like others, he disapproves of the attempt to change the government. mr. berlusconi is facing the threat of damaging the realization that he may have had the overreached himself by attempting to sink the coalition. they wheel and deal in the crisis. when italians look on, they wonder if their government will survive. the feeling is the prime minister will come out on top. the administration will get the support that it needs.

when silvio berlusconi is in the thick of the drama. at the end,that nothing is simple, but i am about to ask you, what is the latest? >> here in the senate it will the blackestgainst at oneere was a prayer , that he might be preparing the ground for some , but as theu-turn morning drew to a close there were other indications that mr.

earle a scone he is going to hang tough and urges party to vote against the government. the truth is that this is a genuinely and predict will parliamentary drama and no one knows if the government will survive until the votes are counted. >> thank you very much. columbus. marco it stillsaying -- is too close to call? what is your latest? wax latest information comes from the prime minister and 23 senators from the berlusconi party. it does mean that the government will be in place running with a different majority. most of the ministers will stay -- >> let's say that it is 23 .eople in the party

>> he was looking at the movement going right against the , it was onlyment in the senate that he needed this majority. >> when you have him in the picture, you cannot take anything for granted. he has been trying to get his crew in place at work. >> the behavior of berlusconi ,nd his friends on saturday forcing the mp's and senators to resign, which they did not do on pulled back.ly

he is backing back into supporting and tomorrow will be servingt of the senate, the house arrest and doing but luckilye can the markets are not following his strategy. >> the question i posed at the beginning of the program, are we seeing the demise of the colossus of italian politics? is this really the final act we are seeing? 2011, hee resigns in was forced to, much by the european union and central-bank. tomorrow you will be voted out with the italian

power and shows -- choice to support it. the senate has to vote for one and berlusconi has been sentenced to four years and serving on social services, this will happen tomorrow. this will come to an end tomorrow. he is going to try every maneuver possible to avoid that in the end. i am told that we are running

out of time, but thank you for being with us. >> facing charges of murder and assault, he was arrested with four mps on saturday, freed on bail by a court in athens. and the arrests followed the killing of greek anti-fascist musicians. the group formally known as golden dawn registered as a political party in 1993.

18 seats were given in the 300 strong greek parliament. an expert on far right groups and for being with us. something like 400,000 people voted. this is not just some offshoot that you can ignore? >> we can see that supporters came with even one million citizens, even after the murder, indicating that the golden dawn remained the third strongest party. it is a huge problem.

that is where all of these voters go. >> who are these millions of people who are willing to say that they support what they have described as the new not to party. looking at some of the , increasingly women ,ave tended to talk to them supporting the unemployed and private sector employees. more and more of them were supporting the golden pron. >> this is not the disgruntled group of people losing out on economic reforms?

>> it has created a strong sense of a protest vote, but there are other crisis ridden countries in looking at portugal and , they have the discontent of voters in that phenomenon. >> in your view, how important is that court case? not in whether or not they will be convicted but in political terms. >> this is the first time the party has been targeted in this way. having said that, it is important to answer the question, why did this not happen earlier? agoimmigrant a few months did not receive the same kind of

reaction. i think it is far more deeply rooted. us.hank you for being with ed miliband has demanded an apology from the british newspaper and a man who hated written. provoking a furious response, the paper is standing by its story. offor the third day one britain's newspapers has dedicated page after page and it is clear he is not backing down at all. i do not doubt that it is entirely justified for one moment.

>> the paper has admitted some mistakes, the deputy editor telling the bbc that it may have been an air of judgment to show a picture of ralph miliband's grave with a mocking caption. they said it was fair to scrutinize the release of a man that ed miliband has often talked about as being a huge influence in his life, but speaking yesterday he said that they went too far. >> written saved his life and the paper is saying that he hated written. that is alive. that is alive. -- that is a lie. that is a lie. >> the labor liber has been -- labour leader has been angered. >> europe and the middle east, pouring into syria by the

hundred. why are they rushing to join opposition fighters? for the second night in a row there have been violent clashes schoolteachersg and riot police in rio de janeiro. tensions have risen over a potential new benefits package. >> it is almost seven weeks since these schoolteachers began their strike. their anger has in no way diminished and has made them increasingly desperate. this week has been particularly violent, pressures breaking out in the late afternoon. some have been camping here for weeks. tensions escalate over a benefits package scheduled to be

voted on inside. it limits benefits to those working over 40 hours per week. the teachers have rights, but in fact we do not have any, to do a 40 hour week we have to work in many schools and we can no longer accept being humiliated like that. are not violent, they have no weapons or bombs. we are only here to ask for better education in the city. >> as night falls over the city, riot police firing tear gas into the protests in the streets. stones and homemade explosives are thrown back. it is the second day in a row intono tests have a rub it violence. the teachers union say that they will continue their strike until their demands are met.

demonstrations for change have gathered in recent months. the government has been spending more on sporting events than education or health services. ♪ canceledent obama has part of his trip to asia next week to deal with the budget crisis in the u.s. as they wake up to a second day of government shut down. he has urged the house of representatives to let the government reopen. from washington, we have this room or. newborn baby are still being fed, but there are no visitors to see them. closed, one zoo is of the casualties of the government shut down.

like so many others, this treasury department worker is frustrated that he cannot do his job and his worried about the loss of income. >> for whatever reason i cannot fathom, you are asking me again to give up my pay. it causes me a lot of anxiety and stress. i do not sleep well. >> many tourist attractions have been closed. but one building is very much open for business, the u.s. capitol. up to lawmakers there to come to an agreement and end the shut down. >> it is a face-off with republicans saying that they will only approve the budget if the obama plan for affordable health care is delayed.

the stalemate and shutdown continues. congress has to generally stop governing by crisis. they have to break this habit. it is a drag on the economy. it is not worthy of this country. >> this country has big problems. our government has big problems. the only way they will be andlved is if we sit down keep the american people in mind and come to an agreement. >> for now the u.s. government is closed for business. the politicians do not seem to have the answer. a couple of other stories to bring you, covering the syria documentaryh a news

that won emmy awards in new york. there were 42 categories in all, including awards for breaking news investigation. weapons inspectors are in looking into the disruption of chemical weapons. chemical weapons tasked with destroying by the middle of next year. with theout that work backdrop of the wall. the diplomatic rounds in the u.s. and venezuela have escalated, the state department is expecting three venezuelans too short.

the diplomatic spat began on monday, televisions broadcasting this footage that they claimed showed three u.s. diplomats leaving the ngo linked to the opposition. he says the diplomats have been trying to fire off from the extreme right. hours to leave, saying yankees go home. >> we published the names of three officials, they worded tech to during an ongoing investigation of six months. >> the united states vigorously denies the allegation.

>> they were there conducting normal davone attic engagements. they were facing regular contacts across the spectrum. leave,he u.s. diplomats the state department has retaliated, expelling three venezuelan diplomats. these developments are unusual, but not surprising. relations between the countries have been strained for more than a decade. >> hundreds of foreign fighters frompoured into serious those countries to join the ranks of the opposition last month. the tension issue of arab israelis fighting among the rebels. >> the heavily armed opposition fighters are on the outskirts of damascus.

we cannot independently verify this footage, but they are said to be members that are linked to al qaeda, many killed in recent clashes with the army. it all seems a long way from this family home in northern israel. out that his found son had been shot to death outside the capital. he told me that he did not know. >> we were not surprised. we knew that since he was a teenager, he was religious and he always wanted to leave to join a resistance movement to fight god and become a martyr. known israeliirst citizen to become a casualty of the syria conflict, but he is

not the only member of the arab to fight in his holy war. this did not surprise many in e community. people in this area are mostly observant muslims. there is support here for the conservative islamic movement is israel. leaders support the decision by ,unmen to go to fight in syria saying that the priority should be the struggle for palestinian independence at home. >> hundreds of muslims have bought into the ok to islamic ideology and traveled to syria. in the next half- hour, we look at the new bill that would allow some in the u.k. to marry their adopted

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back to "newsline." i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. here are the stories we're following this hour. americans and tourists feel the impact of the u.s. government shutdown as lawmakers remain divided over a bill to keep funds flowing to national agencies. the asian development bank slashes its forecast for growth in the asia pacific. citing slowdowns in china and india and concerns about the u.s. monetary easing. and a professional diver who spent years teaching people how to swim with their clothes on is finding a new purpose for his techniques after the 3/11 tsunami th tsunami disaster. lawmakers in the united states are digging in their heels in a budget battle that partially shut down the federal government. republicans are standing by the decision to make an agreement with democrats contingent on delaying president barack obama's health care reforms. obama saying they're denying a ransom for just doing their job.

>> they shut down the government over an ideological crusade to deny affordable health insurance to millions of americans. >> the president warned the full impact of the shutdown may not be known for some time but he said the last time it happened in the mid '90s it hurt the u.s.s economy. hundreds of thousands of civil servants have been told to stay home. national parks, museums and m o monuments across the country are closed and a range of services are unavailable. operations related to national security and public safety are continuing. lawmakers in the house and senate resumed deliberations on legislation to fund the government, but there is no sign of bipartisan compromise on a provisional budget or the new fiscal year which started on tuesday. now, the government shutdown isn't just affecting americans. tourists are feeling the impact as well. they can't visit top sightseeing attractions including the statue of liberty in new york. about 3.5 million people head to

the statue every year. tourists at the ferry landing in manhattan were upset when they found out they couldn't go to liberty island. >> we wanted to see the view on the top, and now it isn't possible anymore. it's very sad. >> all 401 national parks are closed including the national mall and memorial parks in washington. curators of smithsonian museums in the u.s. capital have shut their doors. websites for many government offices are not being updated. the shutdown isn't affecting police and fire fighting services, though. public transport is running, and schools are open. air traffic control and security checks at the nation's airports are also continuing. in the days leading up to the shutdown, people are asking what if? now they're asking what now? we turn to a senior economist at morgan stanley for insight. >> the length of the shutdown becomes key. if it's a short shutdown, just

one week, then you're looking at a .15 percentage point off growth of q4 gdp. if it's longer than a week, then that impact starts toesque lay. >> >> ellen zentner said cutting the incomes of government workers staying at home could have a negative effect on personal consumption. >> 800,000 nonessential federal government workers are furloughed without pay. that creates a lot of uncertainty surrounding their finances. they are obviously not going to spend as much if they are not getting paid. so the services that they buy, the products that they buy, that's not going to occur at the same pace, if these workers are not working. >> zentner points out there are also concerns among businesses about government projects that are now on hold. >>