this is the w. news live from berlin chaos and carnival here in germany a car plows into crowds of people at a carnival parade dozens are injured it happened in western germany and police say children are among those wounded the driver thinks is a charge of attempted homicide also coming up tonight the verdict of the meet to movement hollywood mogul party weinstein found guilty of sex crimes and sent directly to jail a new york jury convicts him a felony sex crime and rape them but acquits him of the most serious charge.

i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us police here in germany tonight are investigating what they say is a possible attack a car was driven into a crowd of revelers today celebrating carnival it happened outside a supermarket in the western german town of folk marson in the western state of hesse it around 30 people were injured some of them seriously the driver was arrested at the scene and faces attempted homicide charges police say that he acted intentionally it happened here outside a supermarket in the town of folks. this car said by police to have been involved.

a carnival parade was moving through the streets on monday afternoon when the car slammed into a crowd of people who had come to watch the procession. 2 30 pm a young man in a car drove into a group of people. several dozen people were injured currently the number is around 30 among them around 8 to 10 are seriously injured among those seriously injured are children unfortunately. the driver a 29 year old german citizen was immediately arrested police are operating on the assumption that this was a deliberate attack. only make a statement according to witnesses who saw the incident course of events take place it can be assumed that it was intentional so we can't say anything more about his motives. authorities shut down the area in the small town in the german state of

has to investigate the scene and allow emergency crews to attend to injured persons . the police announced on twitter that carnival parades taking place and has said today were stopped as a precautionary measure. now authorities are trying to figure out why this crash happened. yet for the latest now i'm joined by correspondent. she is in. marston rebecca what more can you tell us about what happened today for. well but police aside so far is that there are at least 30 people injured 7 of whom are have to have sustained serious wounds and that several children are also among those who were injured now what happened it happened in the middle of the heart of all parade that was happening in town today the car struck people from from behind they had they had come to the scene behind me here there are there's

a grocery store it was one of the bends in the route for the parade. the locals have just said that the parade was just about to wrap up but there were still quite a few people all packed in into this section looking watching the parade so there were quite a few people who were who were hit today when that driver drove into the crowd and rebecca we know the police are saying that the driver could seize attempted homicide charges would be to have you heard from anyone about the motivation here mean why the driver did this. we haven't heard i haven't heard anything just yet about about the motive i know that police are going off of what i've witnessed statements previously said where they said that it appeared that the driver had deliberately accelerated into the crowd upon upon coming around the bend here for the carnival parade what i have heard

from locals here there's been a couple of people who have wandered up to the scene still dressed in their costumes but obviously what was a joyous afternoon has turned into a really dark dark day for the people of this town people who told me that they even though they weren't there that there they are shocked that this happened it's not something anyone would have expected on a day that's supposed to be about celebrating with with your loved ones with family and with friends and it comes just after last week's deadly shootings in the western german town of. it happened in the same state where you are the state of has. security had been increased as a result of the terror attack that we saw last week security have absolutely been been raised security was already raised for carnival celebrations all public events actually since the since the 2016 truck attack in

berlin police have been especially careful to put up blockades to put up roadblocks to to make sure that people are so that an attack like that couldn't happen again what i what people have said from people who are on the scene i witnessed is upset that the person went around the blockades that were set up here that were apparently plastic barriers. ok your correspondent rebecca wire with the latest there from the town of folk marse rebecca thank you. and we have another breaking news story the most anticipated verdict in the me 2 movement former hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been found guilty of 2 counts of sexual misconduct weinstein was convicted of committing a criminal sexual acts and 3rd degree rape he was acquitted of the most serious charges which carry all the magic to life sentences after the verdict weinstein was

handcuffed and sent to prison he'll be sentenced next month the producer denied any wrongdoing describing the sexual encounters all being consensual prosecutors praised the victims who testified against the hollywood producer during the trial 8 women who have changed the course of history in the fight against sexual violence. these are 8 women who hold our justice system into the 21st century by declaring that rape is rape and sexual assaults sexual assault no matter what. are for more now we want to pull that entertainment journalist k.j. matthews she is in los angeles good evening to you. so we know harvey weinstein it was they sing 5 charges he's been found guilty on 2 counts talk us through this verdict here help us understand what he's been convicted of. well you know like you

said he's been convicted found guilty of a criminal sexual act in the 1st degree guilty of 3rd degree rape so he was facing 5 charges but was only found guilty of the lesser charges which 2 out of the 5 so a lot of people here are saying that there just wasn't enough evidence to convict him on all 5 but they wanted to convict him on something they didn't want the the prosecution to walk away empty handed so they convicted him on the lesser charges of course people were hoping that he would be convicted on all of them especially the most serious charges of rape but that just wasn't the case so we know he will at least get at the minimum 5 years if not more but a lot of people are saying is actually a victory for both the prosecution and the defense that being weinstein although he is in jail currently and will probably have to wait in jail until you know his sentence and march 11th you know we can't. overstate the importance of this

verdict for the me to movement can we i mean it has been the most anticipated verdict since the need to movement began yeah you know it is why it is so hard to believe that october. well it's like we lost our signal there with of there we go there were no sexual assault. yet there were the number of sexual assault cases that were settled by the weinstein company and then there were 13 other women that came forward and said i too have been harassed or sexually assaulted and after that it's never been the same i mean of course we have to meet to movement and then the organization time's up was created but it's hard to believe that it really was just 2 and a happy years ago that all of this began right your payment journalist congi matthys with the latest tonight on that verdict for me once again found guilty t.j. thank you for. the corona virus outbreak has forced china's national

people's congress to postpone its annual meeting for the 1st time in decades now the number of deaths in china has risen to nearly 2600 but the world health organization says that cases there appear to have peaked and plateaued south korea has raised its infectious disease alert to its highest level following a 160 new cases there and iran has confirmed its death toll now stands at 12 the highest number of fatalities outside of china our next report comes from europe's worst hit country which is italy where 7 people have died from the by. midnight on the it's how you an austrian border police and the army are deployed to guard to train with a potentially deadly cargo operators stop the savviest amid fears that 2 of its passengers were carrying the corona virus only once tests came back negative where

76 resumed. its early is battling to control a sudden eruption of the virus this entire time in was summoned to be tested in makeshift 1st aid centers. nevis wait a calm activity yet and you know yesterday it was my birthday and now i've been told happy birthday after the swab we shall see we wait they told us that if we are positive they'll alert us immediately that us and the neighboring lombardy region more than 10 tons have been quarantined. police set up roadblocks around the area a so-called red zone in an effort to stem the rapid rise of infections. to sort out you know the actions of the by inviting people to stay it in addition to closing places where crowds congregate. trying to ensure containment of this

phenomenon stuff you know. milan 2 is winding down from the opera house to the cathedral cultural hubs have closed their doors fashion week 2 also fell victim armani closed its runway show to the crowds leaving george staring at empty seat meanwhile the european union has pledged 230000000 euros to fight the global outbreak he stressed that. for the moment. w.h.r. has not advised changing up imposing restrictions on other travel or trade. there was some rest bite for residents of the tongue dubbed italy's wu han authorities opened one supermarket after a weekend in lockdown. though going by the queues it may be sold out pretty fast

and for more denied i'm joined by dr john campbell he's an independent health analysts he's been following this outbreak since the very beginning doctors good to have you on the program why did the world health organization not declare the coronavirus pandemic in and doesn't even matter. yeah i think the world health organization like the rest of us have been learning about this virus as we go along because of it's in use the un zoonotic infection it's come from animals and it's a novel coronavirus that hasn't been recognized in humans before so to begin with things like the pathogenicity of the virus how revealing to disease it caused how it was transmitted all those things were clear so it's taken time to evolve in outthinking for research to be done and for the world health organization to assimilate all this information but as well as that the world health organization has a balance to make between causing undue panic can distress maintaining economic wellbeing and the protection of the health of the world citizens and they sort of to pick

their balance i would say they've been a little bit on the cautious side this time overall and technically they don't have a pandemic classification either at the moment they would call it an international emergency i think i mean maybe this is this is a matter of semantics but what would change if the w.h.o. did declare this to be a pandemic. i think of the w.h.o. clearly said it was a pandemic that's language everyone can understand so some of the technical language and descriptive language the w.h.o. uses people don't really get the message but if you say pandemic not got an impact that really affects people and it would also affect governments around the world and i think it would trigger individuals areas and countries and governments to make much greater preparation for this virus because this virus is going to be very difficult to stop because of its transmission characteristics but what we need to do is slow it down we need to contain it and not give us more time to prepare and

it also means we'll get less people who are very sick old at the same time it will be more spread out and we'll have more medical facilities available to treat people that need it or dr campbell you say that we're still learning about this virus and because of that and because we see the virus spreading shit in all countries then be handling and treating the situation as if it were a pandemic should they be preparing for outbreaks within their borders. well countries vary a lot on the capacitor they have to do this so many poor countries don't have the infrastructure set up they don't have the trained personnel they don't have the facilities in order to fully prepare for a pandemic this is part of the problem but the impression i'm getting now with the situation in south korea and italy which of course of both advanced westernized countries and they're having trouble with this disease now author i think the penny starting to drop with all the countries around the world and they are realizing that this is a serious threat to their citizens and that this is going to come and become

a pandemic so i think governments fast acting to pay now is just a little late to the move would like to have seen it dr john campbell joining us tonight with valuable insights into the latest on the corona virus outbreak dr thank you thank you. u.s. president on strong had started a 2 day visit to india his 1st official trip to the country mr trump attended a massive rally at a newly built cricket stadium alongside in the employ minister narendra modi the leaders aim to strengthen ties between the world's 2 biggest democracies. and for more on this visit now i'm joined by dhruva joshing carr he is the director of the u.s. initiative at the observer research foundation in washington it's good to have you on the program we've seen impressive optics on president drums 1st day of his india

2 were objects that the president visibly why is this visit is it as significant as the pictures would have us to believe. well i think it's significant for us india relations this is only the 8th visit by u.s. president to india serving us president it's but the trump is the 4th consecutive president from after bill clinton every president has now visited india his is caught in the 4th consecutive term of a presidency so i think this this is part of a continuation of a relationship that we have seen building up over the last 20 years or so obviously the manner and the details of this relationship the sort large rally about 11220000 people there too to see present trump in ahmedabad in western india followed by visits how tomorrow's the ceremonial bilateral meetings and the ceremony in delhi but this is obviously been catered to to donald trump's liking and the way ridge that we heard today me there was a lot of. declared lots of warrior old t.

declared especially from the side of mr trump today very little was said though 'd about these upcoming u.s. india trade talks can we expect any real breakthrough during tomorrow's bilateral talks. no i don't think we'll see a major. trade agreement now it's widely speculated that it will be tabled for later perhaps after the us election perhaps before that but doc being said the trade disagreements between the u.s. and india while significant have been relatively minor compared to the differences between the united states and china most of the gaps have actually been bridged in the last few months but an overall trade has actually been increasing including u.s. exports to india quite significantly so while it is remains an issue and i think it may be an issue for a little while. the overall create picture has not necessarily gone gone backwards and we know that these are 2 popular leaders they have

a message that's always tailored to design for their base for their support how important is this visit for president drop in for mr. well i think the political significance is high for both leaders president trump is going in an election year for him he is i think trying to show that he's traveling abroad and speaking to large crowds. positively received in places like india and he's also trying to appeal to the indian american vote and back in india they need american style constitute not just a sizable constituency in terms of voting numbers but also in terms of donors as well aware as i promised him of the of the see he's somebody who invited president obama to india and he's somebody who all the see sees the appeal of portraying himself as close to u.s. presidents. carry through georgia guard director of the u.s. initiative at the observer research foundation in washington for we appreciate your

insights tonight thank you thank you. well the 70th berlin international film festival is in full swing and one film showing out of competition is hillary a u.s. documentary about before us 1st lady and the woman herself she's in berlin walking the red carpet for the screening this evening she was met with both fans and critics now the film looks at hillary clinton's life from her upbringing in chicago all the way to her presidential campaign in 2060 here's a look at the documentary. the president is. there. to.

collect tribute. and. yeah i was watching that documentary this afternoon my colleagues helena humphrey and scott ross perot they did the same thing good evening to both of you guys how does hillary clinton how does she come across in your opinion in this documentary. yeah i think i think that we all agree that hillary clinton is one of the most divisive political figures in america there's a lot of people who love her there's a lot of people who really dislike her and i think anyone going in with a strong opinion of hillary clinton into the series is probably not going to have their mind changed by it there's plenty there for everybody really if you a lovely clinton i think you can look at this documentary and see it incredibly intelligent. and it's very inspirational politician if you dislike her you're probably going to see elements of her political conniving of props or arrogance

towards political opponents so i don't think this documentary series is going to change anybody's mind but what i thought was really compelling about it is the fact is a real in-depth and behind the scenes look at someone i think we all agree is one of most important political figures of our time and i have to say i don't think hillary clinton has self minds the documentary too much bread based on the fact that she has a valid to marshall to never a press conference so be really interesting to see i mean what kind of message she brings to this have a capital yeah i mean and it's also part of legacy building for her with the delta what competition films screened at the belly knowledge today. for the most recent film that we've just seen has had its premiere here on the red carpet was the swiss production chest and i know little sister this is about twins from a theatrical family the brother sadly dying of leukemia being looked after by his

sister who is a playwright is set between switzerland and i take a theatrical while very much of the actual world of berlin and it's the 2 siblings are played by 2 of germany's best and much to my most favorite actors to her as the as the brother and the incredible nina hoss as the sister we had discussion about this film afterwards a little bit disagree though i really really like that i think you call this a little bit overdone over the this is a very theatrical movie and a very theatrical performance of both these stars but if you if you like these 2 actors or if you want to see what what a real sort of a master class in acting then i definitely think it's a film to check and i want to tell you about the movie that i saw today that i absolutely loved and that is the french piece history now this is about 3 friends who meet as yes protests i mean they meet on a roundabout in the suburbs all fronts they find themselves in broiled to all sorts of trouble i would say due to their use of social media they just don't quite get

it is the main a lot of hot water to take a watch. i know no no i was in and i was a producer on am i know i didn't make love with you marie says to the man on the phone but she had done a lot of listening and a cell phone camera were involved it's the people who we think is as you seem to suffer for the 1st. money isn't the only one caught in the trap of the brave new social media world that tom's daughter is being bullied online. but it wasn't for a because taxi driver christine only receives bad reviews and has to buy positive ones in south asia by the internet of course. the 3 are determined to fight for their rights against us tech giants that seem like an invincible opponent. more likely got us that gets it data is valuable is the gold of today and we just let ourselves be rolled with it what's happening here is systematic 50 supposed to

be our all like of the film team or in fighting spirit stew in fine french tradition at the press conference they demonstrative lee showed their support for france's yellow vest protest. it may sound highly political but delete history has turned out to be a captivating comedy about 3 zany characters who go all the way to silicon valley but ultimately find happiness on their own doorstep and tireless analog no signal and definitely no cell phone calls of a security or what is. that those were the days all right what else are people talking about at the belly now i know they all have their cell phones in their hands. yeah well i mean we were just talking about that the film is incredibly time and it's being shown here called the assistant and this is being described as the 1st me to film as actually directly inspired by harvey weinstein case ad i thought it was it's

a phenomenal film not just because the plot of the movie seems to be directly from the testimony that we're hearing in this trial but also because instead of being directly about the the monster the abuser this is more about the culture that enables him we don't actually see this figure of this harvey weinstein esque figure but we follow his assistant and we see how various subtle things happen within the office that allows these these these crimes to take place and i think a very very powerful film and it couldn't have been better talked. all right. there on the red carpet at the berlin wall to both of you thank you. well you're watching news of next close up has an in-depth look at the rise and fall of wiki leaks founder julian of songs as he fights extradition to the united states on espionage charges and over get you get news around the clock from our web site that's t

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