on t.v. . for god to w.'s november focus. this is due to be a news line from berlin america wakes up to where nother mash shooting. it's a horrific scene in america there was blood everywhere. a gunman opened fire inside a crowded california bar killing at least twelve people most of them college students among those killed a veteran police officer trying to save those trapped inside also coming up.

what next for the russia probe questions abound after u.s. attorney general jeff sessions is fired and president trump appoints a critic of the russia investigation to replace him. and the man it aiming for europe's top job germany's a month to bieber is the front runner in the race of succeed mr you're drawn close younger as european commission president so who is he and what could change under his presidency. thank you so much for your company everyone always start with a tragic and unfortunately an all too familiar story by now there has been another mass shooting in the u.s. this time in the state of california at least twelve people have been killed after a gunman opened fire in a bar in the la. san angelo suburb of thousand oaks while the attack took place

late wednesday during a night for college students police say a deputy sheriff's police say a sheriff's deputy responding to the incident is among those killed hundreds of people were inside the bar at the time of the shooting and authorities say the attacker died inside the venue. all right and we can talk now to a jason kemp he is a reporter covering the story in a los angeles he's joining us now on the phone jason can you hear me ok. i hear you just fine ok thank you so much jason for joining us what more can you tell us about what happened there. right now what sources are telling me is that the gunman who happens to be a twenty eight year old male white male drove his mother's car to the bar in thousand oaks about forty miles or forty minutes north west of los angeles he

happens to live in the area he then took his forty five caliber handgun he shot the doorman after the doorman was dead he walked into the bar and started randomly picking targets and he shot and killed eleven people as the first wave of shots fired calls came in a ventura county sheriff's sergeant who was been on the job for three decades twenty nine years went into the bar to try in stop the gunman and he was hit multiple times you used behind a wife and a son and from what we're being told the sources here at the news desk are getting that when the second wave first responders showed up to the bar that the gunman was already dead. jason are there any clues as to what the motive has been. not right now and there is no talk of terrorism but it's never fully off the table

what we see in a lot of these mass shootings is that there's some sort of sign somewhere there's some sort of manifesto on and or a manifesto on facebook or something to that effect we do not know if that is there they have identified the gunman and are are now at his home and searching the premises now right to chase in that camp a donya thank you so much thank you. and we stay in the u.s. were a cabinet shakeup is sending shock waves through washington d.c. president donald trump has fired jeff sessions as attorney general and working relationship to become strained after the president publicly mocked sessions after the former attorney general recused himself from the russia for a while now democrats and even some republicans are worried about what his removal could mean for that investigation. jeff sessions now the

former u.s. attorney general fired by donald trump applauded by his staff as he leaves the justice department the attorney general oversees the department and it's the department that's in charge of special counsel robert miller's mystic ation into russia's possible role in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election and election to put trump into office. thank you very much believes u.s. intelligence agencies believe russia try to sway the election in favor of trump and special counsel is investigating what the trump and his aides colluded let's stay away let's stay away u.s. politicians worried that trump is trying to hold the investigation putting someone in charge who's willing to stop the russia probe protecting moller and his investigation is paramount it would create a constitutional crisis if this were pretty lieut. to ending or greatly limiting

the mall or. investigation because jeff sessions was involved in trump's presidential campaign he formally stepped aside from overseeing mulla giving miller the freedom he required to fully investigate. sessions replacement is matthew whitaker he's openly critical of the investigation and he may have the power to end it you're going to get it with the pirating and firing attorney generals is commonplace in american politics but rarely has it been so controversial. well that story isn't the only one getting everybody's attention in washington right now in an unprecedented move president donald trump has decided to revoke a press pass of c.n.n.'s chief white house correspondent jim acosta restricting the journalists access to the white house while all this after the reporter tried to ask trump a question during a news conference yesterday. terms there we go well if you want us president that this care of this heated exchange cost

a seasoned journalist access to the west wing. that's a white house intern trying to grab the microphone from c.n.n.'s jim acosta he had challenge president trump about his rhetoric towards migrants and then turned his attention to the investigation into russian election meddling. because the trump lashed out at acosta are you worried about indictments coming down to watch c.n.n. should be ashamed of itself having you working for them you are a rude terrible person you shouldn't be working for c.n.n. . the white house then accused the cost of placing his hands on the aide and suspended his press pass. that's a that's one of the other folks that's a tough for me but c.n.n. says there reporter is being punished for challenging the president the news network has called the move a threat to democracy. coming down there were other moments of tension between the

president and journalists'. boss will not be better than yours either so i understand to be out over the course of the just sit down place this standoff march in an escalation of hostilities between the trumpet ministration and the media and a lot you are the enemy of the people go ahead mr president over the course over the course of the last several days of the campaign sir it's such a hostile media it's so said you asked me but no you rudely interrupted him you rudely interrupted him. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. canada's prime minister justin to joe has apologized in parliament for his country's one nine hundred thirty nine refusal to accept a ship carrying over nine hundred german jews fleeing nazi persecution trudeau said the apology was long overdue the ship the m.s. st louis was forced to return to europe where hundreds of those on board later died

in nazi concentration camps. the ne in capital new delhi it was covered in a thick blanket of smog a day after day volley celebrations local reports say the air quality deteriorated to very poor after many people ignored a fire cracker curbed set by the country's supreme court. a german court has ordered the cities of cologne and bonn to ban older diesel vehicles in certain areas they're the latest urban areas to be ordered to cut emissions after environmental groups sued local authorities for breaching e.u. clean air rules regional authorities say they will appeal the verdict. now to a german conservative politician who has set his sights on one of the european union's highest offices manfred is the lead candidate for the european parliament's

conservative bloc to run for the job of e.u. commission president so who is month. and what chances does this little known variant politician have of taking over from. modest serious and seasoned that is month. for more than ten years of the german conservative has been pulling the strings in the european parliament now he's aiming for europe's top job to replace him current european commission president mr europe. up there that is where the president of the european commission currently mr has his office and it's a position you cannot ignore the commission set the agenda on many crucial things in europe such as the budget the migration debate or the brics in negotiations now is the favorite to move into your because office a member of the european parliament since two thousand and four he is seen in

brussels as successful and dedicated to power brokers. but the forty six year old has never held a high government office and his introduction video was more provincial than global . europe was my passion. frankly speaking coming home is really with next week. coming home for me to be i feel safe and i feel i'm coming back now the ambitious but very and has set his sights high as one of few politicians who's always taken clear positions towards president putin after one or triumph but he still has to prove whether he has what it takes to succeed on the highest level as european commission president. all right we're worried now europe's leading conservatives are meeting in the finnish capital house thinking and of a vessel joins me now from the finnish capital where he she is following the

congress of the european peoples party the largest party in the year thank you so much a barber for joining us when mr they were announced his candidacy he tweeted his mission statement that basically was that if we want to defend our way of life we must know what determines us europe needs a debate on identity and dominant culture does that align with what the p.p. wants for europe it lines was part of that if you ones for europe but we also heard here in helsinki today some speakers who in rather fiery terms said we need to stand up and fight for european values we need to stand up and fight for a liberal democracy that was for instance the president of the european council the poll done to screw spoke here so yes the e p p is divided on that and if you look at ces way you're going to push the direction of the party more towards the right

because who currently holds the office of the e.u. commission is sort of on the left side the very liberal side of the christian conservatives and labor is going to change that so it debate about identity and he talked about this too when he spoke here at the congress about churches that we see it every european village and that we need to protect and people feeling at home that is a definitely a different outlook on what the future is supposed to look like all right now tell us a little bit more about mr of aber who is he and how did he manage to get this top job. because he is such a clever pull of strings and maker of deals and backroom slayer that really is his main qualification he has never held high office as we heard he has no experience at all in any kind of government and that's what his critics hold against him

amongst other things for instance that he is still tolerating the autocratic. prime minister of hungary in the rose of the european people's party without really saying you need to change or you need to go be able to tolerate in the future he is somebody who has been flying under the radar sort of the known unknown of european politics in brussels and the question is would the he really is the right man for the top job that will be answered next year we will have to wait and see if i ever base our reporting from house thank you you thank. and before i let you go the pakistani christian woman who had her death penalty overturned last week has been released from prison while initial reports suggest that the a c. a b. b. had been flown out of the country but the government says she's still in pakistan he spent eight years in jail for blasphemy she'd been accused of insulting the prophet muhammad her acquittal triggered violent protests by islamist groups who

called for her immediate execution her lawyer has been granted asylum in the netherlands where he fled because his life was in danger while he told the news that he's asked the dutch government to help his client as c.e.o. of b.p. is it for me at this moment on my little rock in berlin on behalf of the entire new scene thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us news continues of course at the top of the hour see that. germany story by story. colorful. life clears. the most traditional. find it all to any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state. on t.w. dot com.

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