em's justify the means. to terms with uses starts december 13th on t w. this is d w news live from the berlin a school shooting in the u.s. leaves 2 students dead it took place at a high school near los angeles police say the shooter is among the injured after turning the gun on himself to get the latest from l.a. also coming up italy declares a state of emergency after catastrophic flooding in venice the highest tides and

half a century the government calling the fonts quote a blow to the heart of the country. plus a new law in germany will make me easels vaccinations mandatory for all children in schools and daycare the government says it's needed to stop a rise in measles cases but not everyone thinks. i'm called aspen welcome to the program we begin in the united states where once again children attending school have become the target of an armed shooter 2 people are reported dead and 4 others are in the hospital 2 of those in critical condition a male suspect opened fire at saugus high school in the city of santa clarita that's near los angeles police say he's in a is he's in grave condition after turning his gun on himself shooting was one of at least 30 had used at u.s.

schools so far this year resulting in injuries or death. the story a sad one and an all too familiar one students file out of saugus high school and ambulances bear away the victims. the school north of los angeles has seen the us is latest mass shooting. somebody just freaked out and said that we had locked the door they went to to rush to the door. and we just locked it all the chairs are going in the door close is really scary and having everybody panic and call their parents saying they were. in just. a scary. in the immediate aftermath of the shooting police place the school and others nearby on lockdown relatives of the students one to the area. desperate they remained glued to their phones trying to reach their loved ones. to wait for

a torch and for many. years mason still spirit is close to all. police have described the suspect as a 16 year old a student at the school who carried out the attack on his birthday. detectives have reviewed the video at the scene which clearly show the subject in the quad withdraw a handgun from his backpack shoot and 5 people and then shoot himself in the head. police are investigating the crime scene including the suspect's house for clues they're trying to figure out his motive answer the question of why he turned on his fellow students. italy has declared a state of emergency after the catastrophic flooding of venice the government has released 20000000 euros for immediate aid prime minister jets

a big conte described the disaster as a blow to the heart of the country the mayor of venice of the very future of the city is at stake. the floodwaters recede and the people of venice salvage what they can. just. this city floods regularly and venetians take precautions the onus of this jewelry store and normally prepared for one and a half meters of floodwaters but the high water on tuesday 190 centimeters of salty sea water into the city. this hotel's entrance is reinforced with metal barrier the water breached it. very much i think we have 70000 years of damage more loss. obviously we're still counting the damage and we're trying to fix parts of the electricity. we threw away around a 1000 years of food because it was all in a large fridge and the fridge filled with water. that.

italy's prime minister saw the damage for himself. but. i saw great distress. today i spoke to a newsstand owner mr gallagher who saw his kiosk collapse in the. he lost everything. you can imagine what it means for someone who owns a business to see his world drowning in the water. and on the sea barrier called the moses 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 the bill for the current damage is expected to run into the hundreds of millions of euros people hope that the 20000000 euros in immediate financial aid promised by the government will arrive soon and with more floods expected over the

weekend conditions hope they won't be left hanging. earlier we spoke to our correspondent julie. gave us this wrap up of the situation right now in the city. venice is gone back at least for today to its normal tides in this time of year the moon and the sun and their effect on the earth's waters. influence the high tide in venice so today we reached about 110 centimeters which is definitely lower than the record reached on tuesday night people however are still reeling from the high tide they are counting the damage they are trying to clean up their homes and their shops and they hope that they will receive some help from the government today just have to call in to the prime minister promised some money that will be readily available for citizens and for business owners in the city in the hopes that that will help them kickstart and get back on their feet so venusians are used to

hardship high tides come every year but this one was exceptional no one was expecting it no one was prepared for it and venetians are tough but they are also a little skeptical of what the government has done and will be doing for example the most of this system of very years that is meant to protect venice from the high tide has been in construction for almost 20 years it was meant to be finished 5 years ago but it still hasn't happened and the trust in the government being able to bring that to completion is quite low here. since declaring herself in term president of bolivia on tuesday and years has been busy filling out her cabinet and announcing the new elections will happen soon but she says former president abel murali will not be allowed to run were always resigned on sunday and is currently in exile in mexico thousands of his supporters marched through the

political capital of pos on thursday saying that was forced out in a coup and he should be allowed to run again. many haven't stopped protesting since they left power. evil morale this is by the poor indigenous people some of the red poncho is because red is the color of the left and the poncho the traditional garb of indigenous people in the andes right now morale is red bice's white hot with fury. about this evil morale is a good man has been working for the people that he didn't want to rob us like those evil god says evo morales was believe his 1st indigenous president on sunday he quit and then fled to mexico from there he's given statement after statement saying he was forced out for being against the country's rich white minority. you don't need to sit in my crime was being indigenous to the president when

a president governs in the interests of the social movements of the peasant farmers and workers in the police mutinies well this is carries out a coup what is because he wanted to settle the believe his government says there's another side to it of a morale as on display inside the penthouse he had built they say he's been living lavishly despite his socialist rhetoric. a lifestyle far removed from that of his struggling supporters many of whom and just a couple of 100 euros per month. that can be accumulated like a rich man while claiming to speak with a number that was published to what i mean to put on what's on show is why even morale is never less and he went up to the top floors of the hives of the people they. believe his other house of the people the national assembly from here the woman who's declared she's replacement alice is consolidating her power union and years is promising new elections soon but she's ruling out

a comeback by morality saying it would violate the constitution. it was more of a morale is not eligible to run for a 4th term you are trying to do so it's caused all these protests doesn't. last month's disputed presidential elections the 2 believe you have been struggling for power right now is opposition has the security forces backing but what's to disputed is who truly has the support of the people. all right here's a check now of some of the other stories making headlines at this hour in hong kong a 70 year old man who police say was hit by a brick during pro-democracy protests has died the man was struck in the head while on his lunch break on wednesday it's still unclear who threw the brick it's the 1st death to be directly linked to the months long protests earlier this month a student fell to his eventual death from a car park police has called for an investigation into that incident. germany's

parliament has approved a law on mandating children be vaccinated against the measles virus the bill requires parents to prove that their children have been vaccinated before they can enter a kindergarten or school measles cases have surged globally in 2019 the law takes effect in march of next year. our let's get more now story now joining me in studio is your porter jared reed so 1st of all just walk us through the basics of this new law here in germany basically means children in schools day kids and and kindergartens will have to be vaccinated against measles and that applies to everyone working there as well so carers for example parents will have to prove that their kids are vaccinated it's not enough of them to say my kids vaccinated don't have to prove it and they if they don't vaccinate their kids they face a fine of up to 2 and a half 1000 euro as it applies to asylum seekers and refugees that they have 4

weeks once they've been given. accommodation to be vaccinated against measles this state of play in germany is that if you are vaccinated against measles you get what's called a triple shot that immunizes you against rebel and mumps and in some cases chicken pox true so this is kind of all encompassing and the state of play at the moment wide ranging kids and adults included they're interesting now more than 90 percent of the german children starting school have been vaccinated against measles so why then did the government still feel it was necessary to take this action will the world health organization says in order to prevent a mass outbreak of any type of illness or disease 95 percent of people need to be vaccinated and at the moment 93 percent of german children vaccinated so it's not quite enough measles it's one of these things that's making a comeback that that nobody quite wants the w.h.o. says it's seeing 3 times as many measles cases reported measles cases around the

world this year then compared to last year that means the vaccines being very effective it saved many many lives. if you will fewer and fewer people not fewer and fewer people but there there is the. skepticism arising around the world of nations we've seen. for example on social media platforms like you tube and facebook they harvest anti-vaccination content they have been told to you know pressured to try and get rid of it in germany 500 people roughly have 500 measles cases this year and i guess for the health ministry that's 500 cases too many the health ministry calling this bill quote child protection yet not everyone in germany is supporting anyone no. bill had months of debate and one of the main criticisms is parents should not be told or forced to vaccinate their kids

they you know people arguing they should be allowed to choose and the. greens one of the fiercest critics of the bill they support vaccination but they kind of they said yes we shouldn't force parents to vaccinate they should be educated a lot of health professionals said no this is kind of the right way to go the greens pointed out though that there is quite a big vaccination gap among adults and apparently in the cases that have been seen in germany there were more cases of measles in 20 to 24 year olds than in 5 to 9 year old so they're saying more needs to be done in this group as well interesting stuff so march 2020 will see this new bill that's right now i. think of a much. are now to belgium where it was a big day for 2 of the country's furry ists new celebrities the pirate diets a zoo has officially named its newest giants panda cubs it's wins they were born in august have been named die of belle by the 2 cuddly cubs are in good health and

they seemed to relish the chance to take a few pictures of their naming ceremony and according to chinese tradition panda cubs are only named after $100.00 ticks. you're watching news live from berlin coming up next how car makers already committed one of the biggest economic scandals in germany's history that's on our documentary the audi file in the meantime i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour thanks for watching. it's cool only the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. truce in the racial politics on the phone board's 250th birthday we're embarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on t.w.a. .