this is deja vu news live from berlin at least 11 people are dead after a shooting near frankfurt here in germany police in the town of 10 now saying the suspected gunman has been found dead in his home new details are emerging about a possible motive we'll have the very latest from our correspondent at the scene also coming up.

i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today we start with breaking news here in germany at least 11 people are dead after shootings in the city of hanno near frankfurt 9 people were shot dead at 2 who could bars 5 others were seriously wounded police say the suspect a gunman was found dead at his home another body was also found there germany's build newspaper is reporting that the suspect left a video and a statement in which he had met still carrying out the shootings. ok we have more now at the political correspondent hans branch here in the studio and on the ground in on now is our reporter rebecca stout data both of you rebecca what's the situation where you are right now. well police are still trying to clear up the scene behind me the scene behind that you see

behind me the street is the site where the 1st shooting took place last night at around 2 around 10 o'clock police have been working through the night into the morning here. tagging evidence going in and out as well from the shisha bar where the 1st shooting took place people have been gathering overnight in small groups and now as the city is waking up. to this truly horrific morning more people are coming over and looking and you can really see the looks of shock on people's faces ok a lot of shock there in the heart out today about the details police have been releasing what have they been saying. so what's been known what's been known so far the police have not been releasing too many details just yet because this is still an ongoing investigation we do know so far is that the shootings at the 2 clubs killed 9 people the 1st shooting took place at the bar at the bar behind me the

suspected gunman's then fled the scene in his car drove to another part of town and opened fire at another she should bar 9 people have died from that police then launched a massive manhunt looking for the suspected shooter. released a statement recently saying that they found the shooter after found the forces that were located there shooter's residence after a tip from from somebody in the neighborhood who had seen this suspicious car who fit the that fit the description and then when they entered the apartment they found that the suspected gunman was dead as well as they found another body now police have not released any information about who the other person was or anything about about the suspect himself ok you know what you told us about the location where these customers were where the shootings took place that she. right behind you there. absolutely so what i've heard from eyewitnesses is that

it sounds like the the shots started taking place outside that they took place outside. these bars. there are there were also local media reports from from the site of the 2nd shooting that the gunman reportedly forced his way in or began shooting people into stop at least outside of the bar like i said before the police have not released any official information on that we expect to get a clearer picture from authorities later on in the day but that's what we've heard so far from from eyewitnesses and other local reports ok can you give us an idea. of the she's a bar in this community how important it is for the people there what about the demographics of the of the customers what kind of people are using these kind of locations. well she said hook up ours they're very popular

places for young people to meet and i definitely got the sense that this was this is absolutely normal place where were people went to to go hang out. and so it tends to be younger people. there are quite a lot of people from from different immigrant communities the turkish community the kurdish community. that that will frequent. the bars and things like that but they also appeal to to to a wider and younger crowd ok let's get in bring in hans here in the studio now. we have a letter that's been done a fight also a video that's been released apparently by the suspected shooter what do we know there. well we know that the police have found. these documents a document and a video apparently in which the probable perpetrator talks about his note for these

attacks has been some speculation from the german. newspaper. which says that there might be a right wing motive behind this attack that's very speculative the police have not confirmed any of this yet. you might say that the places of the attack places where people of foreign origin with a foreign background are likely to congregate to meet and also the area of which is an area where there is a large immigrant community or that might be an indication for this kind of motive but at the moment we don't know any of this with any confirmation from the police yet it's all speculative and ok we have to emphasize there that this is speculative right now media reports soli can you give us a perspective here this is one of the deadliest shooting here in germany in years yes we are talking about 11 dead including the probable perpetrator at the moment the most recent comparable attack was in 2016 in munich when

a young man went on the rampage there and 10 people were killed some years before the. shootings at schools in june by pupils at. more than a dozen people were killed so it's certainly within a range of victims of a range of severity that's very unusual in germany certainly we haven't seen anything of this magnitude for a number of years here ok let's go back to the scene in the now and rebecca rebecca what's the police investigation going to be targeting on in the hours ahead. well absolutely they're going to be looking into this video into this document that reportedly. with the suspected gunman confessed to this crime there they're really going to be trying to to narrow down a motive. perhaps if this if this has a wider probably prove it this happens to be

a politically motivated act the want to figure out as well if there was another network behind this if this person had had been planning this for how long or if this was a spontaneous act they're also going to be looking into probably how he got the weapons that he did there were there were reports that he had a hunting license. though like i said like we said before the police have not confirmed anything yet but they're certainly going to be wanting to look into how did he get these guns and and why did he do this very difficult day there and now rebecca stoudamire there we have some political response 1st political response the mayor of a now. making some comments should have been responses both from the mayor of toronto and from various politicians and colluding the government spokesperson here in berlin of the central government his government obviously all of these people have been expressing their shock what happened last night have been expressing

their condolences to the families of those people that were killed or injured in this attack and there is a sense of. not understanding what happened. in the sense of shock and disbelief that this kind of attack happened obviously as we said we don't really know much about the background gets about the extent of these. the number of victims the severity of his attack really is very rare in germany so i think you can say but the whole country is looking into it today. and you got to find all of what exactly is behind us ok we will be on the story gathering the details in the information as it comes in here at g.w. . thanks to you right now in tobacco rebecca on the scene there in more details as they come in. let's get you brief now on some the other

stories making news this hour 2 former passengers of a cruise ship quarantined in panic died after contracting the coronavirus deaths on the day after passengers started to leave the diamond princess after testing negative for the virus not showing any symptoms during a 14 day quarantine period. the e.u. has unveiled its strategy for regulating controversy over artificial intelligence technology in the 27 member states european commission president has a fine line is calling for strict oversight of the sector saying ai must comply with people's privacy rights. prince harry and his wife megan are to carry out their final duties as active royals in late february and march that according to british media their decision to step down means they will no longer have an office at buckingham palace as of people the 1st. u.s. president all trump has named his country's ambassador to germany richard grinnell

to be acting director of national intelligence now is a staunch supporter of the president's policies his new position puts him in charge of the nation's 17 spying agencies but critics say he has no intelligence experience as acting director grinnell would not have to be confirmed by the senate let's get more on this now with washington correspondent all over solid good morning to all over what's behind the president's move to name now as the acting director of these powerful spying agencies. or run that's a key position in the white house and you really can consider this move to be something like a reward for richard grinnell's duty in berlin as the ambassador to germany of the united states you know critics have seen him a something like president trump's agate tator in berlin but he certainly also will the very polarizing figure he was isolated in berlin as well you know diplomatically as well as the german government but then at the same time president

trump praised him over and over again for his job and particularly because of how he interpreted his position there is a better he wasn't really acting like a diplomat he essentially tried to tell the german the german government there what to do criticizing threatening at times whenever essentially the german policy was not in president trump's interest and so we even had some critical voices here today from democratic lawmakers who said that that's elevating trump's lapdog is what one lawmaker said and that shows that the republicans care more about loyalty than national security obviously tackling the fact that richard grenell has no experience in intelligence spots on the other hand for trump he's a loyalist and someone he can really count on over we'll be right back to talk with you about a major debate the 2nd us democratic party hold as nine's presidential debate

wednesday night with the top 6 candidates vying onstage as they look to be the nominee to take on president trump in this year's election the former mayor of new york city billionaire michael bloomberg appearing in his 1st debate after rising sharply in the polls he's been countries just days before voters in the state of nevada go to the polls in the 3rd contest of the democratic party's primary season . well bloomberg came under sharp attack from his rivals here's how he defended his bid for the nomination and i'm a philanthropist who didn't inherit his money but made his money and i'm spending that money to get rid of donald trump the worst president we have ever had and if i can get tacked on it will be a great contribution to america and to my ok michael bloomberg there throwing down the gauntlet how does he do in his 1st presidential debate. he's quite an unusual candidate and that money he spent in his ads some $300000000.00 more than

all the other candidates is all his own money so he doesn't except that he did nations in he's not planning to accept donations in the future so the democratic national committee had to change the rules for him to be allowed to the debate tonight and he will certainly attack full of that in criticized by all the other contenders essentially that were arguing that bloomberg is trying to buy the election he was criticized there for his wealth for unreleased tax returns also for how his company treated women and it was his 1st debate and you could really tell that he was lacking experience on the on the on the debate stage but on the other hand his ads seem to work and he's currently the 3rd strongest candidate right after bernie sanders and joe biden ok bernie sanders joe biden what were some of the take for you from the debate in light of these other candidates the 5 other

challengers. right well it was a very fiery debate more fiery than recent debates perhaps and that is also because it's just a few days 3 until the nevada caucus and super tuesday is around the corner that certainly is watershed moment because some of the most populous us states will vote on the democratic candidate and interesting bernie sanders who is currently the leader in polls was not necessarily the person most at tact your on the stage 2 everyone else was rather focusing on groom bergen in addition the candidates took on each other like amy kohl bush are again speed good to judge elizabeth warren had a strong performance but the real winner perhaps your today was bernie sanders who was really able to sell his progressive ideas and nobody was really hindering him ok all over thanks much for that from washington this is still to come on the show

a north korean defector sets his sights on public office in his new home south korea. but 1st we'll take a look at what's in store disappears when the film festival was opens in a few hours time will tell you why this year's event will be different from anything that's gone before. well turkey's president bush entire paradigm want to strengthening to launch a military operation in syria's you'd love province that is if russian backed syrian troops continue to attack rebels in the area the fighting has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and triggered a humanitarian crisis russia has warned turkey not to attack syrian forces but turkish troops are already massing for a possible salt. on the move syrian refugees fleeing as strikes and artillery fire and it lip and aleppo province says an estimated 1000000 people are trying to escape advancing syrian government forces backed by the russian military

. taki which support some rebel groups is alarmed by the number of people moving toward its country tekkie already has more than 3 and a half 1000000 syrian refugees and says it can't handle any more. about where i don't know where i'm going i just want to get on the road stay under an olive tree what i was supposed to do were my supposed to go. there or. not to turkey if takesh president ratchet type add on has his way in the tech capital ankara he said it's just a matter of time until turkey intervenes that is your proof the other thing we are no making our last warnings unfortunately we have not been able to reach the desired result so far during our talks in turkey in russia and in the field meanwhile russia tried to tone down the rhetoric defending syrian government forces you it says are being targeted by taki he sticks to the letter really the

syrian armed forces respond to these unacceptable provocations confirming that the hearings and the initial agreements on the lips including cease fire agreements. and we support them and let's. give. a country still deep in will people here desperately looking for refuge. meanwhile a startling contrast domestic flights that started up again to let pay for the fast time an atheist just like back in peace times a sign of normality only it's anything but. well defectors from north korea are now getting involved in politics in their new home in south korea they've formed a political party and are sharply criticizing the south korean president. for failing to protect refugees from the north correspondent frank smith as this.

or so therians head to the polls in april to elect a new 300 member legislature among the candidates will be a high level defector from north korea recruited by south korea's new conservative book. hoa's visited this venue the seoul foreign correspondents club before following his defection the former north korean deputy ambassador to the united kingdom denounced the north korean leadership and kim jong un and suggested the current liberal south korean government was wasting its time in its peacemaking efforts taste said he was inspired to run because he wants to protect the human rights of north koreans after 2 recent defectors suspected murders we repatriated by the south korean government i'm absolutely sure that one be. drawing kids and if we are united again who will go 1st to north korea it's also said he would work for north koreans in the south to give them better educational opportunities to

lead a unified korea if someone is. in the rebbe save me to the peeper all to the past by as. you know that you can see these people will not be judged by the he screaming on the wall if he screams no then you don't give up you'll see even efforts and let them die in the rebbe no tape has said he believes that kim jong un regimes days are numbered and favors denuclearization before engagement with pyongyang so the real number if i do get elected i believe that there needs to be a very clear clause in south korean law that declares how cooperation between the north and south can be resumed with denuclearization so that north korean policy does not go back and forth according to politics isn't what the thousands needa some long standing lawmakers of the liberal democratic party question the motivations behind today's candidacy who. likes to show

off in public. and so he decided to run for congress with the conservatives and they entice mr serry to a priest right wing power in south korea and create an anti north korea peace atmosphere on the korean peninsula. has spoken little of south korean issues and his newly formed united future party still hasn't announced for which district he plans to run. the ballet and all of the berlin film festival gets underway in a few hours time now this year there have been some changes behind the scene it's also the 70th anniversary of the festival w.'s christina kushner explains what's different this year and she also takes a look at some of the films competing for the coveted golden bear. waiting in the same long lines for film festival fans that's something they're all too used to

steal this year spell in all it will be unlike any other. as the festival celebrates its 70000 who were 3 it's also under new management carlos subtle your aunt mary address and back have taken over and they've already started to leave their mark on the belly not it. the 2 new directors have brought sent changes to the festival. including a slim down lineup and up brand new film category. why because cinema is bigger the comes bigger and bigger is more pervez it is everywhere filmmaker they stretch the sense of the form so i think that. one single screen. very good one like the one of the 1000000000 dollar is not enough to tell these diversity 800 films are competing for the golden bear the festival's biggest prize many of them deal with provoking subjects. for. bellina

alexanderplatz bible one called bonnie is a remake by stone the 929 novel by our fleet. in the new version francis a refugee attempts to start a new life in the german capital that's going to go in africa out was he has to reconcile himself with reality as a stream of a clear way forward on gravitas it would be called the word this person. was sally potus from the roads not taken doesn't make life much easier for shut out father leo ok. start with al fanning and santa how you. tell yourself. daughter molly is worried about her father who's hallucinations and wandering mind have taken the toll on their relationship. thank you there was. and another subject has overshadowed this year's spending on the nazis

a german reporter just uncovered a scandal on home turf the film festival inferential 1st director alfie bauer was a leading light in hitler's cinema in the street festival organizers want independent research us to find out the historic facts this year the world's biggest festival for cinema go was has plenty of surprises something friends can count on is cinema royalty and the flash of cameras on the red carpet as the berlin wall is celebrating its 70th anniversary a lot has started to move shining a light on the past of the festival is as important as figuring out its future development the new management is addressing these challenges a new departure for the balance and every respect. we have some sports news now and manchester city coach pep guardiola has insisted that he will not leave the club that despite a 2 year champion's league ban guardiola was speaking for the very 1st time since

the punishment was handed down by you a fellow last week city were found guilty of breaking spending rules and misleading you a finance to gators for guardiola said he had full faith in the club and that he would win an appeal against the ban. i'm. confident that at the end if we deserve for our what we have done under peach next season playing europe . coffee in the club 100 percent said before said right now and i'm pretty sure we're going to define our position so when someone believes. he's right he has to fight until the end. no matter what oh in the champions league play continued wednesday was a night of upsets italian debutants adelanto sank the spanish side valencia 41 meanwhile the business leader club rb leipzig stunned last year's finalist tottenham in their 1st ever knockout appearance the red bulls press from the very

start but it took a foul on conrad lime or in the 2nd half before they could take the lead. rose to the occasion converting from the spot in the 58th minute. managed to defend their lead that despite a late onslaught. let's get your minder now that breaking news story we're following for you today at least 11 people are dead after shootings near frankfurt here in germany the attacks occurred to shisha bars in the town of can now on wednesday night another 5 people were seriously wounded police say the suspected gunman has been found dead at his home as well as another individual germany's a build news papers reporting that the suspect left a video and a letter claiming responsibility for the shooting police have yet to confirm this report the investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

paul to top the hour we will be going live again to hire now to get the very latest details there from the location for now though i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being here.

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