why aren't people more consigned. to the 1st w. this is deja vu news live from burlesque on the american addresses harvard's graduating class the german chancellor makes her case for multilateralism and tackling global challenges and urges graduates to embrace optimism rather than limitations or bring you analysis of her speech. also coming out the window in hope of finding survivors of the past both tragedy 21 people are still missing after

a tourist boat sank last night on the river down police have been detained had to change one of the captains involved in the collision. i'm sumi so much going to thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel has delivered the commencement address for this year's graduating class at harvard university medical reflected on germany's past a speaking of her formative years growing up in east germany in the shadow of the berlin wall the chancellor reaffirmed her commitment to achieving climate neutrality of germany by the year 2050 she dressed graduates after accepting an honorary doctorate in law from the university. let's listen to what she said don't forget that freedom is never something that can be taken for granted. surprise to so with what is possible. remember that

openness always involves risks letting go of the old is part of the new beginning and above all nothing can be taken for granted everything is possible thank you thank thing . washington bureau chief ally from the phenomena traveled to harbor to take in the speech today and she joins us now hi alexander good to see you so what did you make of the speech and what did students think of it. i total many graduates here and they seemed to be very impressed by the speech and they told me that they think that merkel struck the right tone that that was the right message for this day for this occasion they felt inspired they were talking about the quote we just heard

today that say you know everything is possible that it's important to think what is right to do not only what you can do and that was america's message here that it is now up to the students to the graduates to tackle the problems that we are facing and to do that it's important to work together to stay together for a very positive message and i think that the students at least the students i talk to like to do very much our standard there was a lot of speculation ahead of the speech what would she talk about would it be more personal would it be more political do you think this was a political message from the transfer. i think that it was very personal it was very smart for from her perspective to talk about her personal experiences growing up in east germany and seeing the berlin wall every day but it was also a sort of political speech when she talked about the transatlantic relationship and

you know this relationship is big trouble right now with president trump in the white house criticizing germany criticizing queue up calling you up for so by saying that this transatlantic relationship is so important based on fundamental values such as democracy human rights that has given us more than 70 years of peace and prosperity there was a political message i would say and alexander you know we should say that at home chancellor merkel is facing various challenges and a lot of criticism what do you think this meant to her the significance to her to receive this honorary degree and also to deliver this address. i think that it was important for of course otherwise she wouldn't be here it wasn't on earth no question about that and it was of course a break from political to appeal and government is facing and germany and she as

a german leader is facing us. all right our correspondent alexander phenomena reporting there at the harvard university where the chancellor were speaking earlier in the afternoon alexander good to speak to you thank you. now some other stories making headlines around the world for the 2nd time this month thousands of university students in brazil are skipping classes to protest cuts in higher education spending earlier this month the president announced the government would freeze 30 percent of discretionary spending for public universities in the 2nd half of this year. afghan peace talks have ended in moscow with the taliban and afghan officials saying progress towards a cease fire has been made the taliban would not confirm whether it would participate in presidential elections russia is mediating between the factions as a jockey's with washington for influence in the country. and austria president. has

named a constitutional judge good to be aligned as the country's interim chancellor the airline will lead a caretaker government until snap elections due in september austria's 1st female chancellor replaces conservative sebastian courts who lost a confidence vote after the collapse of his coalition government. and police have detained the captain of a ship that collided with a sightseeing boat in budapest last night he is suspected of criminal negligence $33.00 south koreans were on board the tour boat when it sank in the danube river after the collision 7 people have been confirmed dead while 21 others are still missing. hope is fading that anyone else will be found alive survivors recounting what happened see help came too late and have asked why the cruise was allowed to go ahead in such bad weather police have opened a criminal investigation. sure here unfortunately we find 7 dead bodies

their identification is in progress i see of the 7 day 2 of them have been fully identified 21 people are still missing you want to go to sure. it began as a night on the river for a group of south korean tourists and ended in tragedy their boat the mare made is clipped by the viking sicken a river cruise ship 5 times its length the mare made capsizes and then in a matter of seconds it sinks so korea's president chaired an american sea meeting in the ira's after the incident. your government will work closely with the hungaroring government to investigate the cause of the accident for the child's correlated departments to do their best to support the victims and their families. relatives are already on their way

accompanied by south korea's foreign minister the country is sending its own team to help with the rescue effort hoping i've ever slim the chances are to find survivors correspondent stefan bourses on the banks of the danube in budapest for us and he joins us with the latest hi stefan we've heard just now that one carrying authorities have just arrested the captain of the cruise boat that was involved in the collision what is the latest you can tell us about the investigation and also ongoing rescue operations. sure well the police authorities have taken it very seriously from the beginning day have said dale want to know what happened today very soon already started a criminal investigation into what is really the biggest tragedy for hungary in the danube river in 75 years now what they also know is as you said already at least 7 people died but they are believing that number will go up because star still

looking for more than 20 people and. chances are very very slim at this point today survived and. authorities are really counting on a huge debt still. seem to moral it's a huge tragedy stephon in south korean rescue specialists as we saw are also on their way what can they add to these operations. which well what's interesting is that the people who are arriving here are also experts who were involved in fact in a very in a ferry accident in south korea that killed hundreds of people that bus so one south korea most a horrible accident and they are hoping to advise the government in how to proceed next and of course. besides them there also do the relatives still for those who died they are arriving here as well and i can also tell you that i've already seen

flowers and also people burning candle c. are nearby for to victims it's really a tragedy. felt in south korea but also among the hunger ariens living here in this neighborhood and stephanie what's the situation right right now are tourists both still operating. well no certainly not in the area where i'm now of basically there is a ban on shipping here to police trying to control really this situation because there is some concern and already for some time that are simply too many sightseeing vaults in effect critics have pointed out that authorities were already warned a few years ago that this kind of accidents happen so i think what you will see is a discussion on new rules of the waterways in hungary especially here all night the danube river to avoid those such a tragedy once again all right corresponds to humble speaking to us from budapest thank you. modi has been sworn in for

a 2nd term as india's prime minister his party the b j p made history by increasing its majority in parliament after a 2nd consecutive landslide win modi took the oath of office in the gardens of the presidential palace in front of $8000.00 people including south asian leaders and bollywood stars his cabinet was sworn in at the same ceremony. has been following the ceremony in delhi india as prime minister and the remainder more beehives been sworn in today for his 2nd term in office as the prime minister of india he has taken is all in front of the president of the country and along with him his council of ministers as well as as a scab on the top all of this government has been charged with dealing with several issues of follows crisis the highest unemployment of the country has seen in 45 years but with the massive mandated they have been awarded it looks like the country trusts the prime minister as well as the bard. to deliver on the promises

being made in that on up to the election another interesting thing about this wedding and said to me all the guests in light of the foreign dignitaries from other countries now at the last swearing in back in 2014 prime ministers and leaders of the sarc nations the south asia regional cooperation group invited. actually somehow become the fund because it actually hospice done as a member and it was back in 2016 the last time a summit was attempted in get rejected going to that summit because also a terror attack that had happened back in $216.00 now this time and $29.00 members off the beams to a group have been invited this is basically another beach no cooperation group that centers around the building go to the east of india and these leaders have been invited to a focus not only on monitoring security in trade but on india's. neighborhood 1st

look east policy is a clear indications being made about national policy as well as foreign policy and as ready with its new government for the next 5 years and primus in any of them or the is at the helm once again. now the us state of georgia plans to introduce radical new anti-abortion laws and back could cost it economically the state is a major hub for the film and entertainment industry but some production companies are threatening to leave if those new laws are enacted. the story takes you to new york tokyo and even into deep space but this year's greatest blockbuster was almost entirely in atlanta avengers and again this just one of many movies produced in georgia the southern states it's one of the biggest production helps in the u.s. even surpassing california as the state with the most feature films produced. but with conservative forces turning back the clock on abortion and threatening women's

rights many of the traditionally liberal studios are threatening to leave. many people who work for us will not want to work there and will have to heed their wishes in that regard right now we're watching it very carefully if it becomes law and i don't see how it's practical for us to continue to shoot there. with netflix also threatening a boycott the state's movie industry seems in peril and the potential damage huge business insiders pick the economic impact of georgia's movie industry at around $10000000000.95 jobs. meanwhile the fight continues and for georgia governor brian kemp it is more about faith than business . we are called to be strong and courageous. and we will not back now we will always continue to fight for life georgia's radical

abortion ban and similar legislation in louisiana missouri and other bible belt states as expected to be challenged in court. you're watching news don't forget you can always go to our web site get every dot com that has the latest news and information around the clock to have your business with stephen directly is coming right up in just a few minutes stay tuned for that. i'm secure that volume or that's hard and in the end this i mean you're not allowed to stay here any more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers with clients and the what's your story ready.

i'm with numbers of women especially in victims of violence.