this is g.w. news live from berlin a school shooting in the united states leaves 2 people dead it happened at a high school near los angeles police say the shooter is in the hospital after turning the gun on himself we'll go live to l.a. for the latest also coming up italy declares a state of emergency after catastrophic flooding in venice the highest times in half a century the government calling the floods upload to the heart of the country.

i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we begin in the united states where schoolchildren have again become the target of the shooter 2 people are reported dead 4 others are in the hospital 2 of them in critical condition a male suspect reportedly opened fire at saugus high school in the city of sanford florida new york los angeles police say that he's in the hospital and in grave condition after turning the gun on himself are joining me now from los angeles is jason kept a donia he is the l.a. bureau chief with n.b.c. news radio good evening to you jason so this death toll in this tragedy is rising what were do we know about the victims. well right now there are multiple people in

surgery and the gunman. is considered to be in grave condition now i just spoke with the los angeles county sheriff alex being away about and he tells me that you know the shooter did some damage by putting a 45 caliber pistol to his head and then pulling the trigger he's listed in great condition although there are some reports out right now saying that he's dead he may be technically brain dead but if the status stays that and he's in grave condition they're not going to move off of that the other victims are expected to survive there is one that remains in critical condition has undergone some surgery some other people have some bullet fragments some injuries from there some penetrating wounds and some other people suffered some minor injuries from the trampling from the students trying to run and get to safety we know jason that the suspect was 16 and today we've heard was his birthday do we

have a motive. you know but it just kind of coincidentally coincides with this birthday then that's why investigators are really doing a deep dive into a social media posts there's a rumored instagram post now i have not confirmed this independently but i will say that a screenshot of a instagram post is now floating around and where the shooter proclaimed exactly what he was going to do because it was his birthday and whether or not that is true i haven't confirmed that but the school did receive a threat recently a shooting threat and it's not clear if this student was tied to that threat but that's what launched a bunch of shooter drills and talks with parents as well as students all right so there could be a possible manifest circulating somewhere on line and what about this this young person 1516 year old having a gun do we know how we had how we got his hands on this gun no we don't and

that for a 15 year old to own a handgun is it legal here in california you have to be $21.00 and you have to be $21.00 to buy or to purchase a high powered rifle or an assault style rifle it may be his mother's we know that his mother and his girlfriend are talking with police right now being investigated they are not persons of interest or suspects of any kind but they are being investigated i'm not sure if there is a father involved here i'm not sure if it's the mom's gun or maybe their girlfriend got it we can speculate for days but hal this child got ahold of a handgun and it's a 45 caliber semiautomatic pistol we just learned that new details we're not exactly sure. definitely a tragedy jason carroll donia l.a. bureau chief with n.b.c. news radio jason thank you thank you.

well u.s. secretary of state might bump a 0 is urging european countries to take back their citizens who joined a so-called islamic state and to ensure that they are prosecuted many former i.d.f. fighters are being held in northern syria guarded by kurdish troops met thursday with diplomats from 30 countries involved in the fight against the jihadist group. says that countries should hope the thousands of foreign nationals who fought in the name of isis accountable for the atrocities that they committed in iraq and syria. a public hearings against donald trump began this week with fresh revelations about the u.s. president's phone call with his ukrainian counterpart and while the drama plays out on capitol hill thousands of kilometers away the man on the other side of that line to the white house is called up in his side of the events of

a lot of me as alinsky has much more attention from the u.s. than he ever wanted right now we ask how ukraine gate looks seen from kiev and see what's at stake there. we had. i think good phone call it was normal we spoke about many things and. so i think when you're ready that nobody bullshit bullshit me yes no credit. no pressure on ukraine to launch an investigation into trump rival joe biden's son hunter that's a claim that since been challenged by numerous top u.s. officials testifying to congress irrespective of whether this ends in impeachment to trump what does this mean for his visibly uncomfortable guest polygamous lenski and the country elite. as worrying is ukraine gate is for ukraine's leaders in the streets of the capital kiev it's barely making waves most people

a struggling to understand just what trump is accused of wanting from celeste. you'd have to ask trump what it is he wanted to be honest i don't have a clue on their noses and probably wanted to make ukraine join nato and the e.u. . has this to translate he should have 3 but it trump has his reelection to think about. and selenski really wants to be friends with world leaders that's why he caved in. as far away as the so-called ukraine scandal might feel to ordinary ukrainians this is clearly about more than just making friends with world leaders $400000000.00 in military aid to be precise dependent on presence alinsky is willingness to launch an investigation into trump opponent joe biden's son hunter so the allegation goes in ukraine's 5 you conflict with russia u.s. military assistance and financial support being crucial until now aid for ukraine

has enjoyed bipartisan support in washington but could that support now evaporate if ukraine was seen to be meddling in u.s. domestic politics well i think his strategy was to avoid taking sides because he understands that the american support the international support is crucial for for ukraine because ukraine is facing russian aggression imagine if you crane is loses american support that means that ukraine is left alone with russia and no country that is left alone with that can basically survive. just 6 months into the job and president selenski now faces an enviable choice please don't trump by investigating hunter biden and face allegations of interference in u.s. affairs would drag his feet there risking curing the hostility of the man in charge of ukraine's most important ally it's a lose lose situation and with the impeachment inquiry gathering pace sitting tight and keeping quiet will prove more difficult by the day. or here's some of the other

stories now that are making headlines around the world in baghdad fresh clashes between anti-government protesters and police have left at least 4 dead and dozens more injured demonstrators are demanding political reforms amid government corruption and economic hardship over $300.00 people have been killed since the protests erupted in early october renewed clashes have broken out in the bolivian capital will pause the unrest comes a. day after the senate leader jeanine on yes was sworn in as interim president the former president evo morales was alstad this weekend he is in exile in mexico. the european union has launched legal action against the u.k. for refusing to nominate a commissioner to the e.u. on wednesday britain said that it would not be putting forth a candidate to serve on the e.u. commission until after parliamentary elections in britain on december 12th.

while italy has declared a state of emergency after catastrophic flooding in venice the government in rome has released 20000000000 euros for immediate aid she said because describing the disaster as a blow to the heart of the country the mayor of venice says that the very future of the city is now at stake. on thursday the water rose and then retreated on st mark's square the basilica one of venice is most iconic landmarks is among the worst hit by the flooding it's cricked has been swamped. prime minister just set picante rushed to the city to assess the situation he promised his government will act swiftly to provide funds and resources. gun or the nickel committee i organized will be needed to join in all the infrastructural problems of venice in order to govern all the problems of venice will face the

problems of big cruise ships the most a problem and the problem of coordinating better with the appropriate authorities. now call authorities estimate that more than 85 percent of the city was inundated in the past days. high winds and heavy rain tribe the water level to almost $0.19 to me says it hasn't been this bad since 1966 may luigi putting our 0 blamed climate change for the extreme weather and said venice was on its knees there's also plenty of anger here as intimately as you can i have a small shock and we had around $15000.00 euros worth of damage i was prepared for a maximum of 60 centimeters of water but it was well over 70 that we didn't have enough electricity and my pump wasn't strong enough to stop it. and on to see barry a call to moser is being constructed to protect venice from high water but it's not

finished yet it is face constant delays since construction began in 2003 as locals taken the off to my office of the flooding city officials say the damage could total hundreds of millions of euros. well the terms fat cat and air miles are not usually mutually exclusive however in our next story the fat cat isn't rich russian oligarchs but rather a rotund russian feline here's the strange case of a russian man and before wealth from a perfect plan to smuggle aid to be on to an airplane victor is a plus sized cat and he's on his flat in vladivostok he's king of the hill and he likes to chill by grabbing him so if a drink. we're not drinking or eating well this big boy really likes to fly so he's on a board in a lawn ticket and passage for the frumpy feline the problem being that the plump

pussy weighed much more than the airline limit of a kilograms so he's on a hatched a cunning plan an airport switcheroo swapping out big victor for a small a lot of cattle they have port wine at that point he would really not with these heavy friend and i would both be drinking bubbly high in the sky which they did but the yvonne found out and the russian kariya well i showed it's close. says if we were going to fuck up on revealing several facts indicating a deliberate violation of terms of the carried agreement aeroflot decided to purchase this passenger from his loyalty bonus program all the miles that he accumulated for the entire duration of the program will be cancelled and his membership account will be closed. heavy indeed for the. local news you know the laws of the law i broke the rules and the air carrier has the right to act as it sees fit if they chose such a preventive measure i can't argue with that word back in the flat they have

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