>> this is dw news live from berlin. u.s. officials confirmed the arrest of a suspect in a series of m mail bombs addressed departmentnt democrats. attorney general jeff sessions announced that cesar sayoc was beingg announced on four counts. officials warn more suspicious packages could still be in the system. president donald trump bounced to prevent political violence from taking hold in america. >> these terrorizing acts a are

despicable and have no place in our country. >> he went on to praise authorities swept success in tracking down the mail bombing suspect. we will get the latest from our correspondent. thank you so much for your company. u.s. justice officials have confirmed that a man in custody is being charged on five counts in connection with a dozen letter bombs sent to prominent democrats. 56-year-old cesar sayoc, a florida resident with a criminal record was tracked down with the help of fingerprints. the fbi is investigating whether other people may have been involved in the plot and warns that potentially dangerous packages could still be in the postal system. >> a nationwide mananhunt comeso

a head at a florida working lot. momements after arresting 56-year-oldd cesar s, authoritis turned their attention to this van, believed to long to the legend maker. it is now crucial evidence. the fbi would not comment on motives spencer the improvised explosives were genuine. >> these are not hoax devices. i want to focus for a moment on the amazing work of our folks at the fbi lab. based on their initial analysis, they uncovered a fingerprint from one of the envelopes containing an ied that had been sentnt to congresswoman maxine waters. we have confirmed this fingerprint is that of cesar sayoc. >> the arrest came hours after more suspicicious packckages wee found. a bombmb squad o officiall was n carrying a device from a post office in new york city. it was the 12th mail bombs sent

to high-profile figures this week. today's targets were u.s. senator cory booker and former director of national intelligence james clapper. among the rest, the great and good of democratic politics, the clintons, barack obama, his vice president joe biden, actor robert de niro. all of those targeted are outspoken critics of donald trump. the president addressed d the bombingg campaign in r remarks t the white house. >> he is terrorizing acts are despicable a and h have no placn our country. no place. i have instructed authorities to spare no resource or expense in finding those responsible and bringing them to swift and certain justice. we will prosecute them, him,

her, whoever it may be to the fullest extent of the law. >> they may love him, but his critics blame him for giving rise to a climate of clinical colors asian. -- of political polarizing nation. a closer look at a vehicle emblazoned with trump posters and far finale. investigators are trying to establish if this week of terror is one man acting alone or with help. laila: let's get you more on this developing story. maya shwayder in washington for the latest. moments ago, officials gave an update on the arrest of the suspect. what more did you learn? maya: 41, we learned that they were treating this as terrorism. there were several terrorism

related divisions of these law enforcement and intelligence agencies that were working on this. also, we learned that we still don't know what the motive was. the fbi has said we don't know what was pushing the sky to send out these package bombs and we know the fbi was n not treatingg ththese as h hoax bombmbs. theyey believe they were actualy meant to detonate. these devivices are vevery smal. if you were holding on, it would possibly kill or injure you, but they were not big enough to bring down an entire building or an entire block. the fbi was taking this seriously, treating as terrorism it was interesting to note the show of unity that these law enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies had. jeff sessions and the attorney general heading it off, saying this is a law and order administration and a lesson to anyone of any political persuasion that we will pursue and prosecute you with me

fullest extent of the law. laila: do we know going by the evidence that the law enforcement has a moment, whether the suspect acted alone? maya: a u.s. official has said they are not ruling out the possibility that there were other people involved in this, although we should emphasize this is s the only person who hs been arrested and charged so far. we do also know that law enforcement very quiuickly zoood in on this mail sorting facility north of miami in florida as possibly the origin place of these packages. we know that at least one was delivered by hand to the cnn offices in new york city and it is believed that the suspect has some connections with new york city. that is still an open end to the investigation. the fbi is looking into it but for now there has only been one person allegedly related to this

attack. laila: attorney general jeff sessions was asked to the alleged bomber targeted democrats and he answered, i don't know. he appeared to be partisan. how significant an admission was that from the nation's top investigator? maya: this was a pretty interesting twist, especially given that, as we have mentioned, midterm elections are coming up very soon and this has thrown a wrench into the campaigns that have been going out. it was very clear that this man was partisan of some sort, first and the deliberate t targeting f high-profifile democratic politicians and operatives, and then when wewe saw the van that this man allegedly owned that was just plastered with pro trump and anti-democratic and anti-media bumper stickers, it does in fact look like this man is very much a trump supporter.

it is also the republicans coming out and emphasizing that they are the law and order administration, talking about how quickly they were able to bring this man into custody is going to become a real selling point for the republicans to say look how quickly will able to get this under control. they will be able to use that span in future campaigns the next few days. laila: mayaya shwhwayder reportg from wasashingto d.c., t thank u vevery much. next, i wantnto take youou to nw yorkrk city to our corrrrespondt abby in tribeca. abby, even more pacackages and bomb scares today where you are? abby: that is right. today i am in n midtown manhattn in front of a sorting fafacilit. can probably see behehind me. there is still a police presence, but t what happened earlierr this morning was an

employee discovered a package that looked similar to those discovered at other facilities and similar to the ones delivered to cnn a couple e days ago. they elected a supervisor and the bomb squad was brought in. they extracted the device and it has been transported to a facility in the bronx. it is in the hands of the fbi for investigation, but rate relief here e in midtotown manhn ththat a suspectct is in ctodyd. laila: grereat relief for r you, but fbi director chrisphpher wray said that today's ararrest does not mean we are out of the woods. there may y be more packages in transit. what are somof t t measures lalaw enforcement are taking to ensure pububli safetety? abby: besidides the fact ththere could popotentially be packages already in thehe mail sysystem before he wa arrested, if it was in fact him that sent all of these packages. we have to remember, he could've potentially been working with other people. he may not have done all of this

as a lone individual. in terms of security, the governor mentiononed after thehe package was deliverered to be me warner centerhat criticall infrasuctuture would be ramped up and state policice is working with the secreret serervice and otheher federal agencies. authororities are e on high ale. inin upstate, that is where a package wasas headed before it s intercepted heading to the clinton hohome in wewestchester county. thererhas also b been a visibibe policece presence and we have to remember, he says the officerers and officials who see in uniform, therere are pentitially plain clothed officials around. laila: we heaeard president dond trumpp saying t there is no plae for political violence in america. dodo you think that will p place his critics, any of whom are e n new york city? abby: i think the pattern that we're seeing that maya also

mentioned in terms of the intended recipients all being critics of the president or organizations to president has lashed out at. he did reach out the day after the package was received by the country needs to be unified but he quickly blamed the mainstream media for the anger in society and to wreck the pointed at cnn. despite the fact that he may those initial comments, there have been comments that came afterward that directly oppose what perhaps the american public is used to hearing from an american president in terms of what happens when there is an ununcertain situation n or a trtragedy. they want the commander in chief a unifying figure and his critics will s say he hasn't doe that. laila:a: reporting from new york city, thank you so much, abby. back here in germany, the police have arrested eight men on suspicion of raping an 18-year-old woman in the southern city of heiberg.

the suspect between 18 result and 29 years old are in custody. authorities are not ruling out the possibility of more suspects involved in the october 14 assault. with me in the studio is our political correspondent x-men to talk about this horrifying incident. what more have you learned talking to authorities? >> the investigation is still going. there are eight suspects in custody and they have been known to police before. authorities have not come forward with the information on the assault which happened two weeks ago because it is ongoing and they wanted to not have the investigation compromised. this is why we just haven't heard about this. laila: do we know what police think has happened? >> what we currently know is

that the alleged victim has been visiting a discotheque in one of the largest cities in the south of germany and that she has been handed a drink and after that drink has been defenseless. there is still an ongoing investigation and police are asking not to put in any further -- laila: allegations. nonetheless, this is horrifying, the details that have come out. this is not good. i think k we can agree on that. what have the reactions been so far? maximiliane: the one extraordinary thing is that this is not the first time a case like this has become the attention of media and in the public here in germany. earlier in march, there was the case of a young afghan refugee convicted of murder that happened two years ago. the mayor has come forward and said, of course acts like these

violence against women and crimes accuse, of course there is no tolerance in this country and he has asked the public to be careful about not coming to conclusions, not being prejudiced against refugees in the country who are abiding the law and want to live a peaceful life here. laila: thank you so much for bringing us this story. now i would like to bring you up to speed with some of the other stories making news around the world. dozens of migrants, including families with young children are continuing to camp near bosnia's border with croatia. they are looking for a way into the european union after authorities closed previous routes to eastern europe. there is a heavy police presence on site after several peoeople including officers were injured in clashes eararlier in the wee. and eararthquake close to the creek island has rattled western

greece a and damamaged building. the quauake struck with the fore of magnitude 6.8 according to the european seismological center. a few people have been treated for minor injuries. india's opposition congress party has held a protest in the capital of new delhi over allegations of corruption and bribery into the government. the issue has plunged the country's chief investigative agency into a collision course with the government. india's supreme court has called for a script investigation to resolve the dispute. turkish president erdogan has revealed -- has ordered saturday to reveal the killer of democracy or g and the location of his body. he has also said the public prosecutor will meet his

counterpart in istanbul on sunday. saudi officials have admitted that the murder was premeditated. stephen is here with your business headlines. steven: today we are talking about brazil. as brazil prepares for a weekend runoff vote, its economy is widely viewed as a disaster. one problem is the pension system. one of the most generous and therefore expensive retirement programs in the world. result can't afford it and is about to get worse. dw's opophelia reports. >> rush hour in são paulo. many people work farmer than eight hours per day. some start at a very early age so they can retire at age 55 and continue to earn 70% of their final salary for the rest of their lives. for decades, that has been the norm. it is what suzette was hoping for after working as a teacher

for more than n 30 years. an accidident before retirement leled to her salary being cut. now the 63-year-old gets less ththan the minimimum wage. >> it is inhumane to have to live on a minimum salary. everythihing is gettingng more expensive with inflation and all that. peopople keep on getting a sala, whwhich no one can live e on. is very d difficult.. ofelia:: witith less t than $20a momonth, she c b barely affordrd more than her rent. although she bolsters her income by selling crafts, she feels desperate about the fufuture. > i have no idea what to do. i have faith that god will open up doors for me, b but i really dodon't know. it is veryry sad. ofelia: life e expectancy iss increasi i in the countrtry. it is a demographic change leading to fewer younger workers

supporting more retirees. >> in addition to the recent years of limited or negative growth in the generous actions granted to employees, brazil is heading to a point w where it wl the longer b be able to meet its pension obligations. ofelia: in 2017, the government ran up a deficit of more than $60 billion to cover pensions. despite this unsustainability, and overhaul of the system is politically difficult to achieve. >> usually, the government remembers the problem only when there is no cash available. not because you need a good system in order toto feel l more secure and more comfortable within the current system. all ththe times they havave trid the reform is always i in the

sense of cutting expenditures and not in providing a b better service. ofelia: the issue of pension refoform is complelex and controversial. neitither of the p presidentia candides i in this sunday's election have addressed it. however, it is one of the most urgent challenges the newly elected congress will face in 2019. steven: brazil's pensioners will be pleased to hear that the world's billionaires came pretty percent richer in 2017. in a report by switch bank and pricewaterhousecoopers says there are more than ever before, more than 2000 billionaires around the globe. together, they are worth $8.9 trillion. the u.s. has the greatest concentration of wealth held by billionaires but china is min ting them faster, with two new billionaires every week. two u.s. growth, the u.s.

economy growing more than expected in the third quarter thanks to the strongest consumer spending in nearly four years. the commerce department said christ investing product or the total values of goods and services increased by 3.5% compared to one year earlier. the sharp rise in spending helped offset a big drop in trade. companies spend more to increase inventories which helped to bolster growth. analysts are expecting the economy to expand 3% this year. we are joined by our financial correspondent in new york, jens korte. another quarter of solid growth in the u.s.. donald trump is looking like the business from a president that he advertised himself to be. jens: if we look at the entire year, if we are going to reach 3% of growth, we haven't seen anything like that since 2005. in the 13 years. first of all, we should forget that donald trump inherited a

decent economy, the economic recovery was underway for seven years before donald trump took office. what does help is that we all must full employment in the united states, so the labor market looks pretty solid. on top of that, earlier this year, donald trump and his administration fired this huge tax cut and that was a incentive for the economy. steven: good point. the tax cut is credited with a lot of growth, but at the same time, there must be a limit to what it can accomplish. what are you hearing their? -- hearing there? jens: one of the problems is when you look at u.s. corporations, the tax cuts for companies that cut from 35% to 21%. the big question is what those corporations are doing with that money. a lot of that money was not

spent for investments, but for higher dividends, for mergers and acquisitions, for huge buybacks of their own shares, so that was good for wall street and investors, but not for the entire country. we shouldn't forget this money is missing in washington. tax cuts means that debt in the united states is increasing. just in the last year, the u.s. government had to pay about $600 billion just for interest on their debt. that could be a problem if we are looking ahead to the future, that that is increasing quite a bit. steven: a double-edged sword with these tax cuts. and scored in new york, thank you. --jens korte in new york, thank you. laila: a turkish court has sentenced a german man to six

years in prison on terrorism charges. he was arrested on the turkish syrian border in march. secures accused the 29-year-old of being a member of a kurdish militia group known as the ypj, which ankara classifies as terrorists. >> patrick is a 29-year-old carpenter. he claims he was just a a taurus hiking and syrian border. it is an area where the military is fighting a war against kurdish groups. this much is known -- on the sixth of march this year, he travel by plane from germany to turkey. on the 13th, he boarded a bus, the next day turkish security foforces arrested him. turkish security police alalso y that he has writtenen an email offering his services as a fighter to the syrian courage us -- the syrian kurdish militia. he claims not to of known that they consider the ypg a terrorist group.

the news comes as the german economy minister is in turkey trying to improve relations between the two countries. the focus of the visit is business deals, but he will also raise the issue of german nationals in turkish prisons. he knew of the case, he told me on friday and the government would monitor the case. the foreign ministry in berlin was tightlipped. >> this is a decision of the turkish judiciary and our embassy is in contact with the man. we assume he will appeal with the help of his legal counsel. >> earlier this week, the foreign ministry stepped up its travel warning for german nationals going to turkey. since aa failed a top in 2016 -- a failed co coup d'état in 2016,

several have b been jailed. have since been released, but at least five germans are still in prison in turkey. laila: after their midweek win against madrid, dortmund are back in action saturday. this time, they're up against one of the surprise teams of the season, berlin. the black and yellow are not worried after a run of performances that have seen them strengthen their place at the top of the table. >> it is happy days in dortmund and for good reason. they have had a winding start to the season so far. the last two matches, 4-0 wins. >> there is no reason for us to let all the praise we are getting it to o our heads.s. what we have a achieved so far s

from nothing other than hard work. it looks like they will have to do without their superstar, but dortmund will not have to worry about where the goals come from. 14 players have scored the black and yellow's 27 goals this season. their defense is a little insecure. the last time they played at home, they conceded three goals. defensive frailties like that can't happen againin against berlin. >> they are a very good team this seaeason. it is a completely d different game. >> they are riding a wave of euphoria of their own. they have been the second-place team this season, but that was at home. now they need to face against table topppps dortmundnd. >> dortmund are in outstanding form, brimming with confidence and averaging four goals again. it is a different game this

weekend.d. we always perform well in dortmund and we will do it again. >> dortmund have other ideas. they want to extend their start to the season to nine games. laila: a reminder of our main headline this hour. u.s. officials confirmeded thata suspect is in custody and facing federal charges over a series of letter bombs sent to prominent democrats. caesar s, a f florida man with a criminal record was trapped down with the help of figure prince. president donald trump about not to let illegal violence take hold in the united states. i will see you in just a moment. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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