anchor: you are watching live from paris with me charlie jane. thank you for joining us a france 24. the xenophobic killing of nine people in the german city of hanover. a pollutiong racism in german society. democrats go into attatack moden nevada days before the next contest. the latest presidential primary debates are candidates go after newcomomer, michael bloombererg. china changes the way accounts coronavivirus infections for the

second time in a week. this has two diamond princess cruise ship passengers died in japan. up, have the coronavirus bloweak i set to another hole in the finances. ♪ overnight, nine people were killed in the western german nau due to a rampage at a shisha bar. angela merkel addressed her nation earlier saying her government will use all its might to stand up to those who try to divide the country. >> [speaking foreign language]

it seems that the person who committed this attack was most updated by hatred, xenophobia, and racism which is why this person was targeting people who come from other parts of the world who have a another religion. we must acknowledge the fact that hatred, racism is a poison. it is a poison within our society. anchor: here is what we know about the incident as of now. a 43-year-old german government opened fire -- gunmen opened fire at the bars. the clientele werere predominany kurdish. he returned home and killed himself. the dead body of his mother was also found there. he left behind a confession letter expressing extreme right wing views. federal prosecutors have taken and the case and' sususpect terrorism. joining us for the latest on the berliis nick spipicer in

n. what kind of reaction arare we seeingng from inside germany boh from politicians and the public? merkel hasngela really given the lead saying germany is shocked, racism is a poison, and expressing her condolences to the family. local reporting said the communities there, particularly the kurdish community, is shocked and dismayed. germany is a country which welcomes a million refugees from syria and iraq and opened its arms wide toto people who were having a a horrible time in their homelandnd. there is a large migration large,e but by and integration has gone a lot better -- particularly on the right -- than people

anticipated. there is still an ununderlying far-r-right movement that has bn going on a long time. just in mid february, prosecutors arrested some 12 men across the country discovering arms caches and plans to attack mosques,oliticicians, places that were frequented by muslimims. so therere is a far-right phenomenon. part of it is explained by the fracturing of police forces. this is something that happened after world war ii to prevent a dictatorship. 16 regional police forces and a federal police force to make it difficult for a leader to take over. that's partly why the far-right has been able to operate e off e radar effectively. the lack of adequate cooperation between police forces. anchor: as always with these tragedies there is a lot of information coming out. some of it ends up not being true. what is the latest you can tell us that has been confirmed?

we know this man who is not named -- the name is out but they do not named suspects here so i will respect german law. he was apparently living with his mother. he had a hunting license which would explain why he had a firearm. he was driving a black b bmw frm one shishaha bar to another.. those are p places where people smoke bubbling water pipes. they don't necessarily consume alcohol. manifesto a 24 page in which he expressed ideas you were saying earlier of anger against arab countries and a long v video -- part of which ws in english -- in which he addressed the american people. of ad speak in ththe video conspiracy in the united states with underground prison where children were tortured. this man m may not h have been entirelyly in his right t mind.

however, he certainly fits into a pattern. if you look at things that happened in france, the united states, of men being motivated by things they find online. not necessarily local right wing networks. he is not been linked to the 12 men arrested last week. he's coming up with a plan to get a gun and kill immigrarants and he seems to bebe fitting ino that tememplate. anchor: nick spicer from berlin with the latest, thank you so much. next, just because the trains and metro are up and running again here in france does not mean the protests are over. labor unions are back in the streets again today hoping to keep up the pressure on the government to drop planned reforms to the nation's public pension system. the french national assembly continues to debate the proposal and nettie massey is following the protests. massi is following the

protests. reporter: hello from a cold, windy, and quiet boulevard in the south of paris. so far there are not many people out in the protest. it does not formally kickoff for normally5 minutes but by this time in the day there are four more people out in the street. i don't know if you can see behind me but there is a low turnout. some of the people we have been speaking to, some of the organizers, have been staying the students are on holiday so they hope some students may trickle out. numbertively low of people does not hit a point to decrease momentum. 10 of these

consecutive protests against the government's plan to reform the pension system and this kind of as thee happens political process to get the reforms passed has been picking up pace. it has gone to parliament for debate. they are ongoing today. it is the third day of those debates and there appears to be a degree of apathy among french people who say they have been macron's stop emmanuel government putting this to parliament for approval. that may be why we are seeing a low number of people so far. anchor: talk a little bit more about what is happening in the french national assembly. hopefully that flag leaves you alone. that looks better. [laughter] my caravan there.

anchor: let's talk about what is happening in the national assembly. this bill is continuing to be debated however, it does appear it has had a little bit of a deadlock. gridlock in parliament is only day three of those debates going on but the opposition have been clear they're doing everything possible to stop the passage of the legislation. they have introduced a record 40,000 amendments to the legislation to try and hamper the committee. opposition to the legislation being led by the left party. when i was at a protest two weeks ago the leader came to the support to those protesting today but despite the

vocal support of jean-luc the government has made it clear they have already made several concessions. put polls on the retirement of 64 to 62. there will be no more concessions they say. the legislation will become law. despite thee determination of jean-luc to hold this up in parliament with a staggering 40,000 amendments. it is supposed to go on for another two weeks at least. the far-left are hoping they install that even f further prevent this from been pasassedt all. nadia at those protests. stay warm and safe from flying banners. [laughter] it was a fiery night in las vegas wednesday. six to presidential candidates viciously attacked each other

with words at the latest democratic debate. there is plenty of vitriol to go around but it was the new face on stage, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg, who took the most jabs. reporter: las vegas was thehe first debate for michael bloomberg and rival contenders for the democratic nomination welcomed him as warmly as expected. >> i like to talk who we are running against. a billionaire who calls women fat broad's and horse faced lesbians. i'm not talking about donald trump. i'm talking about mayor bloomberg. reporter: among the main issues with bloomberg, he is too rich, bullied women who worked for him, and adopted racist beliefs as mayor of new york. >> mr. bloomberg had policies in new york city of stop and frisk which went after

african-american and latino people in an outrageous way. that is not away you're going to grgrow voter tururnout. reporter: the former mayor denied ever harassing women. regarding stop and frisk, he said he eventually turned away from the policy. about being a billionaire, he said this should not work against him. >> i am a philanthropist who o d not inheherit his money but made his money and i am spending that momoney to get rid o of donald p . the worst president have ever had. reporter: at the exact same time as the debate, donald trump held a rally of his own where he seemed to help the iowa caucuses glitch would mire the entire campaign. i'm hear that and nevada, hearing bad things about the vote count. they don't know what the [bleep] they are doing. reporter: he took shots at

bernie sanders. again: china has once change the way counts coronavirus cases. the new criteria excludes provincefrom hubei unless confirmed by a new test. this has a drastic drop in the number of reported infectionons modeled virus data and confused scientists. by 1 114 wedednesday bringing thehe death toll to ovr 2100. in other coronavirus news, new infected elderly passengers taken off the diamond princess cruise ship in japan have died. they are the first fatalities from the virus stricken vessel. despite this and 13 more cases being confirmed on board, authorities are continuing to allow 2000 remaining passengers to disembark.

reporter: some 2 x 2 and others keeping wewell away from othere. the ququarantine is ending on te ship with the highest concentration of cvid19 outside china. tested negative and heading home. >> [speaking foreign language] i'm so happy i can walk around normally and speak normally. it is fofor the besest thiningse back too normal. repoporter: efforts to contain e virus on the cruisee ship haveve been wididely criticized. the number of cases aboard has mounted daily with dozens more announced wednesday as people left on taxis and buses. the japanese health minister sent those disembarking who tested negative were free to use public transport but later urged them to stay home for another two weeks. those who tested positive have either remained on boaoard or bn taken to japanese hospitals like

smith. and renenne >> i believe everyone is doing their best. reporter: japanese officials have d defended the proporortioy passengers were told to stay in cabins and crew used masks and disinfectants. one specialist was allowed on board set there was no effective separation of the infected from the healthy and there was no infection control specialist on board. anchor: voters in iran will head to the polls to select the country's next parliament friday. for some analysts the results are clear. they say the authorities have maneuvered a conservative takeover of parliament by banning leading centrists and moderates from taking power. reporter: he volunteered to fight for the islamic republic and the iran-iraq war.

his father was a leader of the iran revolution. he has served as a leading reformist in iran's parliament. t thathorities have ruled mohammed saeed is not allowed to run for election. >> [speaking foreign language] i asked what thehe problem was d they said by statements, my speeches a and my activitity on social media. their conclusion was do not have the proper commitment to the islamic republicic. sadeghi is amomong lawmamakers d thousands of applicants s barred by t the guardian council. body who areenting -- vetting body who are mostly

moderarates. the guardian council spokesman process is inng accordance with the constitution. >> [speaking foreign language] we work within the framework. our job is to implement ththe lw and nothining else. the guardian council is s not a polilitical club. it does not care a about peopl's opinions. reporter: the decision comes amidst escalade tensions with washington. the stage is set for conservativeves with and u.s. policies to dominate the government. >> we have the change the policy. if you are too flexible, it is going to backlash. reporter:sadeghi respects the decicision but think they went beyond their r role of justt supervising. >> [speaking foreign language] the biggest damages s to the system.. our system is a republic. it proclaims t that it is basedn

people's expectations. that there will be freedom, voting rights for people. reporter: how voters s will reat to the disqualificications andnd what it means for the future of the islalamic republic will bece clearer beginning election day. anchor: let's take a minute to remind you of our top stories. ♪ angela merkel addressed the xenophobic kililling of nine people in the german city of calling racism a german poison. democrats go into attack mode and nevada days before the next contest. the presidential primary debate so candidates go after michael bloombmberg. the way it countsts coronaviru infections for the second week in a row. this as to diamond princess cruise ship passengers died from the virus in japan.

it is timeme now f for the latet business n ns and stepephen carl is here for that. you are starting with the coronavirus and a a new assessmt of how t the outeaeak is impactg the economy. lookis is a more brbroad coming from the fnp. they're looking at the effect from the second logisti economy. if next month sees the peak of economyis, china's would be down from last year. if the outbreak continues into april, growth may go as low as 4.4%. when the major a alarms s&p is sending is how it may affect the banking sectors in terms of a one trillion euro increase in bad loans. beijing has started to take action to tackle this. cutting a key lending rate. chinese banks may face seserious

strain if more people and businesseses are unable e to rey thr loans.. warneletes are continuing to of the impmpact the virus is lilily too have e on their bunesssses. aair france sasays it expecects financial hit of up to 200 billion euros as it curtailed services to and from china. this comes as s the dutch h aire group is taking a hit to industrial action. reporter: french woes for air france as it releasased corporae earnings. the airline reported 290 million euros and that profit for 2019, a drop of 31%. the company blamed higher fuel costs and weakened demand at the cargo business for profit. the airline is expected to take a huge hit in earnings as it faces losses between 150 million euros to 200 million euros

because of the coronavirus. the airline currently suspended operations in china through the end of march. the finance director warned that if the cancellations last longer, the impact on the company bottom line will be bigger. air f france klm is not the only one struggling. almost all international carriers have either suspended or drastically reduced service to china. hong konong fly carrier, cathay pacific, forced the airliline to cancel two out of every five flights for february and march. qantas is makingng further fligt cut at 15% on all asia routes. management says this could cost the company over 90 million euros. the airline instituting a hiring freeze and asking employees to use up leaves.

the coronavirus outbreak could mean up to 4.4 billllion euro drops for airlines worldwiwide. is theotherer company shipping giant, mueller maersk. they a are warning that this year's earningngs could be well beloww expectations. they are expecting things to pick up later this year once china's factories are back up and running. many industries are suffering as a result of people staying atat home in china but some sectors are cashing in. figures published by the financial times shows there is a in downloading. there downloading games and educational apps which is boosting shares in companies. let's check k in on how the markets are trading.

lots of company results for investors toto digest. many companieses talking about e impact of cocoronavirus. air france shares are down over 4% in paris overall. they're trending pretty flat thisununchtime. france, sncs has a dedecrease i in traffic. and transports s ras of takenen a toll. they will unveil a plan to overhaul the operations. reporter: the amount of should by rail in france is on a steady decline. tons were0 billion shipped. nearly 20 years later that number has fallen to 32 tons shared by sncf and private competitors. this led to a 150 million euro

loss for the rail operator and pushshed it more than 5 billion euros in debebt. the recent transport strikes have taken a toll but mostly it is a loss of clients to private competitors. >> [speaking foreign language] when we use the freight we found it was not reliable. less than 70% of the time but we could count on the private operator 95% of the time. reporter: being tardy and sncf is adding more railway cars s to increase capacity on certain lines. on the same train they y will transport more t than one type f good such as gravel d d drinking wateter. this was not the case before. finally, they plan to cut 1000 jobs over the n next three yeyes to reduce e cost. analysts said this may nappy enough. the company needs to abandon unprofitable lines. >> [speaking foreign language]

private operators arare not shy about that. they are positioned only on lines that are profitable. fews better to have well-stocked trucks. reporter: this is put scrcrutiny on the freight division's financncial s situation. >> ever wonderered what happenso old planes when they're taken out of service? the first superjumbo on by a commercial airline has been retired in a german company is making metal tags may out of the fuselage -- made out of fuselage of the plan. e. they are made by aviation tag and sold out within 48 hours but there are more on the way. more older models are being do to retired soon. anchor: too early for christmas shopping? [laughter] >> i feel very prepared.

anchor: stephen carol with the latest business news. thank you so much. i am going to take a quick break. i will be back at the bottom of the hour with things you need to know. ♪

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