>> hello and welcome. this is "dw news," live from berlin. it is super tuesday 2. we will be speaking to our correspondent in miami and just a second. also in this program -- u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he will be meeting president putin next week to discuss the political transition in syria. this is a day after russia announced a military withdrawal from the war-torn country. a manhunt underway in brussels,

belgium, police shooting one man dead and searching for two, in a raid linked to last december's paris attacks. my name is christopher springer. it is a crucial day for the u.s. with five big states holding primaries. the voters deciding who they want to be the party's nominee. donald trump has a chance of sweeping all five states. but ohio governor john kasich could eke out a victory in his home state. meanwhile, senator marco rubio trails jump by a large margin in his home state afforded. among the democrats, hillary clinton looks poised to make

gains against rival bernie sanders, also in florida. richard walker is in florida. he joins us from miami. hello, richard. let's talk about marco rubio. he is trailing in the polls, the opinion olls. he is behind donald trump. is there a chance marco rubio pull off a surprise? richard: it's not looking like a great chance for marco rubio at this point. we've been speaking to some of his volunteers. they are trying to put on a brave face, insisting the polls are underestimating his support, that his supporters have been coming out to cast ballots, and also, this issues early voting and you never know what is going on there. but the poll numbers that marco rubio would have to overcome are really daunting double-digit

leads. and you get a sense from the candidate himself, if you watch what marco rubio has been's rating in his appearances -- has been saying in his appearances, he has seemed increasingly dispirited. he has been making very sharp attacks on donald trump. you will remember there was violence at some of his rallies over the last few days. but rubio himself no longer has that optimistic impression he has tried to push over the last few months. you never get the sense from him he really believes he can win. christopher: let's talk about hillary clinton, the front runner, of course, but still under pressure from bernie sanders. can he pull off an upset today? richard: not so much in florida,

but in the midwestern states, he does have a strong chance. last week in the state of michigan, he overturned a huge chiller a clinton lead to win a big upset victory there -- huge hillary clinton lead to win a big upset victory there. these states could be responding to his messages on things like free trade deals, defending american jobs. those are states to watch on the democratic side. christopher: richard, what is your feeling? is this the day the race for the presidential nomination narrows down to just a couple of people in both camps? richard: obviously the democratic and republican sides are quite different. on the democratic side, if hillary clinton does manage to score victories and those two midwestern states, ohio and illinois, as well as florida, she will be able to argue she has rushed off the problem she

had a michigan and is well on track to the nomination. on the republican side, things are more complicated. donald trump is expected to have a very good night, but how good? there are five states voting. if he manages to sweep all five, he will look increasingly unstoppable. you will likely have marco rubio and john kasich dropping out, leaving it a two-man man race between donald trump and ted cruz. if john kasich does manage to beat trump and his home state of ohio, then there's a little more optimism for those trying to stop donald trump. but the fact remains, he is likely to extend his delegate lead tonight. we will probably have him strengthening his position tonight. christopher: richard walker

therefore us from miami, florida. efforts to bring peace to syria appear to be gathering apace. secretary of state john kerry will be meeting president vladimir putin to talk about political transitions. russia has begun pulling out combat jets. a day after announcing the military has achieved its objectives in syria. reporter: these are russian tv pictures of the fighter base in syria. the first fighter jets have returned home. the un's special envoy to syria welcome to this is a significant development. >> the political solution is the solution.

it is a good, sustainable solution. reporter: 275,000 people have died since the beginning of the war, among them children. the apparent lull in the fighting has given rise to hope. still, the cease-fire alone is not enough, argues the u.n. inquiry on human rights in syria. >> we need not and should not wait for a final peace agreement to the reached. reporter: a reference to war crimes. the opposition is demanding an interim government without president assad. with russian military support falling away, that could fall under the table.

christopher: there is a massive joint operation in brussels, connected to the paris terror attacks. it quickly turned into a shootout. at least four officers have been injured, one of them seriously. one of the suspects has been shot dead. he is said to have been armed with a machine gun. streets near the shoot out in brussels have been sealed off. ok, let's bring in our brussels correspondent max hoffman on this. the operation is still ongoing, max. when understand one suspect has been killed by the police. can you give us the latest on the situation? max: yeah, that is the only really reliable information that we have for now. there is an argument that there's more than one suspect -- conflicting information. they do not believe that -- is

part of the suspect. just to remind you, he was one of the key suspects still at large from the november attacks. we know a little bit more about what happened today. the police wanted to search an apartment in connection with arrest if they have made, but it was a routine operation, more or less. so, they rang the doorbell and that ring was answered by the bullets of kalashnikovs, apparently. really heavy weapons. that surprised to belgian authorities and the operation became something completely different than they expected. christopher: max, do we know which organizations these men are affiliated to, the suspects? and can you expand on the link to the paris terror attacks? max: we do not have information on the identity of these people,

but it is fair to say in the framework of the search for people connected to the paris attacks, that was connection is to the islamic state, these so-called islamic state. we all know what happened in paris was closely linked to brussels, especially the neighborhood that is known to be a a long time. it shows you there was a presence by the french authorities, the french police. they are working closely together. they started doing that probably much earlier than november, but it is safe to say they intensified after the attacks in paris last year. christopher: max altman in brussels. many thanks for that. the german capital of berlin was also shaken by the fear of terrorism when a car exploded

driving through central berlin, killing the driver. they have ruled out a terrorist attack. they believe that the man may be connected to organized crime and are treating it as a murder. reporter: police are working under the assumption it was an explosive device inside or on the vehicle that caused the blast. the explosion caused the car to overturn and then it crashed into a parked vehicle. the driver was identified as a 43-year-old who was previously investigated for drugs. >> the vehicle crashed in to a parked car and skidded. the driver was some seriously injured, he died at the scene. reporter: the incident occurred at a busy intersection and the berlin city center.

nearby, only a few blocks, a university and one of the cinemas. the blast was felt as far as a kilometer away. police deemed the area safe. christopher: time to catch up with other news making headlines around below. the vatican has cleared the way for mother teresa to be made a saint. pope francis recognized a second miracle from the nun. she gained worldwide fame working with the poor in india. and sunday's terror attack has been condemned -- he says his country will not be intimidated by terrorists sent declared three days of national mourning after 18 people were killed in the attack. turkey's president is calling for his country to redefine the

word "terrorist." he wanted to be extended to anyone who supports acts of terror. moving on to norway now, with the jail of mass murderer bre vik back in court. he killed with a series of bomb and gun attacks in 2011. he is arguing the conditions he is being held in violate his rights. reporter: he set out to provoke at the start of his hearing with the nazi salute, further testament of his extremist views. the court proceedings have begun in the repurpose gymnasium -- repurposed gymnasium.

he is arguing in human conditions in jail. >> the degree of isolation is inhumane. he is often forced to wear handcuffs and forced to take off all of his clothes for routine checks. reporter: brevik has been in this high-security facility sense he will -- since he was jailed in 2011. he is barred from contact with other prisoners, including in the prison courtyard. >> no one would say it's a comfortable situation, having no contact with people, for example, but that is his punishment for killing so many. reporter: the hearing is set to last for days and is partly closed to the public. brevik will speak in court on wednesday. christopher: you are watching "dw news." still to come -- myanmar has its

first new president. he is a trusted ally of aung san suu kyi. more on that and the latest business news in 60 seconds. don't go away.

christopher: welcome back. you are with "dw news" in berlin. our top stories at the moment -- a major police operation underway in brussels. belgian police have shot one man dead. they continue to search for two others, several officers wounded during that raid. now myanmar has taken another step on the long road to democracy. the country's parliament has elected htin kyaw as the first civilian president in more than

half a century. he is a key aide to aung san suu kyi. reporter: arriving in parliament, the moment these mp's had been waiting for, a chance to elect myanmar's first civilian president in decades. the candidate backed by the leader, aung san suu kyi, was almost guaranteed to win the vote. htin kyaw was her close friends since childhood. he was hardly known, even in me at mark -- even in myanmar, until she nominated him last month. he is known for his fierce loyalty. >> our country needs someone who can negotiate with different groups. we are lucky to have someone with those skills. he is very smart. reporter: but suu kyi has made

it clear, unofficially, she will be the one leaving the country. when she was released from house arrest in 2011, htin kyaw was at her side. but some say the proxy president arrangement could cause problems. >> respectable he may be, but everyone is going to see him as someone who is at the beck and call of aung san suu kyi, and that is going to be detrimental. reporter: he has made his intentions clear, paying tribute to the woman who fought to bring democracy to myanmar. >> this is a victory for the people of this country. this is also aung san suu kyi's victory. reporter: her victory, her president. htin kyaw is set to take office

september 1. reporter: we will start in hanover were german chancellor angela merkel made her visit to the technology trade show and she came with a message about europe going digital as quickly as possible, that message delivered to homes 3.5 thousand companies worldwide. more than 350 of them are startups and are aware of the continent's digital means. and they have their very own exhibition hall. take a look at what our team found there. reporter: it is inevitably a hive of activity. it's easy to have ideas. getting funding for them and getting them to market tends to be rather harder.

this scanning specialist was founded in 2013. they have come here to show the tech world what they can do area that involves scanning objects of any size into these modules. i visited to find out how the scanners work. this classic museum chair will be scanned into a museum server. >> it scans then a person or an object than a hundred of a second, crunches the numbers, and converts them to a 3-d version. the cameras are mounted all around. we have 70 of them. 70 pictures, 70 photos. the computer can do anything -- reporter: the computer can do anything with the data. so you can go shopping online. customers can try out different styles or colors. the auto industry is interested.

as her hollywood stars. i am intrigued myself. i want to try it out and see the finished product. but even if it is all about digital worlds, companies need a real world presents as well. -- a real world presence as well. reporter: -- >> they want to see the future. they arrive at our stand, and they say well, what is that. they cannot except what all technology can do for their products and their company. reporter: and this is my digital self, my avatar. not bad -- a cut above your average photo or video. i could use it to make and model of myself with a 3-d printer, but i will get another starter to do that. >> it is five years since the fukushima meltdown caused by a

earthquake innocent a synonymy in japan. germany shut down a nuclear power station. it was a move that signal the government's departure from nuclear energy. the station's operator, rwe, sacked three quarters of the workforce. the area changed forever. reporter: the inter-meter high cooling towers once signaled the promise of the nuclear age. costing billions of deutsche marks in the countryside, nestling against the majestic rhine river. five years ago it was taken off the grid and shut down. it is now the symbol of the end of an era. for hotel operators in the region, the nuclear phaseout was an economic meltdown.

in 2011, his whole world changed. >> everything went crazy, about nine months after the phaseout decision, the power station began canceling its maintenance contracts. they began pulling out workers and that immediately had an effect on the rental situation. reporter: crunch time for the small town as well. the car park has not been full for a long time and in its offices, people have to dismantle plat and dispose -- dismantle the plant and dispose of nuclear waste. for the operator, rwe, only a third of the workers remain. bakeries, supermarkets, cars -- all losses. in the town center, once

thriving businesses shut down, although the small cinema has managed to survive. at local business tax revenue collapsed by almost 50%. the mayor feels more like a bankruptcy administrator. he is getting no assistance from federal or regional governments, but he tries to rise above it. >> when you get no help, you can slump into complacency or you defect to what i need to get going in the community. what can i generate for people with the motivation and commitment that is still as evident here as it always has. reporter: they have to reinvent themselves, like it or not. perhaps as h frist location -- as a tourist location. and the nuclear pluses? there will be 60,000 tons of rubble to carve out, and the

model of what was meant to be the future of energy will be all that remains. >> talk about a bad day at the office. at this man behind me lost $81 million. he is bangladesh's central governor, or at least he was until now. before falling victim to the largest cyber heist in history. he has resigned. here is what he has to say. >> i have to protect the image of the bank, you know. i resigned voluntarily. i can take a much higher moral ground. they take the responsibility morally and then they resign. >> how did the heist happened?

cyber criminals managed to hack into the computer systems, stealing it, logging details for payment transfers. they then sent dozens of requests to move the money to casinos in the philippines, and it was only thanks to a spelling mistake they did not make off with even more. instead of the word foundation, the criminals wrote this -- you can see it behind me. that led the bank officials to be somewhat suspicious and workout it might be a fraud. right, that is your latest business news. back over to you, chris. christopher: thank you. we are going to move on to sports news, if you want. in gnome, alaska, the legendary iditarod race, man and dog facing a grueling task and

heading down the mighty yukon river valley before crossing the finish line. it was a father-son showdown in the race. a record eight days, 11 hours, 20 minutes. he lost his first race to his father mitch three years ago, in this year mitch was the runner-up. you're watching "dw news." we are going to take a short break and then it is "the day," half an hour of in-depth analysis. stay with us. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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