our. trip starts november 14th. this is you know we news live from berlin taking the proceedings to the people. who come to work. morning everyone the u.s. house of representatives opens historic public impeachment hearings against president donald trump in the biggest challenge yet to his presidency democrats want to prove he abused his office also coming up

a state of emergency venice the city of canals suffers its worst floods in half a century the 2nd highest tide ever recorded since water gushing down the famous city streets and alleyways the mayor claims climate change. and while arctic you so much for your company everywhere we begin in the u.s. with high drama on capitol hill lawmakers have begun the 1st public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump all democrats are trying to prove that president trump abused his office by threatening to withhold millions of dollars in aid to ukraine unless that government investigated the family of his leading political rival joe biden all today lawmakers are hearing testimony from 2 top diplomats. trump has called the process

a scam as well democratic house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff highlighted the stakes for these impeachment hearings as he opened the proceedings if we find that the president i'm states abused his power and invited foreign interference in our elections or if he sought to condition coerce extort or bribe an ally into conducting investigations to aid israel lection campaign and did so by withholding official acts a white house meeting or hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military aid must we simply get over it is this what americans should now expect from their president if this is not impeachable conduct what is let's go live now to alexander the nominee in washington on capitol hill where key witness statements are currently underway so good to have you here alexander we just heard from adam schiff what more did he have to say when he opened proceedings. well in

this opening statement adam schiff delivered a very good summary of what the democrats believed to have found out so far today thing that it is evidence that presidents trumps ukraine policy was not in the national interest of the united states but it was rather in the personal interest of presidents trump he also said that they believe that it's evident that the e.u. as military aid for ukraine and a potential meeting between the 2 presidents the president of the united states and president zelinsky of ukraine that both of those things were conditioned on ukraine's announcement of an investigation into 2016 election meddling and into hunter biden joe biden's son and he also pointed to one more effect and i think that this was very important he said to that many information pieces are still missing but that it is the white house and the trump administration that is

preventing witnesses from testifying testifying telling them that they should defy subpoena and he said that that could be considered as a novel or impeachable offense as obstruction of congress so a very significant statement here a very significant statement indeed in our understand that while you were porting we're hearing of course from a key witnesses most notably bill taylor can you tell us all a bit more about him who is he. bill taylor is a very respected top diplomat he's served under republican and democratic administrations for 50 years and he's known for his very good memory for it he's taking speaking always very well informed and he has already provided the investigators with the details about administration's effort

to get the ukrainian government to investigate the bidens and he also told to investigate the investigators how concerned he was to see the president's tribes personal lawyer giuliani being engaged in this matter and trying to sideline experience american diplomats in ukraine what in conclusion alexander what do you think the democrats are hoping to achieve by holding these public hearings. well the democrats are saying that the process is still ongoing that they have just started and started the impeachment inquiry but of course they seem to be convince that they have a case here and they know that eventually it will be important for them to convince the american public that the president has committed something that is really

impeachable that he abused his office so they have to made their case to the american people i was at a phenomenal reporting for you from capitol hill thank you for your continued coverage. well next one of europe's most important cultural landmarks in the world's most popular tourist destination is facing catastrophe venice is swamp suffering from the highest tide in more than half a century while the tide level peaked at just under 2 meters leaving homes inundated boats stranded and tourists wading through historic st mark's square the mayor is now urging the government in rome to help and says the damage is likely to cost hundreds of millions of euros. alarm sounds throughout venice's historic center warning people to find higher ground to escape one of the worst floods in decades high winds and rain caused the water

level to surge to almost $0.19 a meters with waves crashing into buildings. mayor luigi broken out of film can sell for the famous scent marks square and blamed climate change for the extreme weather. some applies to on what after thousands of political forces we just can't wait unfortunately. we have reached a new negative record join a few we have to stand together against the effects of climate change and reform tide accusing us in a little bit in history to the community. now it's all hands on deck to push stranded boats back into the water. larger vessels require more than manpower. tourists are taking raised walkways to reach the city's famous sites including st mark's basilica.

the basilica itself was flooded for only the 6th time and its 1200 year old history . workers are assessing the damage. there is plenty of anger here the more a system designed to protect venice from high water has faced constant delays all this sort of did she added for the movie they've been on it for 10 years but they've done nothing it's in total neglect it doesn't work and it's only $6000000.00 euros in italy unfortunately that's the way it is our politicians are all thieves we should all be in jail and i've been a bit peeved if god. has locals take in the aftermath city officials say the damage totals hundreds of millions of euros this as people prepare for yet more days of flooding. and we can take you to venice now to a julio bobo he works at the venice institute for the study of contemporary history so good of you to join us sir now the governor of the venator region a look at syria described the floods as apical liptak devastation

a with more rain forecast how worried are you. starting to that in reward and now because what was supposed to happen it is really happening in the end this is keeping to slowly sink into the bottom. level of the dives in constantly growing and we see that in this moment we don't have a real project that seems to work for try to put at least the situation on hold or under control until it will be able to be handled the completely i'm wanted to because i see that what was called an extraordinary time you started to get them are a more normal what happened yesterday it was a clear demonstration that there was in the control of the situation so it briefly if you can in terms of the authorities handling of these floods i mean what do you make of it were they prepared. we're not prepared the major project

who was supposed to help us to protect the city is not working it is not supposed to start to work for at least another 2 years and there are major flaws who are already there were expected the now are showing all their gravity and they are starting to show up now so we don't know if we have or in except the event tomorrow or in the year we will be equally unable to to prevent it and to have again stated as it is we are now and that we can tell that this comes out of the blue because it is 50 years it is more than 50 years that we knew it would have to happen again julio above 0 works at the venice district for the city of contemporary history thank you sir for giving us that update. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. in bolivia supporters of al serge president evo morales have staged fresh protests in the capital us all they're

demanding that interim president jeanine and yes step down and rallies be reinstated and he has declared herself president on tuesday after morales went into exile in mexico following widespread unrest. israel has launched fresh air strikes against palestinian militants in gaza killing several people tensions have risen after the israeli military assassinated a senior leader of the islamic jihad early on tuesday at least 21 palestinians have been killed in the air strikes militants have fired hundreds of rockets into israel and retaliation. paris is marking the 4th anniversary of the islamic state terror attacks that killed more than $100.00 people ministers in the city's mayor laid wreaths in remembrance of the victims hardest target the bought a klon a concert hall as well as bars and restaurants near the national stadium.

the climate change activist gratitude burke sailed across the atlantic to new york as part of her campaign to get world leaders to act on climate change while she was supposed to continue on to the cop 25 climate conference in chile next month but that's in the meantime been moved to madrid leaving to embark on the wrong side of a large ocean and unwilling to fly. she's found a raw each. wants to go back to europe but won't take a plane so she asked if anyone was sailing her way and gotten off. 50 leave for a campaign and whose message spread around the world via social media she's traveling with a family that found fame and income via instagram. many say the teenager has been pivotal in raising awareness and pushing for action on climate change she also credits u.s. president trump he's so extreme and he says so extreme things.

so i think people wakes people wake up by that in a way so i think if. the situation would of course have been different if he was not the president. that i thought when he got elected that's now people will finally now people must finally wake up. she's done her best to leave a smaller carbon footprint as possible but she's left a mark on the united states as prepares to leave america artists unveiled a tribute in san francisco her next focus 1st the climate conference if i get to the cup 25 in time then i will participate in that because i received an invitation to do so and then i'll go home i think. to go with

a shy smile and a fierce message is on her way. frankfurt's argentinian captain david abraham has been banned for the club's next 6 bonus league games after knocking over an opposition coach last weekend of a defender plowed down a freiburg coach christiane during sunday's game resulting in a mass brawl all the german after a also find abraham $25000.00 euros he will however be allowed to play in frankfurt's 2 remaining europa league games. tennis now austria's dominic team booked an early semifinal spot at the a.t.p. finals with a stunning group stage victory over world number one novak djokovic or jock itch took the you 1st 676 but the 5 time champion could not hold off any longer the 26 year old won the next 2 sets and called this the best match he's ever played

while he has now beaten logic federer and nadal novak djokovic back to back to move on to the semifinals a prestigious tournament in london features a top 8 men's players the boy. coming up next on news biz africa tesla has picked germany to be the home of its european gigafactory and the news has made huge waves test runs new facility could bring $10000.00 jobs to berlin to now do allow we'll have that story for you and a whole lot more in less than a minute and i'll see you again at the top of the hour. with. loco to the girl back seat to. host goodbye stewards. with exclusive. must see concerning sparkling culture to ensure a. place to be for curious minds. do it yourself networkers.

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