this is it every news live from berlin taking the proceedings to the people will come to order. morning everyone the u.s. house of representatives opens his story at 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 to a state of emergency event as the city of canals suffers its worst floods in half a century the 2nd highest tide ever recorded sends water gushing down the famous

city streets and alleyways the mayor claims climate change. on my walk thank you so much for your company everyone well we start this broadcast 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 well today lawmakers are hearing testimony from 2 top diplomats trump has called the process a scam all the democratic house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff highlight at the stakes for these impeachment hearings as he opened the proceedings

. if we find that the president of 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 an exam of a 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 that

they think 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 try and he also said that they believe that it's evident that the you as military aid for ukraine and a potential meeting between the 2 presidents the president of the united states and president zielinski 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 fact and i think that this was very important he said that 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 i understand that while your reporting 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 the trump administration's effort to get the ukrainian government to investigate the bidens and he also

told investigate the investigators how concerned he was to see the president's charms 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 make their case to the

american people. is that a phenomena reporting for you from capitol hill thank you for your continued coverage. 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 the tide level peaked at just under 2 meters leaving homes inundated boats stranded and terse wading through historic st mark's square where the major the mayor rather is now urging government 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 berg murdo film

can sell for the famous cent marks square and blamed climate change for the extreme weather. some applies to all good after thousands of political divorces we just can't wait unfortunately. we have reached a new negative record as on the theory we have to stand together against the ethics of climate change and reform tide accusing us in a little bit in your face 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 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 it will be 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 flood. and we can take you to venice now to 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 elliptic devastation a with more rain forecast how worried are you. well starting

to that in rewarding now because what was supposed to happen it is really happening in the end the city is keeping to slowly sink into the bottom. level of the dives in cuts and 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 wanted to because i see that with what's called an extraordinary time i tell you starting to get the mahler a more normal and what happened yesterday it was a clear demonstration that there was in basically 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 them now are showing all their brevity and they are starting to show up now so we don't know if we have in weeks at the event tomorrow or in a year we will be equally unable to to prevent it and to head against it 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 that if the years that we knew it would have to happen again. and works at the venice is true for the study of contemporary history thank you sir for giving us that update i'd like to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. sudanese for mainland china are leaving hong kong saying they're being targeted in escalating protests against beijing's influence over the territory well it comes as intense clashes continue to rage on university

campuses between protesters and security forces a police have warned the violence has reached dangerous and deadly levels. in bolivia supporters of ousted president evo morales have staged protests in the capital of us all they're demanding that interim president jeanine step down and moralities be reinstated and has declared herself presidents on tuesday after morale is went into exile in mexico following widespread under arrest. authorities in chile say hundreds of people have been injured and over a 1000 arrested in nationwide riots fresh protests erupted on tuesday after the country's currency fell to a historic low that was traders are demanding wide ranging social reforms and their president is of us john piniella step down. the climate change

activist gratitude work 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 due to the unrest that's now been moved to madrid leaving 2 burg on the wrong side of a large ocean and unwilling to fly. she's found a raw age. wants to go back to europe but won't take a plane so she asked if anyone was sailing her way and gotten off. fittingly for a campaign and whose message spread around the world via social media she's traveling with a family the found fame and income for a instagram. many say the teenager has been pivotal in raising awareness and pushing for action on climate change she also credits u.s. president donald 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 he 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 find a way out. she's done her best to leave a smaller carbon footprint as possible but she's left a mark on the united states as a question to him but 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 so argentinian captain

david abraham has been banned for the club's next 6 buddhist league games after knocking over an opposition coach last weekend well the defender plowed down freiburg coach christiane stay here during sunday's game was also going to mass brawl the german f.a. also find abraham $25000.00 yours it will however be allowed to play in frankfurt's 2 well meaning you will probably group 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 well a jock of it should took the 1st set 76 but the 5 time champion could not hold team off longer the 26 year old one of the next 2 sets and called this the best match he's ever played or he has now beaten logic federer and novak djokovic back to back

to move on to the semifinals where the prestigious tournaments in london features the top. 8 men's players in the world. congratulations to my right you're watching news live from berlin jenelle did a lousy is up next on little rock and roll and i'll see you tomorrow same time same place. to the.