right and you know nazis and the account has been taken down but some of the parts have been archived some of the pouts parts are still out there so let's have a look at what we can see there on line just to give an example of his racist ideology have a look at this banner there's a photograph this is actually the c.e.o. of the platform gap and it says he says free speech means you can offend criticize and make means about any race religion ethnicity or six orientation and this is

basically the ideology of the social media network gap where the shooter also had an account on. well that's interesting but we've also had a lot about this social media platform obviously coming in light of this shooting what distinguishes gab from other social media platforms like to attend facebook and they look very similar yes so most importantly compared to twitter and facebook the network gap has very few rules it's also a lot smaller it has a lot fewer people who are active on it but it has a very limited user guidelines and a lot of users feel they're not welcome on twitter and facebook because they're they cannot engage in a live views and hate speech and things like that so and gap basically is a haven a safe place to do so for them do you think though because the quinces for gab there have been consequences already the app is banned in the good place for has

been banned for a year now already but people just cut off their relationship following yesterday's events and at the moment it does not look like i will be able to continue its service as has right now because there's hosting provider just announced they will pull their service and that starts on monday so it's likely gavel go down for a couple months well max out of from our news desk thank you. let's now turn to some of the other stories making news around the world three people have been wounded in sri lanka as the country's political crisis deepens reports suggest a security guard of a minister in the sacked government opened fire on a crowd allied to the president after they threatened him the country was plunged into crisis on friday when the president sacked the prime minister and appointed and here. people in the former soviet republic of georgia are also electing a new president today the two frontrunners are both former foreign ministers and

the vote is being seen as a crucial test for the ruling party which will have parliamentary elections in twenty twenty. five german chancellor angela merkel has joined the leaders of turkey russia and france in calling for a lasting political solution to the war in syria at the summit in istanbul the leaders pledged to work together to create conditions suitable for peace and stability in the country syria has been ravaged by seven years of civil war. german chancellor angela merkel is bracing for another major blow today this time in regional elections in the state of hesse so where voting has been underway for several hours now now the chancellor of conservative c.d.u. party is expected to suffer heavy losses while the smaller green party and far right alternative for germany look sect for a boost in support this vote is considered a test for the cd use national popularity and after

a string of poor election results no less than merkel's legitimacy as chancellor is at stake. the. brazilians are voting in a run of presidential election today the far right candidate assure you both the narrow is predicted to win the sixty three year old former army captain has been criticised for making a stream of sexist homophobic and recent remarks has also repeatedly praised the military dictatorship which ruled the country from one nine hundred sixty four to one nine hundred eighty five also now is up against a leftist candidate for nanda her dad going into the vote opinion polls put them eight to ten percentage points apart. and ophelia joins me from rio de janeiro's so ophelia both scenarios seems likely you know clearly winning this victory but is there a chance for her dad here i mean recently polls have suggested that that gap is narrowing.

well i can barely hear you at the moment but what i can tell you is that the gap was certainly not erode. eighteen to ten to eight points according to those polls that have been published in the process today that has raised hopes of the workers' party of course very handy that. voted already today and said that here is very certain that most brazilians will go to the poll today and defend democracy. as he told the press but what you can see behind me we are outside your able to narrow house and his supporters of course. very loud as you can hear and they already think that their candidate will be brazil's next president there are already in party mood everyone who is here is very much certain that they will have a triumph tonight. so very loud and also certain of both scenarios victory why is

he so popular. well the phenomenon of yeah it was an arrow is quite similar to that of u.s. president donald trump he is what people think he is different he speaks his mind that his mind that's what they say they think he even though he has radical views he has made sexist and racial and homophobic comments in the past they think this is only a stronger story that the country needs they think he has a strong hand to lead this country and they are also very much disappointed with the fifteen years of the workers' party administrations that they think have led the country to the bad economy should sue ation it in at the moment and they also think that the workers party issue blame for all the big corruption scandals that have been hitting brazil in recent years and so a feel of what could have passed a possible victory rather mean for the country.

well and on the economic side it will be and i liberalization of the market mr bowles and arrow has promised to fuel our national and foreign investment this will mean that he might even make a stronger corporation with neil liberal and new neoliberal governments in the region like chile colombia argentina as well which is one of the biggest corporation partners in brazil on the education side he has promised to make a more conservative education for brazil he wants to eliminate sexual education from the loser example and make it more moral as he calls it education which also includes opening military schools in every brazilian capital stage and he has promised to bring the military to the streets as well he thinks that it is needed to change to fight in sick. here at the end criminality on the streets he has also spoken in favor of stronger penalties for for those criminals and if you have

been in favor of of a gun law for brazilians to have a fire gun. well over your homes a routine joining me from very loud rio de janeiro thank you. a quick now at winter sports the alpine skiing season started in salt in austria on saturday last year's giant slalom world cup winner victoria ribbons was the favorite to win the event but finish which just outside of the podium places in for that paved the way for me to win the season's inaugural reese. snow storm made for difficult conditions for the start of the ski season. after the first round reigning world champion. found herself in third place. and inspired performance followed. the course. through the gates and off

to the decisive second round she claimed the top spot a perfect run unbeatable. unbeatable also for frederica. the italian couldn't keep up with the tempo. pieced second place nevertheless a respectable result considering i was on crutches just two months ago. olympic champion from the u.s. rounded off the podium. meanwhile becomes the first french woman ever to win the giant slalom. and reminding all of the top stories we're following investigators in pittsburgh have held a press conference on the progress of the investigation into a synagogue that killed eleven people. police officers for the quick response to the incident. for the casualties.

face is next. to the polls. to suffer a humiliating loss since. you're watching the news live from we'll have more at the top of the hour thank you for.